Part one of the essay you’ve been waiting to drop on Adryan’s POV, my Substack newsletter — This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. To receive future newsletters via email, sign up at adryancorcione.substack.com. The year is 2001. It’d been two hours since I hopped off the school bus. I’d just started the third grade a few weeks prior. With dusty fingernails from snacking on 3D Doritos, I flipped to MTV with the television remote. It was almost time.

How a pageant showcased a certain kind of woman and its impact in my own life — This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. To receive future newsletters via email, sign up at adryancorcione.substack.com. While scrolling on Instagram a few weeks ago, a post stuck out to me. Queer journalist Nico Lang (@queernewsdaily) posted about how the Miss America Organization added, and then promptly deleted after receiving backlash, “natural born woman” (whatever the hell…

Awareness in our dreams can help us increase our awareness while we’re awake — This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. To receive future newsletters via email, sign up at adryancorcione.substack.com. When was the last time your dream deceived you? For me, it was earlier this month. I dreamed that a friend I hadn’t talked to in a while was pregnant. Within the dream, she lived in a large white house…

Whether he’s BoJack the horse or BoJack the actor, he’s still a BoJack suffering from addiction. —

This post originally appeared on BusinessNewsDaily on August 2, 2017. The gig economy is booming. According to Forbes, between 2005 and 2015, 94 percent of 10 million jobs created were either freelance or temporary gigs. For freelancers, this shows a great demand across different niches and industries and a steady…

A new academic paper discusses how Shitty Media Men impact non-male freelance workers. — Last October, I drank my morning coffee while skimming through several Facebook posts about a list—or “the list” as my writer’s groups referred to it—asking where to fit it. “The list” was the Shitty Media Men list, created by (at the time, anonymously, but identified herself in a New York…

This post originally appeared on BusinessNewsDaily on October 17, 2016. No matter what their field, many small business owners utilize freelancers. Businesses in practically every industry are looking for writers, marketers, programmers, designers, accountants, lawyers and more — all of whom they intend to hire on a contractual basis. The…

This post originally appeared on BusinessNewsDaily on October 21, 2016. With the rise of the gig economy, small businesses of all trades are shifting toward a larger percentage of freelancers. No matter what your expertise, there are likely opportunities for contract work. Rather than working the traditional 9-to-5, professionals reap…

This post originally appeared on BusinessNewsDaily on August 19, 2016. I’m a full-time freelance writer. However, when I’m not writing, I’m running a small business. I’m marketing my services to various companies and getting paid for my time and effort. …