WRITING SAMPLES
Click on the link in each folder below to view the respective work in full.
Interviews:
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We’ve all been (happily) held captive in recent months, with the question “are you watching The White Lotus?” at the forefront of every social gathering. Sarah Catherine Hook, the fresh face playing Piper Ratliff in the show’s third season, understands the feeling, having been a fan of the HBO smash hit since the very beginning. Next up? A role in the highly anticipated film adaptation of Emily Henry’s novel People We Meet on Vacation, out later this year.
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Currently in its third season, smash-hit series Yellowjackets follows a star high school girls soccer team headed to Nationals when their plane crashes, leaving the group stranded in the Canadian wilderness. Melanie Lynskey stars as Shauna Sadecki (née Shipman), brilliantly portraying the character 25 years later as she continues to face the shadow cast by her time in the wild. Lynskey divulges what drew her to Yellowjackets, her experience playing Shauna, and the power of a show that subverts traditional narratives about women.
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Jen Tullock’s quick-witted portrayal of Devon Scout in Apple TV’s smash-hit Severance has clearly resonated with fans. The show’s popularity skyrocketed upon the release of its second season earlier this year after a long wait following Season 1, with Tullock’s representation of Mark’s sister grounding the series amid all of its twists and turns. Tullock discusses connections forged while filming, her own thoughts on the series’s success, her upcoming solo show Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God, and much more.
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Brazilian actor Wagner Moura has done his fair share of weighty, high impact storytelling, and brand-new series Dope Thief is no different. Known for his portrayal of Pablo Escobar in Narcos and excellent performance as war journalist Joel in A24’s Civil War, Moura now pulls both laughs and tears from his audience as Manny. He discusses the complexities of the Dope Thief world and his time filming the show below.
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Rising star Julia Schlaepfer stuns as Alexandra, affectionately known as Alex, in season two of 1923. The second installment of the Yellowstone prequel series, starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, premiered on Paramount+ on February 23, picking all of the drama right back up where Season 1 left off. A vision on the screen, the actress has already made herself a fan favorite, which is no surprise given the impressive performance as Alice Charles in Netflix’s The Politician that led her to capture the hearts of viewers everywhere. Schlaepfer, lovely as ever, took the time to talk about her experience filming Season 2 and the whole new set of challenges that it presented, for her character and as an actress.
Articles:
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A commentary on microtrends, fast fashion, and whether the rapidly changing trend cycle is slowly being phased out.
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McQueen’s Autumn/Winter 2025 show is reminiscent of eras long past: a dark London night, opulent and shimmering as models strode down a runway of deep wood to a haunting blend of nineteenth century strings and contemporary music. Creative Director Seán McGirr drew heavily upon the image and spirit of the Victorian dandy, with gold embroidery, smooth silks, and floral lace all adorning garments that evoke (and subvert) classic British tailoring.
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Duality: an ever-present quality in a woman’s life, and as such, one that inspired Daniel Roseberry’s “Lone Star” collection at Schiaparelli’s F/W show in Paris earlier this month. Cognizant that men are rarely ever the source of a woman’s desire to dress up, Roseberry wanted to play on typically masculine and feminine silhouettes and fabrics, both juxtaposing and combining them to create something new.
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The first of several articles published to 60 Seconds Magazine’s website; here, I ponder the latent connotations of a recent beauty trend and what it means for certain groups.
Analytical
Essays:
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An essay from my undergraduate English program in which I explore concepts of intersectionality and human psychology as seen intertwined throughout two distinct pieces of literature.
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The essay upon which I later based my undergraduate thesis, examining the unconscious and its impact on the lived experience of the characters in three literary works.
creative
writing:
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Written as an assignment for a creative writing class with few parameters, I enjoyed crafting the visuals of the world I created in this short two page work.