When you remember someone you loved, who is no longer in your life, you think of her stories. These stories may not include a list of their greatest accomplishments, but instead the bits of information most significant to you.
Our stories work as the thread connecting us to each other. They link our past to our present and our futures. One story informs the next, developing our minds and our perspectives. Sharing these stories bonds us as women, as humans.
The media is the primary distributor of stories in our age. Despite criticism, financial difficulties and a changing technological landscape, we see more and more stories published every year. With social media, we see an increased connectivity and more outlets for people to share their stories. The new challenge is distilling all these options down to the most significant, the most accurate, the most entertaining and the most important to your life. Finding you the best stories is the job of highbrowlowbrow.com.
We believe life is a series of challenges you bravely tackle; each test brings you a new sensibility. We do not evolve because things are easy. If you stick with what’s comfortable and don’t explore or push your personal boundaries, you will not grow to your maximum potential. We vow to give you stories that challenge you. Stories that will encourage you to look deeper at yourself and your world. Stories about people you might never meet, but people that you will certainly influence through your votes, your charity and your conversations with your community.
Highbrowlowbrow.com wants you to be empowered to have great conversations, to make informed decision and to share good stories.
While pushing ourselves to learn more about our world is fun, it’s also a challenge. Which is why we’re such fans of lowbrow! Sometimes your big brain needs a break. It never surprises me to learn that the smartest people have affinities for total garbage. The famous economist who spends her free time watching the Real Housewives. The art historian who can’t get enough of the Kardashians. The Nobel Laureate who won’t miss an episode of The Bachelor. These are our people.
We are coming out of the closet with our love of all things highbrow and lowbrow. It doesn’t make anyone less smart to love beauty products or have a shoe obsession. In our minds it makes you perfectly well rounded. It’s efficient to use your brain to solve complex problems and then give it a break with beautiful, simple ideas and concepts.
I hope you’ll come to highbrowlowbrow.com for the great stories we find each week. Tune into News Not Noise for our broadcast on those stories and interviews with fun Highbrow-Lowbrow types. Connecting you to your world of stories,
Sincerely,
Emily Kaplan
