Maria Fernanda Osorio Arredondo

Dressed in a Mexican embroidered shirt, a woman stands with a hand on her hip. A collage of flowers decorates the background.
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Meximalismo helped me embrace my neurodiversity

Peak Web October 4, 2026

In the summer of 2025, I was diagnosed with autism level 1. The diagnosis wasn’t particularly surprising. Looking back at my life, it made sense. After my diagnosis, I sought to explore neurodiversity through creative endeavours. As defined by the UK Royal College of Nursing, neurodiversity is “the variations in the way the brain functions; it can manifest in mood, behaviour, and other cognitive functions.” Last spring in a poetry seminar, I had to do a bit of research for the creation of a chapbook. That’s how I discovered meximalismo. Meximalismo doesn’t seek to fit in, instead it tells us…

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A collection of open books with pages sometimes overlapping.
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Dua Lipa’s online haven of literature

Peak Web September 13, 2026

Content warning: brief mention of suicide and substance use disorder.  I am convinced that in another life, Dua Lipa was an English major. Her podcast Service95 Book Club makes me believe she would’ve aced a seminar on literature and culture.…

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A red brick building with the words “Yaletown roundhouse community centre” on the top. Attached to it is a section made up of glass windows.
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Lighting up Vancouver with the Firecracker Department

Peak Web November 19, 2024

Passion was palpable among the artists present at the Vancouver Firecracker Department launch on Saturday, September 28. Initially a podcast created by award-winning actor Naomi Snieckus, the Firecracker Department grew into an international community of women and gender-non-conforming people “empowering…

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A man (left) and a woman (right) stand on each side of an ofrenda decorated with marigolds, papel picado, talavera skulls, various types of food, and framed photos of people. In the man and woman’s hands are marigolds.
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Marigolds for Día de los Muertos and beyond

Peak Web October 28, 2024

Grief is a universal language expressed differently by everyone. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), despite being known for its colours and joy, acknowledges the heartbreak of losing someone. Honouring the memories of a deceased loved one has…

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