Toni Hopkins is a writer for the KU chapter of Her Campus. She enjoys writing about movies, books, and pop culture, focusing on the alternative and indie/underground content. She loves writing about horror content and analyzing females' roles in genres of media.
Beyond Her Campus, Toni works as an independent filmmaker, writing and making her own projects and working as a production assistant and other roles on professional sets. She worked as Student Marketing Assistant for the University of Kansas Theatre & Dance Department for a year, where she curated social media posts and took professional photos and videos for the department. Toni received two Tensie awards, Best Animation and Best Music Video, at KU for her short film "Skinny Love's Rage." She is currently a junior at the University of Kansas, majoring in film and media studies with an emphasis on film production.
Toni enjoys writing screenplays in her spare time, constantly coming up with new film ideas. She loves reading graphic novels and horror novels like "A Certain Hunger" by Chelsea Summers. Television shows such as "Twin Peaks" and "Fleabag" have shaped her creative eye and fed her love of eccentric film. Also, Toni has grown a following for her passion for film and filmmaking on TikTok, now with over 53,000 followers.
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