There’s no better way to speedrun the full range of human emotion than with a quick stroll through the greeting card aisle. Victoria Venturi asked herself the same questions shortly before launching Paper Epiphanies, a Portland-based feminist greeting card company that’s been dishing out funny, heartfelt cards for more than a decade. It felt like kismet, Venturi said — and in 2014, she started printing greeting cards out of her one-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica, California. “I realized women are overlooked in a very unique way in the greeting card industry,” Venturi said. “I have thousands of new card ideas every day.”A customer browses cards Paper Epiphanies, a feminist greeting card store at Portland International Airport.Veronica Nocera— Veronica Nocera covers life and culture.

Source: International New York Times November 18, 2024 02:02 UTC