Ryan Gonzalez

Colorado’s medical aesthetics industry has grown rapidly over the past decade. Clinics across the state provide services that help patients feel confident, address skin conditions, and access minimally invasive treatments in professional settings. Despite this growth and the collaborative teams that deliver these services every day, Colorado’s ownership laws remain rooted in an outdated framework that no longer reflects how these practices actually operate.

You play football? About once or twice a week I would get this question while pushing carts at my high school job as a grocery store clerk. They saw my 5-foot-5-inch stocky frame pushing those carts and assumed I was a man’s man, a real-life John Wayne, albeit a little shorter.

Coming to The Sylvee in Madison, WI, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had listened to Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, and Julien Baker for some time before signing up to photograph and review the show. I was curious to see what this trio would be able to bring as a team, especially to such a new venue that had only been open since September. The start of the night was quietly announced with a lit-up neon sign based off Lucy Dacus’ most recent album Historian.