“Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.” — Susan Sontag
Olivia Drake is a writer and editor working at the intersection of art, beauty and culture. Previously RUSSH Magazine and leading Australian creative agency, Special Group. With over 15 years in the industry, she collaborates with brands, publications and artists to craft narratives polished by literary nuance.
Her work is guided by a minimalist aesthetic that pares language back to its most essential, without removing the poetics. Informed by feminist literary theory écriture féminine,¹ her practice centres on sculpting prose to imbue the female gaze and provoke a lucid reader experience.²
Meditative, eloquent and sensorial—Drake's stylistic code draws from her background in fashion journalism and formal study of haiku (USYD), offering a unique design sensibility across both commercial and editorial formats.
¹ The concept of écriture féminine emerged in 1970s French feminist theory through the works of Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray, and Julia Kristeva, emphasising writing that flows from feminine bodily experience and challenges patriarchal linguistic structures.
² This approach to language honours the premise that "woman must write herself" (Cixous, "The Laugh of the Medusa," 1975), creating text that embodies rather than merely describes feminine consciousness.
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