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

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.

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.