Selling Canadian Identity:How Tim Hortons, Roots, and the HBC Have Branded Themselves to National Identity When examining Canadian identity, there are various symbols and archetypes in Canadian culture that allow for companies such as Tim Hortons, the Hudson Bay Company (HBC), and Roots to exploit national identity to sell products. This paper argues that by… Continue reading “Selling Canadian Identity: How Tim Hortons, Roots, and the HBC Company Have Branded Themselves to National Identity” an Academic Paper by Katrina L.-
Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Published by Macmillan Publishers on June 5, 2012, the phenomenon of the YA fantasy novel by Leigh Bardugo made its debut. Over a decade later, the YA fantasy trilogy would be adopted into a hit TV series on Netflix. With a possible third season set to release in 2024, fans of the series continue to… Continue reading Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Queer Literary Studies: Academic Paper by Katrina L- “Measuring Up to the Masculine Model: How Queer Theory Explores Gender Roles and Masculinity in bpNichol’s ‘The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid’
Measuring Up to the Masculine Model: How Queer Theory Explores Gender Roles andMasculinity in bpNichol’s ‘The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid’ ENGL2P70: Literary TheoryName: Katrina LemaireCourse: ENGL2P70Word Count: 2,259 Measuring Up to the Masculine Model: How Queer Theory Explores Gender Roles and Masculinity in bpNichol’s ‘The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid’.… Continue reading Queer Literary Studies: Academic Paper by Katrina L- “Measuring Up to the Masculine Model: How Queer Theory Explores Gender Roles and Masculinity in bpNichol’s ‘The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid’
Diving Back Into Poetry: “Brute” by Emily Skaja
Published April 2, 2019, Brute by Emily Skaja is a debut collection that was selected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. In the year 2023, reading this chapbook was riveting as the poems confront the brutality and terrifying silences surrounding sexuality, relationships, gender, and… Continue reading Diving Back Into Poetry: “Brute” by Emily Skaja
Behind The Scenes of Drafting A YA Manuscript: The Highs and Lows
Drafting a novel is a significant feat. Every morsel detail is scrutinized, edited, and cut to fine points. In the end, YOU are the one telling YOUR story. For this week’s post, I will recount the experience of drafting my first novel and where I am today with my second project. If you haven’t already,… Continue reading Behind The Scenes of Drafting A YA Manuscript: The Highs and Lows
Short Story: The Waitress
by Katrina Lemaire THE WAITRESS This place was full of them. Walking down halls, filing paperwork, picking their brains clean in cramped desks piled high with cases. Dressed in the finest shiny blue uniforms, enforcing the subjective rule of justice, police officers and detectives’ bustle about. Standing on the observing side of the one-way glass,… Continue reading Short Story: The Waitress
The Feathered Pen 