Courtney Branson

Issue No. 11 | Horror‑themed essays that examine workplace dynamics, early‑career challenges, AI influence, how language shapes reality, the gender pay gap, and other cultural narratives. We can all be the proverbial final girl through hard conversation, self‑reflection, and ethical action.

Issue No. 10 | The things we carry, the things we keep, the things we take care of and what they reveal about our emotional world. We all carry things with us—physical objects, generational moods like millennial melancholy, even feedback from a colleague. It’s part of what makes us who we are. And who we are is everything in how we approach and experience the world.

The manager 1:1 is a time-honored corporate tradition that when done well shapes your career for the better. When ignored or avoided, it’s a missed opportunity. Somewhere along the way this ritual became synonymous with rut. It devolves into idle chatter as two people each hold a hidden agenda they never discuss, leaving everything unsaid. It’s in desperate need of a revamp, rebrand, re-creation. Lest, it become the gravestone of management