Interview with mixed feelings: Read the Full Column with @manicpixiememequeen!

Hey y’all—new interview alert!

mixed feelings, a multi-voiced advice column under Condé Nast, reached out to me to be the first guest on their new column called “hyper-specific” in which they ask (you guessed it!) hyper-specific questions—a modern take on the Proust Questionnaire.

This was undoubtedly the most fun interview I’ve ever done, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be the column’s first guest and stand on my soap-box to talk about natural yards, When Harry Met Sally being the best movie of all time, and body-dysmorphic spirals into hell. Read the whole Q&A here:

In case you missed it, Adweek Magazine presented me with their Creative 100 award! Last week, Adweek published their June issue that annually honors 100 people for their work within different creative industries. This came as a total shock to me, and it’s a little surreal to see my name next to so many other incredibly talented people. Read the feature here:

With love & gratitude,

C

Adweek Creative 100 2023

Hello again, y’all! I’m excited to announce something sort of insane: Adweek Magazine presented me with their Creative 100 award! On Monday, Adweek published their June issue that annually honors 100 people for their work within different creative industries. This came as a total shock to me, and it’s a little surreal to see my name next to so many other incredibly talented people. Beyond grateful and honored right now.

And yes, I am officially back after 722 days since my last blog post on here—my hiatus rudely unannounced. New blog posts will be up very soon, and I’ll be sharing more writing than I have in the past. Thank you for supporting me, reading, and being so patient.

With gratitude,

C

New Poetry Chapbook Coming Out Friday, June 18!

Hey y’all!

Sorry I’ve been majorly absent from blogging, but I’ve been working on a project since the beginning of this year, and although I’m a bit sad it won’t be in print like an ode to the sunshine through my bedroom window during springtime, it will be a similar style chapbook available for everyone for free digitally.

I can’t wait for everyone to read it! See you Friday!

Much love always,
C

manicpixiememequeen.com is NOW LIVE!

Hi all!

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a few new manicpixiememequeen projects, including developing merchandise, brainstorming a Podcast, and establishing a website that is now live!

I’m super stoked to share all of these projects with you soon. In the meantime, feel free to browse around manicpixiememequeen.com and laugh at mental illness memes.

Stay witchy & bitchy, y’all!

—Cori

Interview with Screen Shot Magazine: Communities on Instagram are Using Memes to Drive the Conversation Around Mental Health

I was featured in Screen Shot Magazine about my experiences as @manicpixiememequeen, mental health memes, and mental health activism. Read the article by clicking here!

“Cori, perhaps better known as @manicpixiememequeen, started her meme account as a way to cope with her own struggles. In 2017, she was experiencing some mental health issues, and her uncle had just tried to commit suicide. ‘I did what any other person would do: I made an anonymous “finsta” to shout my personal problems out to the void of the internet in the form of memes. The creation process made me feel productive, rather than feeling like I was wallowing or pitying myself,’ she told Screen Shot. ‘@manicpixiememequeen has given me so many incredible opportunities to generate discussion about mental health,’ Cori added. She went on to speak at Stanford University, and she even had several therapists message her, thanking her for posting the memes. ‘Some of their patients have used my memes to start a conversation in private sessions,’ Cori explained.”

Article written by Bianca Borissova; published November 8, 2019.

Read My Published Works Online

In April, I released a chapbook called an ode to the sunshine through my bedroom window during springtime. It sold out within two weeks. While contemplating the turning of seasons and the welcomed fall weather, I remembered my springtime chapbook. I wanted more people to be able to read it, despite its tiny print-run. I decided to put the chapbook up on my website, so we can all admire spring during autumn.

Then I thought, why limit it to just the chapbook?

You can now read all of my previously published works by clicking the button below–so get reading!

Please continue to support print publications! Holding a physical copy of a book or a magazine in your hands is experiential, transformative, and beautiful. Tangibility creates a relationship between the work and the viewer. The texture of the pages, the sheen of the ink, the structure of the typeface–print is an art that cannot be replaced or undervalued. Keep print alive by supporting your local publications!

Special thanks to: Grant Thomas + the Seen and Heard Collective, Transfer Magazine, Crooked Teeth Literary Magazine, Milvia Street Literary Journal, Øyvind Jonas Jellestad, all of the readers, and everyone who supported me by purchasing my chapbook!

Interview with Rewire.org (PBS): Are Depression Memes Making You More Depressed? by Gretchen Brown

“Because my account went viral, I really try to be active in the mental health community. If I have a platform like I do, I have to use that responsibly. I don’t want to value push anything onto anyone, except that it’s OK to love yourself, it’s OK to feel sh*tty sometimes, and it’s OK to get help.” –Cori Amato Hartwig

I was featured in Rewire.org (PBS) about @manicpixiememequeen and the rise of mental health memes. Read the article by clicking here!

Article written by Gretchen Brown; published July 10, 2019.

First Print-Run of "an ode to the sunshine through my bedroom window during springtime"

On April 13, 2019, I printed the first run of my chapbook, an ode to the sunshine through my bedroom window during springtime, which features several prose-poems about springtime, rebirth, and renewal. On April 27, the chapbook sold out! Thank y’all so much.

If you are looking to purchase a copy, fear not—a second print-run is in the works. Updates to come!

Thank you for reminding me of how much love and support constantly surrounds me and my art.

With gratitude,

CAH

Photo courtesy of April Marble.

Photo courtesy of April Marble.