It was really difficult to not have a women who was out in the lifestyle community to look up to. I came out publicly in 2011 and had come out privately two years prior to that. Grace: For me, it’s all about visibility and understanding how important that is.
Leslie: What else do you hope women take from it? It was really all about making sure that everyone everywhere opening up this book was able to find some facet of themselves reflected in one of these women. I had a list of musicians and poets and people who worked in politics, then I started expanding and ended up with like 200 people. Ultimately we ended up with 107. That naturally led me to people that work in entertainment. By that I mean outspoken and highly opinionated, not afraid to be loud and take up space. Grace Bonney: It began as a list of women I have always admired for being bold. Leslie Price: What was the process behind finding and selecting the women featured in the book? I called Grace to talk about the book, blogging and what she learned from this project. It’s truly inspiring - and that’s coming from a lifelong cynic. Inside its pages, over 100 creative women talk about their career, what success means to them, how they’ve overcome challenges and what they’ve sacrificed to get where they are today. It hit store shelves this week, and she’s just kicked off an epic tour to promote it. That’s part of the reason why Grace Bonney, the founder of OG design blog Design*Sponge, wrote a book called In the Company of Women. How do we find mentors who look like us, who understand our story? This is challenging, especially for women, and especially for those of us who don’t fit a certain profile: white, straight, privileged, cisgender.
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