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Jessica Spagnuolo

11 published articles

Jessica Spagnuolo is a third-year Creative Industries undergraduate student at Toronto Metropolitan University and a writer whose creative journey began, like many, with the simple act of keeping a diary. What started as “Dear Diary” entries slowly evolved into dated reflections, then poems, prose, song lyrics, and creative explorations. Over time, writing shifted from a private outlet into Jessica’s preferred method of creation and self-understanding.

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Nutrition for women Gut Health for Women

What My Gut Knew — Learning To Read Your Nervous System Before It Screams

The Text I Kept Retyping Staring at the ceiling from bed while the sun was beginning to set, I sent the text I kept retyping in my notes. Maybe you should tell your parents before…

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Losing My Dog Gave Me The Clarity To Leave My Relationship

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Mental Wellbeing Mental Clarity

Losing My Dog Gave Me The Clarity To Leave My Relationship

The Morning It Started One morning I woke to my mom at the foot of my bed. "You should come downstairs," she said. Sandy, our sixteen year old shih-poo, had fallen down a small…

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Woman quietly enduring period pain alone

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Hormonal Reproductive Female Hormones

Silent Performance Women Give Every Month

The Phone Call Curled in my boyfriend's arms, I reached for my phone as it rang. Reading my coworker's name at the top, I debated answering, but I slid my thumb across the screen…

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Wanted Jessica Story Losing Reclaiming Yourself in Love

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Emotional Boundaries Healthy Boundaries

He Wanted Jessica Story Losing Reclaiming Yourself in Love

He Didn't Want Jessica: He Wanted Jessica, If On the woman who didn't know she was starving until she finally fed herself You cannot bury yourself deep enough to stay lost. You…

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Food Travel Destinations Culinary Retreats

Best Nanaimo Bar BC: 5 Bakeries Serving No-Bake Dessert Trail

In a church basement in 1952, the Nanaimo bar , the beloved Canadian no-bake dessert, was created by a group of women. With a wafer, nut, and coconut-crumb base, custard…

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Books & Literature Women's Literature

BookTok Did not Change Men It Changed What We had Tolerate

On raised standards, bad relationships, and the men who quietly adjusted I didn’t read when I was a kid, and I didn’t date when I was a teenager. Until I turned twenty I took part…

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Friendships Formed in Childhood Impact Friendships

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Social relationships advice Friendship Dynamics

The Longevity of Friendships – Formed in Childhood Impact Friendships formed in Adulthood

On her first day of kindergarten, my sister broke away from my mothers hug, turning around and walking into the classroom, making herself right at home. My first day of…

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Bull On My Left Rib Cage Bulls Tucked in My Corner

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Social relationships advice Women Support Groups

The Bull On My Left Rib Cage – The Bulls Tucked in My Corner

I have never consciously joined a support group, yet I constantly find myself within them. From my mother and my sister, to my closest of friends, they have always delegated their…

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Resuming Thankless Job – Time With More Expect Mother's Midlife

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Life Transitions Midlife Career Change

Resuming the Thankless Job – This Time With More to Expect

When my mom was-fifty four, she left her job after ten years. She had gotten the job working for a family friend after receiving her bookkeeping certificate in her early forties,…

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Finding Yourself After Divorce – Outside Looking In Single Motherhood

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Life Transitions Life After Divorce

Finding Yourself After Divorce – From the Outside Looking In Single Motherhood

Though I have never been divorced myself, I have seen different variations of it from the outside. Whether that's referring to parents splitting when their child is young,…

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Perceptions to Externalize Power Luster by Raven Leilani

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Cultural identity BIPOC Women

Internalizing Perceptions to Externalize Power: An Analysis of Luster by Raven Leilani

In the novel Luster by Raven Leilani, the black female protagonist, Edie, struggles as she navigates through varying social scenes, personal relationships , and workplaces. The…

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