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Her Words. Her Journey. Her Story.
DANIKA FRANKS Metamorphosis
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FROM THE OWNER Do you ever wonder if you’re fulfilling your purpose in this life through your work? Is the career you chose what you thought it would be? Many years ago I found myself at that crossroads. I was unhappy at my place of work, and believe it or not, I wasn’t sure if graphic design was meant for me. I loved design, but I wasn’t sure I was with the right company. I made the hard decision to walk away.
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Our cover story by Shilo Urban illustrates how one woman walked away from a career in medicine, one she went to school for 12 years to obtain. Torn between her passion as a mother, as a creative and as an ER doctor, she strives to discover what she should do next, which includes wrestling with who she really is without all the prestigious titles. Aren’t we all? Because her struggle with anxiety and depression hit home for me, and I could relate to feeling like I, too, had to just deal with my problems without knowing who to reach out to for help. I hope you enjoy Danika’s powerful story. I can’t wait to see what she does next. “What’s in a Name” by Jade Emerson opened my eyes to thinking about how a last name can be very empowering. My mom has been divorced for over 20 years now, and I never really understood why she wanted to go back to her maiden name. I see now how wanting a fresh start even if it is by changing a last name could be impactful. She takes us through Kimberly Lowelle Seward’s story and explains how she ended up with a new last name that would have a special meaning to not only her, but her daughter as well. On the menu for lunch are scorpions, worms and crickets. If I can’t get my kids to eat vegetables, maybe eating yummy critters will be something worth trying. In “Critter Cuisine,” Andrea Ordonez takes a bite of this tasty protein to explore bugs as a sustainable and alternative source of protein, something our executive editor Jocelyn Tatum thought was an important topic to explore. “The edible bug industry is projected to reach a market value of $1.5 billion by 2026,” Andrea reports from Global Market Insight. When I look back at my choice to walk away from that job, I realize it helped me grow in my career choice and pushed me toward my path of combining my love for storytelling and design, and ultimately to launch this magazine, my dream job and vocation. We are happy to announce we have added a managing editor, Erin Ratigan, to our team to help us continue to achieve this dream, and she’s doing incredible work. I am grateful for my amazing team that helps me achieve this dream daily.
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CONTRIBUTORS What is your therapy?
A m be r Ba i l ey I L LU ST R ATO R
Ve id a D ima WRITER
M a d elyn Ed wa rd s
Ja d e E merson
M AR IA FL ASH
WRITER
WRITER
PHOTOGRAPHER
My therapy is reading! I lose myself in different worlds to heal. I’ve traveled the Scottish countryside, soared through the sky on a dragon, and witnessed a blinding love blossom.
My therapy is actually therapy! I found my amazing therapist in 2018, and I’m so grateful to have someone to listen to me and give me good advice.
I never underestimate the I have two. Photography power of staring at the and dancing. Both make me sky — to feel so big and so feel entirely in the present small, breathlessly, all at moment, forget the world once… And ice cream. Lots around me, and fill me with of ice cream. joy. I chose photography for my profession.
Co nny Go nza l ez
M y r iam G o n zalez
M a r issa Heyl
Kather ine Holma n
Angie Mar ti nez
I L LU ST R ATO R
WRITER
WRITER
WRITER
WRITER
My therapy is being able to spend time exploring my creative side whenever possible. I love practicing on my art with new mediums and taking film photos.
Depending on my stress level, I teeter between a good book, meditation, or a strong glass of whiskey.
I discover daily healing through body-positive affirmations, connecting with my partner according to our shared love language and a playful attitude towards intimacy.
Andrea Ordo nez
Diane Pereira aka Red Milk Crone
E r in Ratiga n
Amb er Shuma ke
WRITER
I L LU ST R ATO R
Dance — when things get cerebral, I love taking the time to drop into my body and feel the music. Freely moving reminds me of both my strength and femininity.
Doodling while having the BBC series of “Pride and Prejudice” in the background.
WRITER
PHOTOGRAPHER
WRITER
My therapists are my friends and family. They’re much cheaper than a psychologist, and they’re always in-network.
Therapy is my therapy. And, I shoot film, which encourages me to take aimless walks and see the divinity in every living thing, including me.
Therapy is my therapy.
My therapy is retail therapy. Church every Sunday. I know it brings a temporary It’s a place to leave my happiness, but the joy I issues and reset. Somehow experience finding that the Word always aligns perfect pair of jeans or shade perfectly with what I’m of lipstick is unmatched. going through in that moment, and it’s healing.
Shilo Urban
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I dig in the dirt searching for treasures, looking for evidence of past generations. I research the history each bit and bobble holds, then take them and create little works of art.
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CONTENTS ISSUE 07
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SUPPORT 20 THE HOLLY
BE WELL 62 SELF-LOVE
Empowering Women One Story at a Time
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SPOTLIGHT 10 SONGWRITER The Sound of Sincerity
12 MACRAMÉ
A New Life and Macramé
WORTH 16 DOING
Rooted to the Earth
18 TRYING Critter Cuisine
A Storyteller’s Fresh Approach to Her Wine Bar and Bottle Shop
24 NUEVO RANCHO Stomping the Yard
LIFE 52 BEAUTY
Henna
66 LIFE COACH Taking Back Her Energy
FOOD 70 PLANT-BASED
Most Bizarre Beauty Treatments Ever
56 CULTURE
Body Positive
The Healthy Hour
PHILANTHROPY 74 ARTES DE LA ROSA
58 SOCIETY
What’s in a Name?
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2 Letter 3 Contributors 8 Infographic 26 Craft 80 Brain Break
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Sitting in a Starbucks off Rosedale Avenue, Njia grins when Nina Simone’s voice croons from the speakers overhead. The timing feels almost eerie, for Njia had just mentioned Nina as one of her favorite artists. Nina, Billie Holiday and Joanna Newsom
exemplify what she tries to show in her own work – sincerity and rawness.
- The Sound of Sincerity, by Erin Ratigan, P 10
Each knot she tied became a new page in her story.
She was ready to build a new life, an authentic life where she was true to who she was — unmedicated. - A New Life and Macramé, by Jocelyn Tatum, P 12
Publisher & Owner Adrienne Martinez Editorial Inquiries editorial@onetoknowmagazine.com Advertising sales@onetoknowmagazine.com Design Adrienne Martinez, art director Editorial Jocelyn Foster Tatum, executive editor Erin Ratigan, managing editor Contributors Editorial Veida Dima, Madelyn Edwards, Jade Emerson, Myriam Gonzalez, Marissa Heyl, Katherine Holman, Angie Martinez, Andrea Ordonez, Shilo Urban Illustrators Amber Bailey, Conny Gonzalez, Diane Pereira aka Red Milk Crone Photography Amber Shumake, Azul Sordo, MARIAFLASH Have an idea or see a mistake? Tell us about it: editorial@onetoknowmagazine.com One To Know Magazine is a bimonthly, subscription-based publication. All rights reserved. Views and comments expressed by individuals do not necessarily represent those of the publishers, and no legal responsibility can be accepted for the result of the use by readers of information or advice of whatever kind given in this publication, either in editorial or advertisements. No part of this publication may be reprinted or duplicated without the prior permission of One To Know Magazine LLC. FOLLOW AND LIKE US
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Cover art by Heather Essian Opposite page from left to right: Conny Gonzalez Illustration, Farida Degani Photo, Azul Sordo Photo
edible bug industry is projected to reach a market value of $1.5 billion by 2026. But despite all this promise, whenever I told my very supportive friends I’d be scarfing down scorpions and seasoned worms for you, dear reader, I was greeted with a whole lot of cringe. - Critter Cuisine, by Andrea Ordonez, P 18
Her feet slowly backed away from her husband as she danced. She reached for the ring on her left hand and began twisting it off her finger in a seductive fashion. The ring sparkled from the reflection of the candlelit dinner tables. Not one person in the restaurant could move their eyes from the spectacle in front of them or do anything to stop it. - Honeymoon, (A Short Story) by Katherine Holman, P 46
Beauty is power. We know it, just as women throughout history have known it. But in the absence of L’Oréal and laser hair removal, our predecessors had to be a little more creative. - Crazy Historical Beauty Treatments, by Shilo Urban, P 52
is no stranger to fat shaming, the trends toward body positivity in modern culture is liberating. This representation is As someone who has studied media and
incredibly important, transformative and relatively new, challenging a deeply ingrained history that has kept women paralyzed in selfloathing and shame for generations. - Body Positive: A Joyous Rebellion, by Marissa Heyl, P 62
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According to Global Market Insight, the
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[I N FO GR A PH IC] L A U G H T E R
Hilarious Quotes by Womankind Laughter is the best medicine — and women make amazing doctors. By Shilo Urban
Get your giggle on with witty remarks, irreverent observations and clever musings from some of the funniest females around.
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The best way
“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.”
to get most husbands to do
– GLORIA STEINEM
something is to suggest that perhaps they’re The secret of
too old to do it.”
staying young is
– SHIRLEY MACLAINE
to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. – LUCILLE BALL
“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly.” – BETTY WHITE
“Everybody wants
to save the earth. No
“IF YOU ARE
one wants to help
NOT YELLING
mom do the dishes.”
“
~ P. J . O ’ R O U R K E
Do we have to worry
about who’s gay
“I’m not
and who’s straight?
offended by
Can’t we just love
blonde jokes
everybody and judge them by the car they
because I know
drive?”
I’m not dumb…
– ELLEN DEGENERES
and I also know that I’m not blonde.” – DOLLY PARTON
AT YOUR KIDS, YOU ARE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH TIME WITH THEM.” – REESE WITHERSPOON
“
I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either.
”
– ANNIE OAKLEY
“We need a little less forever 21 and a little more – AMY POEHLER
“
– NICOLE HOLLANDER
The trouble
I haven’t seen that before. It’s like, why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get
”
with some
out of my closet.
women is they get
– MICHELLE OBAMA
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out. – ERMA BOMBECK
all excited about
I don’t
nothing — and then they marry him. – CHER
exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put
MY PHILOSOPHY
diamonds on the floor.” – JOAN RIVERS
OF DATING IS JUST TO FART RIGHT AWAY.” – JENNY MCCARTHY
“
I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?
”
– ZSA ZSA GABOR
Whatever “If you take a shower with your boyfriend, I guarantee by the time you step out of that shower, your breasts will be sparkling clean.” – SARAH SILVERMAN
women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” – CHARLOTTE WHITTON
Always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: Who cares? – TINA FEY
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suddenly 42.”
Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy, fat women.
He’s always “asking: Is that new?
[S P OT LIGH T] S O N G W R I T E R + V O C A L I S T
The Sound of Sincerity Singing the Blues
Story and photos by Erin Ratigan
Clear, Bluesy and Captivating
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Sitting in a Starbucks off Rosedale Avenue, Njia grins when Nina Simone’s voice croons from the speakers overhead. The timing feels almost eerie, for Njia had just mentioned Nina as one of her favorite artists. Nina, Billie Holiday and Joanna Newsom exemplify what she tries to show in her own work — sincerity and rawness. “It takes a certain vulnerability and emotion that you have to know how to emote … Studying those two women [Nina and Billie] in particular really taught me how to share my feelings and emotions on stage,” she says. Njia is a songwriter and vocalist for synth R&B band Cotinga, a collaboration with instrumentalist Landon Cabarubio. While they usually perform at local events like Arts Goggle, their biggest gigs include playing South by Southwest last year and NPR’s Sound on Tap live music series. Njia also sings independently and was a supporting vocalist in Leon Bridges’ song “River” on his debut album “Coming Home.” Even in the background, her voice is unmistakable — clear, bluesy and captivating.
She was 8 years old when she wrote her first song — and she cringes when she talks about it. “It was called ‘Do What the Donkey Says,’” she says, laughing at the memory. She met her Cotinga bandmate, Landon, in 2016 at a bar after a mutual friend introduced them. Landon had seen Njia singing on Instagram and knew he wanted to work with her. “Her style — she had this very interesting style that I’d never heard before,” he says. He asked her to play with him multiple times, and — eventually — she agreed. They released their debut single, “Where to Start,” in March 2022. “It’s really heart-felt,” he says of her music. “Whenever she comes to me with lyrics, it’s not just rhyming to rhyme. All of her stuff, you can picture it every time.” Njia’s friend Sophia Ceballos says she was blown away when she first heard Njia sing. That was in 2020, when Continga was still a work in progress. “I remember sitting in on a recording session while they were working on the track [“Where to Start”]. The song ended up being in my dream that night and was stuck in my head for a week,” she says. “She’s got such a hauntingly beautiful range and a soft power in her music.” Music gives Njia a creative way to express emotions she otherwise struggles to convey. She’s shy and reserved and says putting her words down on paper makes them easier to share. She hopes her words speak to her listeners. “We all have gone through various things in life that music speaks to,” she says, “and it’s something that I really, really try to do, is just relate to people.”
SCAN THE QR CODE to watch Nija performing for NPR Tiny Desk.
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She’s got such a hauntingly beautiful range and a soft power in her music.” - SOPHIA CEBALLOS
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Franks
T H E M E TA M O R P H O S I S O F A M O DE R N R E N A I S S A N C E WO M A N By Shilo Urban Photos by Amber Shumake
Doctor. Dean. Mother of three. Superwoman Danika Franks had it all: the prestigious title, a vibrant career and rewarding work as a mentor to young minds — and then she walked away. Facing an uncertain future, she stepped off her hard-earned path to search for an unknown destination. Along the way, she is finding her truth.
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Fiction Contest Winner
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S T O R Y ]
HONEYMOON By Katherine Holman
Illustrations by Diane Pereira aka Red Milk Crone
The couple decided that Tuscany in June would make the perfect honeymoon destination. Italian Cypress trees and antique villas sprinkled the sprawling hills of the countryside. From the side of the road, vineyards seduced travelers to come and delight in selections of wine. A blacked-out Maserati wove past the miles of grapevines. From the backseat, a man and woman admired the landscape. Each wore shiny, new platinum rings on their left hands, hers adorned with a diamond the size of an almond
that reflected the light when it moved. They were similarly clad in white linens that had been pressed that morning. The car turned onto a road that led straight to the couple’s destination. The Villa San Michele began to emerge from the greenery as the vehicle climbed the hill. “It’s so beautiful,” the woman gasped. “It doesn’t look real.” Peering over her large black sunglasses, her eyes widened as the car parked in front of the hotel.
“Looks like the picture, that’s for sure,” the man held his phone in front of his face, double-checking the accuracy of the hotel website’s images. He waited for the driver to open the car door so he could step out. The newlyweds stood looking up at the villa, the Mrs. twisting her ring. The man towered over her; there must have been 6 inches of difference in height between the two. His salt-and-pepper hair was impeccably groomed and connected to a slight beard. The woman standing next to him
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contrasted him in almost every way: young, dark-skinned, and demure. She turned around to admire the view. Her eyes couldn’t locate the road they had been driving on, only the mirage of the vineyards that blended together to emulate a painting. The Mrs. had barely gotten her bearings when a bellhop dressed in a double-breasted red jacket escorted them to their suite. Her husband strolled into the room to evaluate the place while she reached into her purse to tip the man.
“Grazie mille,” she thanked him and closed the door after him. She stepped into the bathroom to fix her hair. It fell right above her collarbones that jutted out like blunt knives. She saw in the mirror a baby face carved out with deliberate makeup application to disguise her true age. Her small frame appeared even smaller in the reflection. She took her upper arm in one hand and pinched her flesh, frowning at the amount of fat she grabbed. “Lizzie!” her husband called from the patio.
Rebecca Balcarcel is the award-winning author of THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY. Her new release is SHINE ON, LUZ VÉLIZ! which stars a bi-cultural girl who gets into computer coding and robotics and must save the day with her computer skills when her just-arrived Guatemalan half-sister goes missing. Rebecca serves students as Associate Professor of English at Tarrant County College. About judging, she says, “It takes bravery for writers to share their work, so reading these entries was a real honor. Our community is jampacked with creativity!” She was the judge of our first short story contest and selected Honeymoon, by Katherine Holeman, as the winner.
[L I F E] B E A U T Y
Most Bizarre Beauty Treatments Ever Get the look with gravy stockings, mummy powder and mice fur eyebrows.
All in the Name of Beauty
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By Shilo Urban Illustrations by Amber Bailey
We’ve all suffered in the name of beauty, from puffy bangs in the ’80s to pencil-thin brows in the ’90s (and we won’t mention that dark purple lipstick). But why do we pluck, paint, wax, inject and microblade — and often pay big bucks to do so? Because beauty is power. We know it, just as women throughout history have known it. But in the absence of L’Oréal and laser hair removal, our predecessors had to be a little more creative.
Radiant Skin No matter which era you live in, beauty begins with a good skin care routine. Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra, a renowned beauty, achieved a youthful glow by rubbing donkey milk and crocodile dung all over her face. Women of the Roman Empire bought vials of sweat and dirt scraped off the skin of gladiators, a luxurious face cream that only the wealthiest could afford. In Renaissance France, King Henry II’s wife preferred pigeon poop to get that “dewy” look, while his mistress drank dissolved gold (and then died from it). Ladies coveted a pale and pasty complexion, which flaunted the fact that you didn’t have to work
in the sun. To give yourself an alluring deathly pallor, you could try a mercury facial, let leeches suck your blood, or drink a mixture of ale and lice every morning. Whatever you do: Don’t bathe. It opens your pores to the plague and is to be avoided at all costs. Got acne? Swallow a pint of milk and seawater, a panacea in 18th century Europe. Bad bruise? A balm of powdered mummy will cure what ails you. The 1900s brought a new antiaging therapy: radioactive chemicals, which would indeed stop the aging process by killing you prematurely. By World War II, suntanned skin was in. But supply shortages stopped British women from getting the nylon stockings they desperately desired. So they painted fake nylons on their legs with gravy, drawing “seams” down the back with eyeliner. It worked surprisingly well — so long as there weren’t any dogs around.
A Beautiful Smile Taking care of those pearly whites is essential. Unless you’re in Japan during the Samurai era when sexy black teeth were all the rage. Women dyed their smiles with iron filings and tea. Dark choppers were also a status symbol in the reign of England’s Queen Elizabeth, because only the richest people could buy enough sugary treats to rot their teeth. Yum! If they fell out (as Elizabeth’s did), you could buy false teeth made of wood, porcelain or hippopotamus tusks. George Washington’s dentures included donkey and horse teeth. Want the real thing? Just wait for a war. Teeth pulled from the mouths of battlefield casualties were in demand for centuries. But of course, the best way to get a beautiful smile is to take care of your teeth to begin with — by chewing on a live mouse, like the Ancient Egyptians. Vegetarians might rather try the Romans’ favorite mouthwash, Portuguese pee. Supposedly stronger than your own homebrew, it doubled as laundry detergent — and was so popular that Emperor Nero taxed it! During the American Revolution, King George’s subjects cleaned their teeth with sulphuric acid (which stripped the enamel completely), while Patriot Paul Revere offered his own toothpaste recipe: butter, sugar, breadcrumbs — and gunpowder, for that bombshell smile.
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Beauty is power. We know it, just as women throughout history have known it. But in the absence of L’Oréal and laser hair removal, our predecessors had to be a little more creative.