Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist
Found the source, gained her trust, pitched and reported this story for FLARE.com. Was retweeted by Kelly Oxford on Twitter. Zoe was sexually assaulted the first time she went to a nightclub, but she didn’t realize it until nearly a decade later. (We’ve changed her name at her request.) Now in her mid 20s, Zoe […]
Sourced and edited all info and photographs for the FLARE.com gallery. The Ball That Launched Them All—Boobyball 2002: The First Bash “My most memorable moment was walking into the first Boobyball that my friends had put on for me and exposing my bald head for the first time to hundreds of people. I was diagnosed with […]
Pitched Q&A and completed for FLARE.com. Trinidad-born, Mississauga-raised Shivani Persad—a model, blogger and activist—gets honest about the modelling industry’s diversity issues and why the All Woman Project is so necessary. Cellulite and stretch marks are about as welcome at a photo shoot as deep dish pizza but two body-positive models were determined to celebrate the female […]
Op-ed written for FLARE. Sure, actress Amber Heard is a total babe, but now, apparently, science has “proven” that she has the most beautiful face in the world. British cosmetic surgeon Dr. Julian De Silva used the Golden Ratio of 1.618—an ancient Greek measure of physical perfection—to map out the ideal placement and proportion of facial features, […]
Pitched and written fore FLARE. Reposted by Chatelaine. It was late at night in downtown Toronto and Aisha Addo hopped into a cab for the long trek back to her home in Mississauga. The driver started up a conversation but soon began making sexual comments and asking personal questions, like whether the Addo lived alone. “You know when […]
Breaking news Q&A done for FLARE. A 30-year-old Ottawa woman is speaking out after a gym supervisor accused her of dressing inappropriately—not because of the type of top she was wearing, but because of the size of her breasts. “Typically I wear a t-back tank top and a pair of yoga pants,” said Jenna Vecchio, who […]
Breaking news coverage—both news content, photos, and social media content— for FLARE from the rally that followed the verdict in the landmark Ghomeshi case. “I find Mr. Ghomeshi not guilty.” The highly anticipated ruling, delivered by Ontario Court of Justice Judge William Horkins on the morning of March 24, cleared Jian Ghomeshi, former CBC radio host, of four […]
Breaking news coverage for Allergic Living from the 2016 AAAAI conference. Epinephrine auto-injectors are a life-saving tool for children with allergies, however new evidence suggests the design of the devices may need adjustment for use on very young children. The needles in pediatric auto-injectors are half-an-inch long, but according to research presented at the AAAAI conference in March, […]
Breaking news coverage for Allergic Living from the 2016 AAAAI conference. Precautionary allergy labels are widely misunderstood and causing confusion, which in turn is leading to a lack of caution among consumers who live with food allergies, according to a recent study. Researchers surveyed more than 6,600 food-allergic consumers and caregivers in the U.S. and Canada, finding that […]
