Shrill Society is a platform for independent creators and a human-centered design studio. We make and source products that center women’s stories and joy and we believe humor is a better teacher than shame. We focus on apparel and object-based experiences because we know the small and everyday things can make a big difference in shaping a better world.

After the viral success of our Nasty Woman shirt, we saw corporations and mega-brands co-opting feminist ideals for a quick buck. Rather than churning out cheap shirts with an unreliable supply chain (i.e. sweatshop labor), we brought together feminist designers creating change in their communities through ethical production and charitable giving.

Our small in-house team--made up of activists, designers, curators, and thought leaders--live our values to create and direct impactful change.

On October 19, 2016, we created the Nasty Woman shirt that went globally viral, creating a movement combining design and social impact. We saw independent designers like us doing amazing work for their communities and their nonprofit partners getting buried underneath corporate entities stealing their designs and capitalizing on their beliefs. Through our knowledge gained by going viral and creating an ethical business, we turned our website into a collective design platform to highlight their work, and amplify their voices and impact.

We have since started building more complex products that educate and giveback through our human-centered design studio. This includes our sold-out Year of the Nasty Woman Planner and our Nasty Woman game published by Clarkson Potter/Penguin Random House.

Our company is surprisingly small, with our energy going to creating community, designing products, and supporting nonprofits through every single purchase on the site.

Independent voices when gathered create a loud noise. We believe in collaboration over competition, and we’ve got the platform to prove it.