by Ali Mai | Apr 6, 2022 | Featured six, Health
//Jason Wood, author of the blog Orthorexia Bites and memoir “Starving for Survival: One Man’s Journey With Orthorexia,” sits in the living room of his Denver home on March 12. Photos by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com Before Denver resident Jason Wood was...
by Madison Lauterbach | Jul 22, 2022 | Featured six, Health
//Fishing the Good Fight founder and executive director Jennings Hester works with a retreat attendee on the river. Photo provided by Fishing the Good Fight. Editor’s note: This story repeatedly uses “men” in reference to cisgender men specifically. It’s a story that...
by Alexandra Cummings | Apr 8, 2022 | Featured six, Features, Local Business
//Owner of VIBE Gym and Wellness Collective Megan Nelson poses for a photo on April 4 during the opening launch week. VIBE’s goal is to be more than a gym: A safe space for women and nonbinary folks in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood. Photos by Karson...
by Emma Jerry | Apr 2, 2022 | Featured six, Features, Local Business
//Rooted in Rhythm herbalist and founder Kayleigh Stone-Goering works on a customer’s order of tea in her Englewood home on March 27. Photo by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com Being a musician means doing what you love, oftentimes for low wages and an exhausting...
by Keegan Williams | Mar 24, 2022 | Editorials, Featured six
//Alcoholics Anonymous has a heavy undertone of Christianity, despite claiming they have no affiliation with any particular faith, sector, denomination. Graphic by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com “My name is Keegan, and I’m an alcoholic.” Thinking back...
by Esteban Fernandez | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured six, Health
//Annie Lee, the first woman and first woman of color to lead Colorado Access, the state’s largest Medicaid contractor. She was hired as CEO in January 2022. Photo courtesy of Walnut Street Photography. As a first-generation Korean American, Annie Lee remembers...
by Addison Herron-Wheeler | Jan 31, 2022 | Featured six, Health
//Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rockies. Photo provided by PPRM. Now that the pandemic is dragging into its third year, many are tired of the constant remote appointments, the demands of life piling up while stuck at home....
by Lexi Reich | May 10, 2021 | Health
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Kelly Sammis thinks that sometimes we remain feeling broken because we don’t know things can be different. Ten years after surviving a sexual assault in college, Sammis says her pelvis was speaking to...
by Lexi Reich | Feb 22, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Chelsea Blankenship, the founder of Colorado Girl Gang, in Denver. Photo by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com Editor’s note: One of the women in this story, Lauren Carter, is Ms. Mayhem’s social media manager in addition to being a moderator...
by Jenna Thomas | Mar 4, 2021 | Features, Health
//Ashlee Morris Hobbs, a school social worker, holds her 6-months-old son on Feb. 26 at Cheesman Park. Hobbs, who gave birth to her son last year, worries about how systemic racism and the COVID-19 pandemic will impact her child’s future. Photo by Polina Saran |...
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