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In their first piece for shado, writes about the radical worldbuilding potential of q***r parenthood - as a metaphor an...
10/07/2025

In their first piece for shado, writes about the radical worldbuilding potential of q***r parenthood - as a metaphor and a practice.

But what does this look like? As they write: “It would mean taking the village seriously. Allowing ourselves to need each other; revisiting Indigenous modes of parenting. Because the nuclear family, as it is presented to us, does not serve our interests – it serves capitalism.

To imagine otherwise would mean choosing to stray from all of that.

And it would also mean giving ourselves permission to imagine beyond scarcity and obedience – to see care, not control, as the foundation of life. To treat parenting not as destiny or obligation, but as one way to expand how we show up for each other.”

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[id: Sisanda’s title over Khanya’s illustration, which shows a baby being lifted up by many different hands, with colourful nail polish.]

“Everyone is panicking about the Supreme Court’s ruling to limit federal judges’ ability to block Trump’s power grab, bu...
08/07/2025

“Everyone is panicking about the Supreme Court’s ruling to limit federal judges’ ability to block Trump’s power grab, but not enough people are frightened about the fact that we live in a society where we have to hold our breath while complete strangers who are not accountable to us determine our fates,” writes in this week’s anarchist news digest. “How are we okay with the reality that we don’t control our own destiny, but people will not tolerate when their Doordasher messes up their orders?”

https://shado-mag.com/articles/marcela-onyango/a-week-of-innocent-venezuelans-being-trafficked-to-el-salvador-the-first-us-attack-on-iran-and-the-supreme-court-protecting-trump/

Today in the UK, we’re seeing a wave of repression targeting people who challenge state violence and colonial legacies. ...
05/07/2025

Today in the UK, we’re seeing a wave of repression targeting people who challenge state violence and colonial legacies. From Palestine Action to Bob Vylan and Kneecap, those speaking out against injustice are criminalised and discredited.

But this isn’t new. For decades, artists and activists have been labeled threats, just because they’ve disrupted the status quo.

➡️ Swipe through for books by thinkers and revolutionaries who were branded dangerous for their resistance: part memory, part manifesto. 📚

These reads show us how states have long used the language of terrorism to delegitimise movements, and how those movements have persisted regardless. Faced with the machinery of empire – surveillance, prison and exile – liberation leaders remained steadfast and have refused to be silenced. 🗣️🔥

Today’s repression fits into a far longer history of criminalising defiance, and the language used to justify it is never neutral. Understanding that history situates us in the material conditions we’re faced with today, and so it is essential in our resistance. ⛓️‍💥

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Glastonbury was never the story: the story is genocide. Editor writes a brilliant piece breaking down the media scape i...
03/07/2025

Glastonbury was never the story: the story is genocide. Editor writes a brilliant piece breaking down the media scape in the UK which not only manufactures consent for the siege on Palestine, but also directs outrage towards those speaking out about it.

As Elia writes: “As of the time of writing, we’ve yet to see whether the growing challenge to Starmer’s leadership will yield someone more in tune with Labour’s progressive core. One thing’s for certain, however, and that is that no amount of censorship can stop the growing consensus over the fact that the Israeli state is committing genocide in Gaza. Labour has thus far only doubled down in its criminalisation of free speech in the UK, but the bigger crime will remain the fact that they took over a Tory government complicit in Israeli crimes against Palestinian civilians and made the decision to maintain that relationship with Israel despite the majority of its own voter base opposing it.“

https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/glastonbury-genocide-and-manufactured-outrage/

is the latest mentee on our programme for first-time writers to publish their piece - in conversation with artist abou...
03/07/2025

is the latest mentee on our programme for first-time writers to publish their piece - in conversation with artist about their political artwork made in response to their shared context of Greece, a country with one of the highest rates of femicides in Europe.

“Georgia creates artworks from repurposed bed sheets donated from individuals across Greece,” Anna Maria writes. “While these bedsheets can range in fabrics, colour, size and pattern, Georgia tells me that the materials should meet one requirement: that someone has slept on them while “dreaming of a safe and equal world.”

“I have used the bedsheets of a woman who was murdered by her husband in 2009 in Greece, and the bedsheets that were given to me by her family were the sheets that she made for her children when they were little,” they explained.

I can’t help but think about the warmth that these bedsheets were meant to provide. I envision the woman carefully picking the fabrics and patterns. Could the choices reveal her or her children’s favourite colours? I can hear the sounds of laughter. For a moment, I remember my childhood beddings. They’re not simple materials. They have love stitched into the fabric. Children’s bed sheets should not be a site of controversy: they should only be used as sites of comfort and safety.”

🎨 .k

https://shado-mag.com/articles/femicides-in-greece-and-art-as-collective-resistance/

If you’re not signed up to ‘the shuffle’ by editor .91 - what are you doing? Tommy finds crumbs of hope in our dystopia ...
01/07/2025

If you’re not signed up to ‘the shuffle’ by editor .91 - what are you doing?

Tommy finds crumbs of hope in our dystopia times, through recommendations and cultural analysis. Read, and sign up, via link in bio!

🇵🇸 THE MEDIA DOESN’T JUST REPORT ON WAR - IT WAGES IT. & WE ARE ALL 🇵🇸
24/06/2025

🇵🇸 THE MEDIA DOESN’T JUST REPORT ON WAR - IT WAGES IT. & WE ARE ALL 🇵🇸

Our latest piece is by Sophia Luu - founder of - on an alarming phenomenon she’s discovered in her anti childhood sexua...
20/06/2025

Our latest piece is by Sophia Luu - founder of - on an alarming phenomenon she’s discovered in her anti childhood sexual abuse advocacy journey: that anti-drag sentiment - which quickly deteriorates into transphobia) is widely shared under the guise of “child protection.”

Sophia speaks with Prince, a trans drag king and organiser, and Ebony, a drag queen and performance artist, to inform her piece.

As Sophia writes, “It feels easier for us to point to ‘the other’ when we think about those who sexually abuse children. Often, trans people and drag performers are already othered in society, making it easy for them to become a target.

Many people forget that trans people are four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crimes, including sexual abuse.“

🎨 who says: “The image centres around a group of trans and drag individuals, with two children included in the composition. The presence of the children reflects a key message in the article. The illustration centres the idea that protecting children and supporting trans communities are not opposing aims, but deeply connected. The children sit within or alongside the wider community, not separate from it, suggesting care, solidarity, and shared safety. By including drag figures, the piece also challenges the harmful narrative that drag is inherently unsafe for children. Instead, it celebrates drag as a joyful, creative form of expression that many children can find delight, imagination, and acceptance.”

https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/anti-childhood-sexual-abuse-spaces-have-a-transphobia-problem/

Brilliant piece out today by who asks: where do we situate London’s music festivals in the horrific reality of the Zion...
17/06/2025

Brilliant piece out today by who asks: where do we situate London’s music festivals in the horrific reality of the Zionist genocide in Gaza?

Darío speaks with organisers from who were involved in the boycott campaign last month against Brockwell Park’s Field Day which (like another 80 festivals across the world, as well as music broadcaster Boiler Room) is owned by Superstruct, which in 2024 was acquired by the notorious private equity firm KKR.

“Our conversation allowed these three campaigners to finally take a step back and take stock of what they had achieved so far,” writes Darío. “I pressed them on the intrinsic limitations of cultural boycott campaigns; some believe that since these campaigns fail to intercept the material flow of weapons to the Zionist entity, they are not worth the effort.

In response, the campaigners told me that they had decided to embrace this inherent tension. The movement must be made up of a diversity of tactics, they argued, and these tactics have to be deployed strategically. As nightlife performers and artists, they are well-placed to make vital interventions in a cultural scene that has been co-opted by corporate interests.

Although Field Day did end up going ahead, the campaign did not end there. In fact, it was always intended to be future-oriented. “The movement is the vehicle,” the campaigners explain. “We must listen to it, try to build it, nourish it, protect it at all costs – and then channel it.”

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https://shado-mag.com/articles/hear/untangling-chains-of-complicity-music-festivals-during-genocide/

[id: Darío’s title over Natasha’s illustration, which is a collage including a photograph of a crowd at a festival, with drawings of Palestine protestors waving flags 🇵🇸 and images of weapons and pipelines.]

This week we released an urgent research piece by Aya Bseiso which explains the long history of Israel’s colonisation of...
15/06/2025

This week we released an urgent research piece by Aya Bseiso which explains the long history of Israel’s colonisation of Palestinian waters – and the concrete link between the zionist entity’s violently imposed maritime borders and energy extraction.

As part of the piece Aya worked with to bring to life never before seen or created maps which illustrate the history “Israel”s colonisation of Gaza’s seas and crucial timelines of bombardments, fishing restrictions and border fields in the area.

Read the full piece here: https://shado-mag.com/articles/act/navigating-gazas-weaponised-sea/

With headline news of the latest violation from the Zionist regime capturing hostages from the Madleen - - we’re releas...
12/06/2025

With headline news of the latest violation from the Zionist regime capturing hostages from the Madleen - - we’re releasing an urgent research piece by Aya Bseiso which explains the long history of Israel’s colonisation of Palestinian waters – and the concrete link between the zionist entity’s violently imposed maritime borders and energy extraction.

As Aya explains: “With impunity, Israel has continued to extract and export natural gas to Jordan, Egypt and the European Union during the genocide – profiting and fuelling the genocidal warfare we are witnessing today. The increasing investment of European energy companies in Israeli gas makes the EU and its companies complicit in funnelling this “unprecedented investment” into the settler economy, as it spends billions on a genocidal campaign. 

Thus, Israel time and time again has been given the blessing of energy corporations and the international community to cut off Palestinian access to the sea, while continuing to negotiate energy extraction projects and export deals. This further bolsters a settler-colonial political economy that seeks to legitimise itself as a strategic partner in global energy security.”

🎨 .yego

read full piece here: https://shado-mag.com/articles/act/navigating-gazas-weaponised-sea/

[id: Chela’s illustration shows a Palestinian fisher wearing green, looking out to the sea, where there is a fishing boat. There are poppies and olive branches in the foreground.]

ICYMI, writes a bi-weekly anarchist re-reading of the news over on the website. This week, she wrote about Trump resett...
04/06/2025

ICYMI, writes a bi-weekly anarchist re-reading of the news over on the website. This week, she wrote about Trump resettling white Afrikaners to the US, the NYPD partying with Zionists, and Israel pretending to aid Palestinians in Gaza.

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See. Hear. Act. Do.

We are Shado, an online and print publication celebrating the engagement between arts, activism and academia, and their joint role in spotlighting marginalised issues. Shado exists to support the voices and work of those at the frontline of political, social and cultural change.

Each issue explores a different topic and showcases the unique responses of artists, activists and academics from around the world.