Pause, Reflect, and Celebrate the Achievements of Women with Chana Ginelle Ewing

Chana Ewing

Women have been left out from our history and overlooked far too often. Women’s History Month is a time to showcase the talent and creativity that lives within our female-identifying community. 

Revry honors the contributions made by women to our history and society to provide recognition and encouragement of a more inclusive future. Directors, actresses, writers, and more; we’ll be interviewing creative and inspirational women who make a difference with their art. 

Chana Ginelle Ewing is a storyteller, entrepreneur, and founder of Geenie, the first intersectional beauty marketplace. With an emphasis on crafting a more inclusive beauty industry, Chana is moving marginalized communities forward. 

What does Women’s History Month month mean to you?

Women's History Month is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and celebrate the achievements of women. It's also a great time to deepen in one's sisterhood practice, particularly with an intersectionality lens. How are you centering the experience of women across the spectrum of race, class, sexuality. How are you actively fighting colorism, transphobia or fatphobia? Defining sisterhood as a verb, and womanhood as a big tent - strengthens us all while advancing those most impacted by oppression(s).

There are so many unacknowledged women who made history. Is there a women creator that has impacted your work?

Currently, I'm really inspired by the work of Loira Limbal. She created an amazing documentary, “Through the Night”, about working class Black and Latina single moms. The premise of the documentary which premiered during the pandemic, is "who cares for caregivers?" I'm inspired by Loira's thinking and her approach to creating a tender portrait of everyday women, It's the clearest recent example I have witnessed of intentionally centering women who have been traditionally marginalized in order to move our society forward.

History is inspirational to future generations. What advice would you give the next generation of women creators?

My favorite phrase that I repeat often is, "get on your own side." It's so necessary that women become their own biggest advocates. To share your business, personality, and/or art in the world, is to be constantly vulnerable. And in order to experience that vulnerability in healthy ways, we have to show grace and compassion for ourselves.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Revry has curated a powerful collection of stories told by female artists featuring films, TV series, music, and more.