Crowdfunding

Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

Local Park Slope families are chipping in to support Karen Paperno, a store owner who "has helped thousands of breastfeeding women find the support they need by fitting them with nursing bras." The founder of the blog Park Slope Parents is urging her readers to donate, calling Paperno the neighborhood's "unsung hero." The shop, Boing Boing, has been around since the mid-'90s—their sign reads: "At your cervix since 1996!" [DNAinfo]