COPY WRITING
2023
Written for Pulse Annual Print & Digital Journal.
On February 7th & 8th of 2023, we invited the community to embrace love by commissioning typewritten poems in the spirit of Valentine's day!
Writers with Typewriters (Valentines Day edition) was hosted by the OCADU Creative Writing Program's literary journal, PULSE. The two-day event involved sweet candy, and even sweeter words...
2023
Written for Petal Projections.
My own social media pages can often feel foreign to me. Despite this truth, my work experience and passion lies within content creation. It is an enjoyable sector. The notion of modern media being at the hands of the individual is powerful. As a child of social media, I believe that the decisions on responsible usage lie in our hands...
2021
Written for Stoic Beauty.
The practice of massage, and use of massage oils is often sexualized and/or seen as a shameful indulgence. This is ultimately due to the centre of the venn diagram in people's minds: ‘massage’ and ‘sex’ containing aspects of sensuality and physicality. But this limited view stigmatizes massage and massage products...
2021
Written for Stoic Beauty.
Growth spurts, weight fluctuation, hormonal changes, pregnancy, and myriad bodily changes can result in stretch marks decorating the body. I first noticed my own stretch marks beginning their life on my chest during puberty. At first I panicked. I was taught to hate them, clearly from a very early age. My older siblings had the same marks, and bought copious amounts of harmful products promising to remove them overnight. Luckily enough for me, nobody seemed to care about my stripes. I forgot my panicked train of thought immediately (in the way that an 11 year old often does) and continued to not think about my stretch marks...
2021
Written for Stoic Beauty.
As sentimental beings, we have a habit of endowing objects with meaning. Personal influence, symbolic tradition, and event based memory factor into the emotional relationship to objects. We all strive to have a harmonious lifestyle with constant reminders of joy and tranquility...