by windyborman | Nov 4, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
When we began filming in 2016, we defined a Puffragette® as a “woman (or man) who is working for gender parity, social justice, and environmental sustainability in the cannabis industry”. Today we’ve officially ditched the binary and moved beyond...
by windyborman | May 2, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Mary Janes: The Women of Weed has always been a celebration of women and cannabis. Originally a cannabis outsider, I became intrigued by the cannabis industry when I learned women represent 37% of senior leadership in cannabis. The national average is 21%, so there...
by windyborman | Feb 17, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Lately I’ve been reflecting on allyship. For me it is an active state, not a passive one, and it requires constant vigilance, learning, and re-learning. This month I am reading “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by...
by windyborman | Jun 12, 2020 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. And too many others have lost their lives to racist federal, state, and interpersonal violence. We join all calls for justice and systemic changes, from the federal and state governments all the way down...
by windyborman | Jan 14, 2019 | Mary Janes Blog, Media
In the past year, two new documentaries have highlighted the rise of cannabis medicine for treating cancer and women’s leadership in the growing legal industry. According to the filmmakers, however, online censorship and business stigma are creating a...