Writing & Reporting
POPSUGAR
The Definitive Ranking of Tim Burton Movies For Your Halloween Marathon Consideration
With the Show's First Nonbinary Character, Sex Education Sets a New Standard
Yes, You Can Be Asexual and Sex Positive. Here’s How That Works
How the LGBTQIA+ Community is Driving The Body Hair Positivity Movement
Penny Magazine
I Wanna Be Your Julian Ramone: Reflecting on My Teen Strokes Fandom
Amyl and the Sniffers Unleash Their Rabid Fury with New Single, “Security”
Feature: Goth Lipstick Curates a Cinematic Fantasy World with 'formless, shapeless'
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Her Campus
Is Hallmark’s First LGBTQIA+ Christmas Movie Progress, or Just Performative Allyship?
I Spent October Bingeing these Feminist Horror Films, so I Ranked them from Best to Worst for You
10 Shows That Actually Have Good Representations of Queer Women
Recognizing the Forgotten Trans Women & Sex Workers Who Shaped Pride
I'm a Member of the LGBTQ+ Community, & This is Why 'Schitt's Creek' Is So Important
How to Prepare for Your First Year of College During Lockdown
How the Economy Bleeds Womxn Dry: The Dark Side of Gender-Based Product Placement
Digitizing Politics
Opinion: Trump Crying Censorship is Fear Mongering: And His Supporters are Falling For It
Opinion: Ed Markey’s Defeat of Joe Kennedy III is a Step Forward for the Progressive Movement
LGBTQIA+ Acceptance is a Public Health Issue (Board of Directors Choice for Article of the Month)
The Borgen Project
Salty
Family Equality Blog
#BiVisibilityDay: Understanding and Accepting the Bi+ Umbrella
Why We Need to Talk About Mental Health and the LGBTQ+ Community
Queerness, Family, and Going Home For the Holiday
Published Social Media Campaigns
As a Social Media Marketing Coordinator at Crowd Surf, Isabel took the lead in planning and executing engaging social media campaigns and high-level initiatives for clients like The Prince Estate (PPE), UMG Nashville, Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Nas X, Mýa, and more.
To celebrate 25 years of her career, Crowd Surf assisted R&B legend Mýa with a digital marketing campaign where fans would vote on her Top 25 career highlights. Isabel was responsible for scripting and editing 1-minute liners of Mýa recounting her fondest memories for all 25 moments.
As Social Media Content Manager and Producer at Soaringwords, Isabel oversaw content production for SOARING into Strength workshops, in addition to creating and publishing content for Soaringwords’ robust social media platforms.
As a Social Media Content Writer for Trendsetter Magazine, Isabel’s responsibilities included researching the latest trends in fashion and pop culture, sourcing images for graphic designers, developing posting schedules, and copywriting.
A Grrrl’s Two Sound Cents Blog
A Grrrl’s Two Sound Cents Blog is where Isabel channels her passion for the intersection of music and politics. The blog has over a thousand monthly readers and has given Isabel a platform to have in-depth interview conversations with artists in addition to reporting on local scenes in different cities, and publishing essays and listicles about the records that have shaped different phases of her life.
My 8 Essential Dream Pop Picks
Dream pop, known for its faded vocals and gliding instrumentals, provided a tranquil alternative to the posturing male aggression that became synonymous with later alternative rock and post-grunge. My favorite dream pop records are the ones that concoct a sonic atmosphere that floats in between the states of sleeping and waking. These are my eight essential dream pop records that I would recommend to all listeners.
A Conversation with Gina Young About Riot Grrrl
“The biggest thing for me is that the media declared Riot Grrrl “dead” in the mid-90s, when actually, Riot Grrrl chapters and bands and activism were going strong for like another 10 years. And I think that’s important to note; they tried to erase us. So it’s twice as important to tell our own stories and preserve our own history.” - Gina Young
Fanny: The Best Band You (Probably) Haven’t Heard Of
Before the Runaways, before the Go-Gos and the Bangles, there was a band called Fanny. Fanny emerged in the 1960s alongside Creedence Clearwater Revival, and they were David Bowie’s favorite band.
YouTube Channel
My YouTube channel, A Grrrl’s Two Sound Cents, is dedicated to feminist historical recovery in music. My channel covers the intersection of politics, sexuality, and gender in a diversity of genres and stars. I currently have 5.26K subscribers and 322,335 views.
Sounding Out with Izzy Podcast
My podcast, Sounding Out with Izzy, spotlights womxn and non-binary femme artists, DJs, record label owners, and graphic designers who work in the music industry. Each week I have an open, honest, and frank conversation with guests about how they navigate a music world that is flooded with cisgender, heterosexual, white men. I started the podcast in June of 2021 and have interviewed several notable women in music, including GIRLI, Kate Bollinger, and Deerhoof’s Satomi Matsuzaki, and many others!
