Erin Taylor

Erin Taylor https://erintaylorisalive.com Erin Taylor Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:39:34 +0000 https://erintaylorisalive.com en Screenplays http://erintaylorisalive.com/Screenplays Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:39:34 +0000 Erin Taylor 449205 ScreenplaysI began writing screenplays in 2021 and decided to pursue work in Los Angeles. I have written several TV pilots and features, both solo and with my writing partner Ben Collins. I enjoy emotional thrillers, grim yet realistic narratives, and interesting world-building. If you would like to work with me, read samples, or more, email erintaylorliveshere@gmail.com. back to home ScreenplaysI began writing screenplays in 2021 and decided to pursue work in Los Angeles. I have written several TV pilots and features, both solo and with my... Editing http://erintaylorisalive.com/Editing Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:11:27 +0000 Erin Taylor 449204 Editing Editing What I'm Up To Right Now http://erintaylorisalive.com/What-I-m-Up-To-Right-Now Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:11:06 +0000 Erin Taylor 449199 Journalism, Non-Fiction, and Fiction http://erintaylorisalive.com/Journalism-Non-Fiction-and-Fiction Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:10:54 +0000 Erin Taylor 449198 Journalism, Non-Fiction, and Fiction I became a journalist in 2019 originally covering topics around sex work labor politics and technology and society. This later led to an exploration of cultural criticism, as well as a two year stint as Observer’s arts editor.  Journalism Bitch Media The Vanilla Internet: How Instagram Is Failing Queer Sex Workers (2019) Sex Workers Have Always Known That Zoom Is Anti-sex. Now, the Public Knows Too. (2020) The Grift List: Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans Debacle Screwed Over Sex Workers (2020)  The Verge Reddit’s Female Dating Strategy offers women advice — and a strict rulebook for how to act (2020) Covid-19 anxiety taking a toll? There’s a subreddit for that (2020) Allure How to Make (and Maintain) Healthy Sexual Boundaries (2019) What It’s Like to Be a Phone Sex Worker in the Time of Covid-19 (2020) Observer Sex Workers Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and Big Tech (2019) Government Shutdown of Top Sex Worker Site Intensifies Fight for Decriminalization (2020) Inside LA’s Star Garden Strike: Strippers Are Organizing Whether You Like It or Not (2022)  Non-Fiction & Criticism  Bitch Media “Too Hot to Handle” is a Conservative Nightmare of a Reality Dating Show (2020) What, like It’s Hard? The Enduring Legacy of Legally Blonde (2021) Bare Trap: How Girls Gone Wild Sold Sham Empowerment (2021) The Believer An Interview with Rachel Rabbit White (2019) Numéro Berlin In conversation with Arvida Byström and Harmony, the ai companion (2022)  Talking BookIntimacy and The Internet (essay, 2017) Autostraddle The Fallen Tracee and Sex Industry Labor Rights in “The Sopranos” (2020) Observer Pamela Council Talks About Fountain in Times Square, a Playland, and Everything (2021) Fellini Wasn’t Brave Enough: ‘Nights of Cabiria’ and Fallen Women in Love (2021) What the Resurrection of Marilyn Monroe Tells Us About Parasocial Obsession From Beyond the Grave (2022)The Next Dimes Square Is Just Around the Corner (2022) Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died” and the Mother Figure Myth (2022) Made in a Celebrity Factory, One Direction’s Fame Is Forever — For Better or Worse  (2022)  Ryan Murphy, Pick Up the Phone: What Went Down With Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ Revival (2022) Fiction Potluck Magazine The Total (short, 2016) back to home Journalism, Non-Fiction, and Fiction I became a journalist in 2019 originally covering topics around sex work labor politics and technology and society. This later... Poetry http://erintaylorisalive.com/Poetry Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:10:33 +0000 Erin Taylor 449197 Poetry My poetry has been published in everything from zines, literary journals, anthologies, and books. I have an eternal love for independent literature, literature born on the Internet, and written work born outside of the MFA. for my books, click here. this list is publications.  Magazines, Zines, Journals The Poetry Project (2020) Lambda Literary (2017) Minor Literatures (2019) Newest York (2019) Be About It Zine (2015) Vagabond City (2017) Girls Get Busy Zine (2015) Talking Book (2016) Peach Mag (2016) Protean Mag (2023) Francis House (2017) Porridge Magazine (2018) Terrain Vol 1 (2015) Worms (2023) Pittsburgh Poetry Houses (2016) <img width="469" height="355" width_o="469" height_o="355" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/48b73012acc145c53b8ec43e1931e3df740d3ffc5133388a5b2eaf12e8b18811/Screen-Shot-2019-12-11-at-6.03.17-PM.png" data-mid="1324059" border="0" />Collage poem made of text messages, published in 2015 by the now defunct Fog Machine. Zoomoozophone Review (2016) Liquid Animal Machine (2016) Sea Foam Mag (2016) Rising Phoenix Review (2016) Hobart (2016) Phoebe Journal (2019) Breadcrumbs Mag (2019) NonDoc (2016) Yes Poetry (2016)= Anthologies  <img width="626" height="900" width_o="626" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/22c0cf74dc822f7ff93fb7daabc97c82e5e3df5fd8691fb9f35e75213b16932f/image.jpeg" data-mid="1324062" border="0" />(Archway Editions, edited by Etan Nechin, 2020) <img width="705" height="705" width_o="705" height_o="705" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cbb27f49b2a453e0add430d1438eb73429ce3badbfbaadac6c53de7f1fb31792/bc0e84_0fa2a3d531b842738f34d70f98c1a124mv2.png" data-mid="1324064" border="0" />(Peach Magazine, edited by Hazel Avery, 2021)  <img width="599" height="900" width_o="599" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/75cffd1609afec04f8ed78294a9c446f37150b85be6ddd1295a838251d0772b9/sad-happens-9781668003459_xlg.jpeg" data-mid="1324065" border="0" />(Simon & Schuster, edited by Brandon Stosuy, 2023) back to home Poetry My poetry has been published in everything from zines, literary journals, anthologies, and books. I have an eternal love for independent literature,... Books http://erintaylorisalive.com/Books Wed, 05 May 2021 17:45:55 +0000 Erin Taylor 404719 BooksI have been lucky to have had enough people  believe in me that I have books. I also was fortunate to have the Internet, so there are also self published e-books.  <img width="626" height="900" width_o="626" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9fa7d983d0f67187601e6252e03619d396063e5cabc222eba827c2d9d7ab5c4a/bimboland-9781576879917_xlg.jpg" data-mid="1084701" border="0" /> My full length book of poetry Bimboland is out through Archway Editions at Powerhouse Books, with distribution through Simon and Schuster.  Thank you all for reading, and be sure to rate on Goodreads or all that if you want. <3  E-Books <img width="750" height="1125" width_o="750" height_o="1125" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0182882618e41b5a826bc2b4ad2aa395faee85e86f9699d92858619d82b03674/39.jpeg" data-mid="1324073" border="0" />[you look tired] (Ghost City Press, 2016) <img width="750" height="1159" width_o="750" height_o="1159" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/666b4b39537f6511d450ca7a3f3ab6eee5d330240e0585efc9b75786de69c9f1/eboo.jpeg" data-mid="1324074" border="0" /> bangers (Ghost City Press, 2017) <img width="720" height="720" width_o="720" height_o="720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b442dcb4a4e23b31e372725affeabeb39dbab80087c31e73fa55c904a92d5557/492eb537aa2103e99cb1abe629a9e77e8457282eeb7bca9d4015ba8e7f5390ee.jpeg" data-mid="1324076" border="0" />phone note poems  (self published) <img width="1005" height="1017" width_o="1005" height_o="1017" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ada2d7895fa47e1498221409a8ed14e4da0fa18cf131b61a51e2c7caada27861/419b4c214e443d33e06ebb18f46e9f4f15a114b00fe152f23e3547e7863944b6.jpeg" data-mid="1324077" border="0" />Daddy Issues  (self published)  Out of Print OOOO, chapbook through Bottlecap Press in 2016. <img width="299" height="480" width_o="299" height_o="480" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/203bcb0f5f54db8c6653d4383d5ae7168a5e2104ae28c8079424d57543f01fa7/9bc22c3b47a762dbe5cff4aaaede6b46.png" data-mid="1084704" border="0" /> back to home BooksI have been lucky to have had enough people  believe in me that I have books. I also was fortunate to have the Internet, so there are also self published... wow we live in the time of the e-book http://erintaylorisalive.com/wow-we-live-in-the-time-of-the-e-book Wed, 05 May 2021 17:33:10 +0000 Erin Taylor 404718 wow we live in the time of the e-bookback to home I’ve had various e-books throughout my time as a poet, some are free and some are not (but still very cheap), so I’m putting them all here for you in one place. Free E-Books <img width="750" height="1125" width_o="750" height_o="1125" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3e863d06bf197ca0a1cbb5602ad4183b95a8c8e6a10ecffe1bfa04d42ed9466f/39.jpg" data-mid="1084697" border="0" data-scale="48"/> [you look tired] by erin taylor through Ghost City Press in 2016 <img width="750" height="1159" width_o="750" height_o="1159" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/490dddfe282e2b172b9da8d48f4984173656bc90c68d003677dd46b4ca64f9ea/50.jpg" data-mid="1084698" border="0" data-scale="48"/> Bangers by erin taylor through Ghost City Press in 2017.  Not Free E-Books <img width="720" height="720" width_o="720" height_o="720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/42f3f71ca80d74c30c27101f317d4319c296ad8d4cffc036d75343ec3446c1d7/492eb537aa2103e99cb1abe629a9e77e8457282eeb7bca9d4015ba8e7f5390ee.jpg" data-mid="1084699" border="0" data-scale="48"/> phone note poems by erin taylor, these are literally just all the poems I wrote on my phone over an eight month span.  <img width="1005" height="1017" width_o="1005" height_o="1017" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8a047363408a634f34464a85598277d93a96ba857f1db1c16d3812df1bb35cd1/419b4c214e443d33e06ebb18f46e9f4f15a114b00fe152f23e3547e7863944b6.jpg" data-mid="1084700" border="0" data-scale="48"/> Daddy Issues by erin taylor are poems I wrote while cutting out my dad, it focuses pretty much solely on that relationship and familial estrangement. Even though this does cost money, if you are an incest survivor you can DM me or email me at erintaylorliveshere@gmail.com to request a free copy.  wow we live in the time of the e-bookback to home I’ve had various e-books throughout my time as a poet, some are free and some are not (but still very cheap), so... events http://erintaylorisalive.com/events Tue, 04 May 2021 18:17:28 +0000 Erin Taylor 404606 Events / Readings / Talks / Podcasts This is what I can remember doing, if I have forgotten something, feel free to email me! 2023 October 13th. Devotion reading at North Fig Books with Grace Byron, Emma Specter, Rax Will, Rosie Stockton, Ruth Madievsky, and Wyatt Coday. September 20th. Reading at Footsies for Car Crash Collective. Readers: Jack Skelley, Jo Stone, Lili Lee, Caitlin Forst, Fiona Deane-Grundman. August 13th. Reading at Junior High hosted by Sofia Fey. Readers: Mary Boo Anderson, Derrick Brown, Amelia Ada, Austen Leah Rose, Alexandria Hall, and KB Brookins.  July 8th. Reading at The Roguelike Tavern, with performances by Lora Matthis & Matty terrones, Adam Gnade, Sofia Fey, and Kimi Hanauer.  April 16th. Spring Fling Reading at Junior High hosted by Sofia Fey, with Olivia Gatwood, Melissa Ximena Golebiowski, Chelsea Bayouth, Amelia Ada, Michelle tea, Dare Williams, and Edwin Bodney.  March 24th. NDA Reading Series at Stories with Miranda July, Robert Glück, Michelle Tea, William E. Jones, Jasmine Johnson, and Taylor Lewandowski.  January 29th. ‘Obsessive Intrusive Magical Thinking’ by Marianne Eloise LA Book Tour at Junior High LA. Ft the author, Helen Donahue, Aiden Arata, & me. January 18th. LA Bimboland launch at Stories with Aiden Arata, Ivanna Baranova, and Leah Clancy.  2022 December 13th.  The Honeymoon Phase variety show at C’mon Everybody featuring Ladies Who Ranch, Sara Hennessey, and Daddy.December 3rd. Brooklyn Bimboland launch reading at Powerhouse Arena, featuring Stephanie Kaylor, LA Warman, and Cyrée Jarelle Johnson. Septemebr 21st. Online reading hosted by Peach Magazine to celebrate the launch of Something Right Here: Un/natural Mix anthology. Other readers: aja moore, Ash Davida Jane, Carolyn Supinka, Liz Bowen, Manahil Bandukwala, Morgan Boyle, s.g. maldonado-vélez, and Urvi Kumbhat.  August 10th. Hosted reading at Gingers Bar called “Sodom and Gomorrah Was A Riot” featuring LA Warman, YI Wei, Janus Rose, and Kyle Carerro Lopez 2021 September 9th. Reading at The KGB Bar with Rax King, Willem Helf, and Tony Tulathimutte. Hostd by Em Brill.  April 6th and 7th 2021. Taught two workshops on the sex workers rights movement at the University of Connecticut, Virtual.  March 23rd 2021. Erin Taylor (AKA ATMFIEND) in Conversation with Cecily Chen, sponsored by Bard College’s Meme Lab, Virtual Talk.  February 15th 2021. Kiss Me Thru The Phone: Cybersex During COVID-19, spoke to students for Sex Week at Ohio State University, Virtual Talk. February 12th. VR Reading at Bitcoin Citadel with Leigh Cuen, Virtual Reality.  2020 November 24th 2020. Electronic Literature Day Festival through the Berlin-Beirut based media and publishing collective Barakunan. The  festival featured forty-five creatives located all over the globe, Virtual Event.  September 16th 2020. Guested on QBT with Shawny and Jerms, episode The Gossip Rag of Trauma, Erin Taylor.   2019 December 17 2019. Ceremony, Rage reading at Studio 151. Hosted by Jacq The Stripper and SX Noir. Ft Stoya, Rachel Rabbit White, Tracy Quan, Andy Flower, Emily Iris, Sophia G, Miss Sugar Mamasoto. DJ set by DJ Simcard July 6th 2019. All These Urban Fields by Loisa Fenichell launch at Starr Bar in Bushwick, NY. Ft Loisa Fenichell, Erin Taylor, Ariel Francisco, and Matthew Rowe April 20th 2019. Unpublishable Series at Powerhouse Books in Dumbo, NY. Ft Erin Taylor, Jessica Denzer, Chris Gonzalez, Evan Gorzeman, Anya Lewis-Meeks,  and a video-poem by Brent Kite and Chris Molnar 2018  October 18 2018. Chicago Lad Visits New York reading at Molasses Books in Bushwick, NY. Ft Rivka Yeker, Precious Okoyomon, Eric Tyler Benick, Leo Sherman, and Erin Taylor  October 12th 2018. 24 Hour Neon Is Live in Brooklyn Baby in Bedstuy, NY. Opened for Clara Joy and Kai Orion September 10 2018. Poetry 99 at Spoonbill Books in Williamsburg, NY. Ft Denise Jarrott, Anum Sattar, Rax King, Robert Kaplan, Dana Frayne, and Erin Taylor  August 30th 2018. Greetings, From Queer Mountain Ep 8 at Housing Works in Soho, NY. Ft Hafizah Geter, Gabe Gonzalez, Bobby Hankinson, Aldreen Valdez, and Erin Taylor  August 24th 2018. Friends Reading Literature at Wendy’s Subway in Bushwick, NY. Ft Larissa Pham, Tony Tulathimutte, Precious Okoyomon, Alex Manley, Mary Boo Anderson, and Erin Taylor  July 11th 2018. Breadcrumbs Magazine at Sisters Bar in downtown Brooklyn, NY. Ft Moore Keesean, Rachel Lyon, Stephanie Valente, Jason Swartwood, Olivia Luisa Mardwig, Josh Rubino, Meena Roldan, Ariel Francisco, Claire Durand-Gasselin, and Joanna C. Valente May 10th 2018. Drink Your Water poetry series at Phluid Project in New York, NY. Ft Supriya Kumble, Dena Igusti, Nanee, Hannah Rego, Alexis Aceves Garcia, Vanessa Newman, Erin Taylor, and Noel Quiñones March 13th 2018. A Night of Reading with Erin Taylor, Doyali Islam, & guests at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly in Montreal, Canada. Ft Erin Taylor, Doyali Islam, Nat Hero, Miguel Leandro, Paige Cooper, Anahita Jamali Rad, Quinn Mason, and Eliza Robertson. Hosted by Guillaume Morissette February 12th 2018. Reading at Flowers Bar in Bushwick, NY. Aeon Ginsberg, Liz Bowen, and Erin Taylor. In 2018 I guested on four episodes of the podcast Things I Learned in Therapy. I talked Bad Dates, Bodies, Therapy, and Monogamy with Chloe. You can find them all here.   2017 September 28th 2017. Magic Theatre Poetry Reading at The Meeting Room Art Gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Ft Erin Taylor and Karen Suture  July 23rd 2017. DIY show at Planet Phitness in Philadelphia, PA, opened with Terra Rene for Puzzlehead, Weed, and Sluggrrr Pup. Hosted by Lora Mathis May 27th 2017. Poems Night at Little Berlin in Philadelphia, PA. Ft Camelia Grass, Bursera Grave, Alina Pleskova 2016 August 6th 2016. This Lil Lit Poetry Party in Denver, CO. Ft Austin Islam, Addison Herron-Wheeler, Ellie Swensson, Justin Ryan Fyfe, Jonathan Simkins, Louis Packard, Gabby Joy, Jake Grieco, Frances Amiama, Joseph Parker Okay, and Paul Hanson Clark back to home Events / Readings / Talks / Podcasts This is what I can remember doing, if I have forgotten something, feel free to email me! 2023 October 13th. Devotion... atmfiend http://erintaylorisalive.com/atmfiend Fri, 13 Dec 2019 05:36:18 +0000 Erin Taylor 350222 @atmfiend and other art  ATMFIEND In 2018 I started the meme page @atmfiend, which was part art practice and part interactive trauma diary. Even though my focus has now moved on into a post-atmfiend period, the page was written about in The Guardian, The Cut, Mashable, Bitch Mag, and KUNTSFORUM International. (see press) You can see my page here, or you can listen to calming ocean sounds here.  <img width="3024" height="3736" width_o="3024" height_o="3736" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7deb8f12d17a667de3bd5ea8b24148d75c87e7201c53c05471d90762e35b4171/BFD01472-EE23-4700-93CC-C0E7CB0CC22C.JPG" data-mid="1084695" border="0" /> Other Art Before the tonsils stop (group exhibition) at Firstdraft Gallery in Sydney, Australia curated by Jonno Revanche. Featured an audio piece A Statement on Pain (which you can listen to here) and a meme. Ft. Ali Baker, Amanda Lee Radomi, Andy Butler, Anuran de Silva, Chris Tse, Erin Taylor, Elyas Alavi, Grace Lin, Jelly Luise, June Helen Lam, Michael Stratford Hutch, Sione Teumohenga, Sol Yoga, and Valerie Schlosberg. back to home @atmfiend and other art  ATMFIEND In 2018 I started the meme page @atmfiend, which was part art practice and part interactive trauma diary. Even though my... Work 2018-present http://erintaylorisalive.com/Work-2018-present Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:37:26 +0000 Erin Taylor 350107 Work 2018 - present back to home 2018 Breadcrumbs Mag, June, 2018 (poetry)  2019 phoebe journal, January, 2019 (poetry) The Vanilla Internet: How The Internet is Failing Queer Sex Workers in Bitch Media, July 2019 (reported feature) Sex Workers are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and Big Tech in Observer, November 2019 (reported feature) <img width="3088" height="2048" width_o="3088" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f82e6d85fa0133b06a1f8e1ecd1a9cd96fe057f29f0a5fc3048ce4860b522b67/IMG_1633.jpg" data-mid="922487" border="0" /> An Interview with Rachel Rabbit White in Believer Mag, November 2019 (interview) How to Make (and Maintain) Healthy Sexual Boundaries in Allure, November 2019 Before the tonsils stop (group exhibition) at Firstdraft Gallery in Sydney, Australia curated by Jonno Revanche. Featured an audio piece A Statement on Pain (which you can listen to here) and a meme. Ft Ali Baker, Amanda Lee Radomi, Andy Butler, Anuran de Silva, Chris Tse, Erin Taylor, Elyas Alavi, Grace Lin, Jelly Luise, June Helen Lam, Michael Stratford Hutch, Sione Teumohenga, Sol Yoga, and Valerie Schlosberg. Xoxo, Gretta in Newest York (poem) Two poems in Minor Literature[s]  2020 Reddit’s Female Dating Strategy Offers Women Advice - and a Strict Rulebook For How to Act in The Verge, February 2020 (reported feature) COVID-19 Anxiety taking a toll? There’s a subreddit for that in The Verge, March 2020 (reported feature) Family Estrangement During a Pandemic over at Delirium Blog, March 2020 (blog) What It’s Like to Be a Phone Sex Worker in the Time of COVID-19 in Allure, April 2020 (reported feature)Poem at The Poetry Project, May 2020 (poetry) Too Hot to Handle is a Conservative Nightmare of a Dating Show in Bitch, May 2020 (tv criticism) Sex Workers Have Always Known That Zoom is Anti-Sex. Now, the Public Knows Too in Bitch, May 2020 (reported feature) Government Shutdown of CityXGuide Intensifies Fight for Decriminalization in Observer, July 2020 (reported feature)The Grift List: Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans Debacle Screwed Over Sex Workers in Bitch, September 2020 (reported feature) The Fallen Tracee and Sex Industry Labor Rights in “The Sopranos” in Autostraddle, November 2020 (tv criticism) Before Substack sucked I ran a meme criticism substack that features direct crit on meme trends and what they mean on a greater socio-cultural level.  2021 What, Like It’s Hard? The Enduring Legacy of “Legally Blonde” in Bitch, March 2021 (film criticism) Bare Trap: How Girls Gone Wild Sold Sham Empowerment in Bitch, October 2021 (also in print)  Pamela Council Talks About Fountain in Times Square, a Playland, and Everything in Observer, November 2021  Fellini Wasn’t Brave Enough: ‘Nights of Cabiria’ and Fallen Women in Love in Observer, December 2021 (film criticism)  2022 What the Resurrection of Marilyn Monroe Tells Us About Parasocial Obsession From Beyond the Grave in Observer, May 2022Did you enjoy my late night performance? I did. in Queer Majority (poem)  <img width="722" height="480" width_o="722" height_o="480" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/adfc6f88e1020bad84559e975084e6e7e7dd2076ec46bae5d52dce10b099b68d/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-12.25.30-AM.png" data-mid="830598" border="0" />   Work 2018 - present back to home 2018 Breadcrumbs Mag, June, 2018 (poetry)  2019 phoebe journal, January, 2019 (poetry) The Vanilla Internet: How The...