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Elizabeth Robichaud works in marketing by day and spends her time off the clock exploring Toronto, watching reality food shows and trying new beers among other things. She has won Carl Kasell's voice for her home answering machine and used to spend summers on hot air balloon chase crews.

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Monetise

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you are valid you are valid you are valid

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You go, Bob Kelso.

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I love my skin!

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A 1887 handwritten draft of Whitman’s 1865 poem “O Captain! My Captain!

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No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

(Dead Poets Society, 1989)

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WAAAAAAAHHHHH

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O Captain My Captain

Funny how what was one of my strengths as a kid, my empathy, my deep feeling emotions, my ability to feel another person’s pain, is what became my burden and struggle in my teens and early adulthood. Feeling so deeply to the point that at one time I couldn’t feel. I’m a stronger person now, but we should all be kinder to one another and respect our gentle souls.

Robin Williams’ death hit in an unexpected way. Never has a celebrity death effected me in such a way. He’s work made me feel when I couldn’t feel. Made me laugh when I couldn’t laugh. Made me cry when I couldn’t cry.

After my first panic attack, I watched a lot of Disney movies and I kept coming back to Aladdin. When I first had insomnia in college, I kept re-watching Dead Poets Society. The first movies I watched weekly as a toddler and kid were the Little Mermaid and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Some of the first standup I watched was Robin’s work.

I’m feeling a lot of emotions. My eyes are clouded with tears and my ears are stinging as I type this. This isn’t eloquent or poetic, but it’s real and I want to remember what Robin has given to me personally at this moment. It isn’t something that I do as often as I should - writing raw, feeling raw or remembering raw. I wish it didn’t take loss to bring me back to the keyboard and back to (healthy) self-reflection. Thanks for the memories and emotions, Robin. You are missed and loved.

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Flipping the Script: Mixtape Photos in Front of the Lens

My partner Saajid runs Mixtape Photos which means that I get to assist on shoots and events. It also means that often when we’re both dressed up, we rarely get photos together. Or at least photos that aren’t selfies.

This past weekend, Markus Staley of Markus Staley Photography had us out at Wynchwood Artscape Barns in our neighbourhood for a couples’ session.

It was a blast and a chance for both of us to be in front of camera at the same time. It’s amazing working with other photographers who are able to capture private moments and the glints of love reflecting from someone’s eyes.

Here are a few of my favourite photos from the day. 

Thanks to Markus for a great Sunday evening and some fantastic photos that we'll treasure for a long time to come. Check out more photos from our shoot here including more luchador shots. 

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Learn to say ‘no’ without explaining yourself.

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

This website is going to be undergoing some changes in the present and near future. Buckle up and enjoy! Cheers! Elizabeth

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me writing anything.

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Mirrors and Windows is a portrait series by Italian photographers Gabriele Galimberti and Edoardo Dilelle that draws insight into the lives of women across the world based on their intimate living spaces.  See if you can guess the country and click the link to find out.