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Dom Demming (born Dominique Gabrielle Turcotte; August 30th, 1994) is an American poetic philosopher, part-time comedian, sensualist, erotic poet, expressionist, Writer & podcast host. She is known in particular for her variety in self expression, her hilarious mannerisms and her distinctive way of story telling her views of life and; her own personal experiences that are a poetic remedy for humanity itself.

EARLY LIFE & CAREER
Dom was born on August 30th, 1994, in Providence, Rhode Island. To teen parents--Her father, Wilfred Turcotte is an American Electrician and her mother, Claudia Turcotte was a receptionist who later became a homemaker after her sister, Alexis Turcotte was born. When Dom was born, They lived with Claudia's mom; Linda Martin to make ends meet. It was a struggle for her parents to juggle having time to spend together to be a family when her mom was working day shifts and her dad was working nights as well as going to college to become an electrician. Her parents had enough money saved up to rent their own three bedroom apartment and Claudia's mom was still helping them out with Dom for childcare. Claudia welcomed another baby girl in September of 98 and named her Alexis and they decided to buy their first house as the family was expanding. Her father become the sole provider and worked a lot, as her mother transitioned into being a homemaker. Her parents got heavily into partying and were abusing alcohol and; it escalated into the household being verbally, emotionally and physically abusive. Dom would lock her and her sister in her room to keep out of the explosive outbursts that kept happening.

When Dom was 8 years old, she really loved dressing up and telling her mom to grab the camcorder to film her as she made the entire living room her stage. She used her sister as an extra on set of what inspiration came through that day. In some performances, she allowed her sister to join in as a supportive role. Dom got enjoyment when other family members would visit the household because it meant she gets to entertain more people in her skits. She really enjoyed watching the laughter just come bursting out of them. It was the one thing that got to bring out the joy, play and creativity within because at school; she was beginning to get bullied for being so expressive and having a slight stutter.

At 11 years old, Dom got another sibling, A brother, named Nathan. She was thrilled to be able to have a brother When Nathan was a baby, she used him as a prop in the doll carriage because he fit perfectly for it. Her parents wed in July of 2003. The partying continued but got more aggressive to where Dom and her sister were trying to keep not only themselves safe but now their brother from the same abuse they already have been experiencing.

One of those parties that her parents hosted, led to one of their friends sneaking into Dom's room and sexually assaulting her. She started to internalize that experience which made her more reserved in her demeanor. She started taking this new bus route and started getting bullied on the bus for her preferred outfit choices and for her teeth and lips. It continued at the school by other girls to where it got unmanageable; Dom would pretend she didn't feel good and would threaten to run away with a backpack full of her own belongings because she felt like there was no place for her to be.

Her mother bought her a journal to write in to possibly have a space to talk and this is where she started giving her own self a space to create a dialogue between herself. She started with making skits out of her emotions; giving them names or colors or a gender. Sometimes just stating words because she couldn't fumble out anything else. She wrote songs in it as she hummed the backstreet boys songs' from her VHS tape of their concert. Her parents heard her sometimes singing loudly from the living room and gifted her with a disco ball and mic that hooked up to a speaker system. The disco ball was always on and she imagined herself on a stage singing or reading what she wrote out loud. Her stories that she wrote in her journal, were even acted out through her barbies when she played with her sister and brother.

At 12-13, Her parents knew they wanted a change for the entire family to have a better upbringing and get away from the party scene. A friend suggested Arizona and they went on a vacation to check out AZ and they loved the entire atmosphere of the whole state. After the big move and settling in, Dom started a new school and got into drama classes. She started making friends from other classes including drama class but it was short lived and got bullied again for dressing in her own alternative way with having colored short hair. Her mother encouraged her to try out for the school plays but she felt discouraged due to the constant bullying she received.

As she entered high school, she started her own myspace page where she was turning her writings into actual posts thorough the bulletin board. She would receive some feedback that gave her that validation to keep writing there. Dom was diagnosed with dyscalculia that greatly makes math persistently difficult. She loved going up to the kids at school who were sitting by themselves; looking lonely and invited them to sit with her, she felt a resonance to them all. Dom met this senior boy on myspace who went to her school, they started texting each other and he invited her over to his house. She told a friend about it and got ready at her house and he picked her up from there. She was violently sexually assaulted that night. The house he lived in was actually two blocks from her own and she ran to her house to call her friend and told her everything that happened.

She didn't report him due to him threatening her, she immensely internalized that whole ordeal. It led to her starting to rely heavily on alcohol and quickly escalating into the drug scene at school. It got so out of hand that she was bringing alcohol to school disguised in a water bottle with a fruity flavoring. Dom presented a slideshow to her parents in her pajamas to plead her case on why she should be allowed to do schooling online vs in school. Secretly, it was to get away from what happened to her but her parents agreed and she was enrolled online.

At 16, Dom had her first attempt with suicide by trying to slice her wrists and take pills. Her sister ended up calling for help.

After the attempt, she found a new interest in makeup, it was another way for her to express herself safely. She started enrolling in online classes by using her nannying money and utilizing YouTube to teach her techniques. She used her sister, and her friends to be her testers. She was having friends and referrals to do their makeup for their school dances. One of her mom's friends knew of Lady Gaga's makeup team and contacted them to get Dom an internship with them. Dom declined the offer due to her noticing how she much more enjoyed makeup as a hobby than a full time career.

She met a boy named Danny through a mutual friend and that was her first love. When she turned 18, she decided to drop out of high school, she waited until that age because she knew her parents couldn't tell her no.

At 19, she noticed that she was bleeding very heavily and it wasn't her normal cycle of her period. Her mom made an appointment to the gyno and it was relayed to her that her body was going through a miscarriage. She didn't know she was pregnant until the doctor told her about it. Dom didn't speak about it to anyone which lead to her experiencing a deep depression. She had her second suicide attempt by hanging and luckily her boyfriend rushed in time to call for help.

After that attempt, Dom decided it was time to take care of herself. Her mom was doing an MLM at the time that promoted weight loss and she enrolled in it. It was her first take on seeing another way to make money. After three years, she released 80+ pounds and was building her own streamline of customers. She started looking into wholesale jewelry and local distributors for a possible accessory line. She named it Glamour Armor and it became her first actual business that she owned. She started with one necklace and a 4 ring set. Then she got into other accessories like hats and beanies and bracelets. Those took off to where she was now expanding to T-shirts and crop tops for women.

Her sister Alexis got into a horrific car accident that had her in the hospital for 76 days, she was in a coma, had a broken nose, pelvis, leg and fluid coming into her brain. Her sister is known to have a TBI ( traumatic brain injury). Dom and her mother quit their nanny jobs to help her in recovery. Alexis needed to learn the basic functions of how to take care of herself all over again. It shifted Dom's entire perspective on the value of life and the body especially when she went with to identify the van that more resembled a car than a van in the junk yard. With the help of her and her mom, her sister, Alexis was able to graduate on time within the same year of high school.

In 2015 Dom started a series on Facebook called " Tea talk Tuesdays" where every Tuesday, she would go live with her favorite teas and just talk about what was presently coming through and to bring people laughter and inspiration for their week. It became popular locally and online. People shared her videos and quoted "tea talk Tuesdays" and looked forward to it. There were other people who criticized the series and thought she must be on drugs due to her high energy, swearing and expression on camera. It lasted three 1/2 years and then she transitioned to officially starting her podcast called " Unicorn Gab Podcast".

Dom started making skits on Facebook in short 2 min clips with characters, making fun of the spiritual community and it was very comedically expressed with the underlying tones of inspiration.

In 2022, Dom has re-opened her embodiment facilitator sessions that consist of womb work, non-duality and bringing back sensuality through new pathways of somatic healing. She also guides people into trusting their expressive artistry within their own creative writing.

PERSONAL LIFE
Dom has been in a 13 year relationship with Danny Pimentel. She came out in 2019 as pansexual and she has expressed her interest into exploring the polyamorous community. Dom desired to create art out of her self harm marks on her right wrist, she got the words “ And still I rise” from her all time favorite poem by Maya Angelou. Dom didn't get her drivers license until she was 25 due to her driving anxiety from the aftermath of her sister's car accident. In 2021 she wrote, composed, spoke and produced her own spoken word called ' liminality'. Dom got sober in solidarity with her mother's recovery with alcohol abuse--Her mother is 5 years sober today.