Victoria (Tia) Glista holds a self-directed B.A. in “Feminist Image-making and Criticism” with an Art History minor from New York University (2019), and two MAs in Cinema Studies (2021) and English (2022) from the University of Toronto. She is currently a PhD candidate in English at the University of Toronto, where her SSHRC-funded dissertation investigates the feminist politics of bodily movement, exploring gesture, posture, and pose in late-20th century American women’s writing, film, and art. She is actively engaged in the academic community and in research on gender, American literature, and the emerging field of gesture studies.

Tia’s career as a writer began in 2015 when she founded Couturesque magazine, an online platform for smart young creatives interested in the political stakes of the fashion industry. Couturesque served a broad audience of millennial and Gen-Z readers around the world. During this time, Tia was profiled by The Globe and Mail under the headline “Wintour, Roitfeld, Glista?: Why this 17-year-old launched Couturesquemag.com, a buzzy new online fashion source.” Tia went on to intern for Sara Moonves at Vogue magazine and stylist Harry Lambert before exiting the fashion industry to focus on academia and social justice. She has since written for The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, AnOther, Toronto Star, Literary Hub, and elsewhere, including two cover stories for Document Journal. She has interviewed some of the most influential and exciting women and trans filmmakers and writers today, including Eileen Myles, Yvonne Rainer, Miriam Toews, Joan Jonas, Olivia Laing, Paul B. Preciado, Namwali Serpell, Kelly Reichardt, Sally Potter, and Nia Dacosta. She has read her work at live events including Crit Salon, Pack Animal, and the Toronto Public Library.

Tia makes Super 8 films in her spare time, which have appeared in galleries in New York. She is currently based in Toronto, Canada.