eileen mary holowka (they/she) is a writer, game dev, and patient researcher/advocate. They have their doctorate in Communication Studies from Concordia University where they researched the role of social media for people with endometriosis. They are also the co-founder of the Canadian impact fund Weird Ghosts (with Jennie Robinson Faber), the Baby Ghosts Studio Development Fund, and a member of the Gamma Space cooperative where they support early indie game studios. For their master’s thesis, Eileen created a digital narrative called circuits about the act of narrating sexual trauma within institutional spaces. Eileen has plenty of experience working in theatre and games, including co-creating a playable art project (Place des ALTs) for Montreal’s largest ever public art event, KM3. In 2022, they were long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize and were one of the editors of CV2‘s Sick Poetics issue. You can find them online @derangedpoetess

You can read more of their work at their newsletter,  A Transitory Yes.