Shameless magazine

10/11/2023

A message from the Shameless collective.

Please visit our website for further details: https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/important-announcement-from-the-shameless-collective.

25/08/2022

📢 Call for Writers for our upcoming Transitions Issue! 📢

We are looking for pitches for a few different sections of the upcoming Transitions Issue: Features, Columns, Arts, and Reviews. Swipe through the images to see a brief description of what we're looking for and draft deadlines.

Rates: Shameless is 100% volunteer run and as such we are only able to pay contributors a small honorarium.
$50CAD for Features
$25CAD for a column
$10CAD for a capsule review

If you're interested in sending us a pitch, please look at the full Call for Writers document linked here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STR1csgnKJQXqppmhjure4j4a0zPtfCNnM0eB0F-bZc/edit?usp=sharing

07/06/2022

NEW in the blog: How I Learned To Cope With My Mental Health In MY South Asian Family"

In this new blog piece, contributor Naila Syed recounts her own experiences with mental health and her family to discuss the stigma of mental health in the South Asian community.

Read here: https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/how-i-learned-to-cope-with-my-mental-health-in-my-south-asian-family

In many South Asian families, mental health is still considered taboo, with reputation and honour often taking precedence. It’s led to a dangerous culture of silence that stems from a lack of acceptance and understanding

18/05/2022

New in the blog: Ruby Condon analyzes retailer Brandy Melville's toxic business model, from their discriminatory hiring practices to their unethical clothing manufacturing.

"Customers often report an intense feeling of judgment and the need to “prove themselves” when they enter the store. I myself have had many discussions with my friends about the discomfort of the in-store experience."

Read the full text here: https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/we-need-to-stop-buying-from-brandy-melville-heres-why

🎨 Mallory CK Taylor

Ask anybody who came of age in the 2010s and they can describe to you the experience of being in a Brandy Melville store. That distinct, musky-yet-clean linen smell, the hangers wrapped in clothing sc...

09/03/2022

New in the blog: It's Time For The Feminist Movement To Leave TERFs Behind - Eleni Vlahiotis

"TERFs attempts to boil womanhood down to a singular experience ignores intersectionality entirely. It erases the unique gender experience of Black women, Indigenous women, women of colour, disabled women, financially insecure women, and any other woman who is not white and cisgender. There is no universal experience of womanhood. It is much more complex."

Read the full text here: https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/its-time-for-the-feminist-movement-to-leave-terfs-behind

🎨 Ki Chin

Using feminism to justify anti-trans sentiment is nothing new — it’s been a tactic since the origin of radical feminism in the 1960s and 70s. What is new is the rise in platforming transphobic rhetoric in Canadian mainstream media.

01/03/2022

📢 Call for Writers for our upcoming Play Issue! 📢

We are looking for pitches for a few different sections of the upcoming Play Issue: Features, Columns, Arts, and Reviews. Swipe through the images to see a brief description of what we're looking for and draft deadlines.

If you're interested in sending us a pitch, please look at the full Call for Writers document linked here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MShc_Pz27K6-2ZUw7G8sbThKP_fmaWW5D_gxctx9g7Q/edit?usp=sharing

17/02/2022

💜 What meal or foods mean "love" to you?

Here's a shot of from our recent issue's Stir It Up column. This piece is about the comforting properties of the Venezuelan rice and chicken dish. Read the whole piece and get the recipe in Issue 44, the Radical Caring Issue. https://shamelessmag.com/issue/fall-2021

14/02/2022

Happy S*xual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week ( )!

Today we're posting on behalf of Action Canada for S*xual Health and Rights, an organization doing great work both in Canada and around the world! SRH Week is a yearly campaign by Action Canada for S*xual Health and Rights designed to raise awareness about s*xual and reproductive health and promote resources to improve community health in Canada. This year’s theme, Advocacy in Action, is all about highlighting the advocates, agitators, and activists who are fighting to improve access to SRH care so that our human rights can be upheld.

Visit https://www.actioncanadashr.org/srhweek to see how you can get involved!

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26/01/2022

Best of the Blog, Issue 44: To Exist Outside of a Culture of "Hustling" by Taheelah Kishiya Cameron.

"Hustle culture and the push to rise up has taken away from people’s own growth and self-realization. It encourages focusing on what one lacks rather than appreciating what one has. I believe that for many, it has taken away from finding pleasure in feelings of nostalgia in fear of confronting one’s past and a time of less productivity. Whether or not it is the intent, the end result is rarely living in the moment, and instead hunting for validation through the hyper focus of 'hustle.'"

Read the full blog post here: https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/to-exist-outside-of-a-culture-of-hustling

When it comes to “girl bosses,” hustle culture has become an extension of a commoditized and branded feminism – with Black women its biggest victims.

20/01/2022

NEW on the blog: Whatever Happened to Ontario's S*x-Ed Curriculum? The Complete Timeline from blog contributor Hannah Maitland.

In this blog article, Hannah Maitland gives us a concise history of Ontario's S*x-Ed Curriculum. From the Ontario Liberal Party's most recent leaderships to the current curriculum under the Progressive Conservative Party.

Read the full text here: https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/whatever-happened-to-ontarios-s*x-ed-curriculum-the-complete-timeline

After a decade of ongoing controversy, what is the full story of s*x education in Ontario? What kind of curriculum do we have now? And more importantly, how exactly have the affected students made their voices heard along the way?

15/01/2022

How do you demonstrate and receive care?

11/01/2022

Hot off the press, our new issue is out! Issue 44 is The Radical Caring issue.

💪 Connect with movements!
🫂 Build support networks!
🍲 Show care with food!

Get your copy here shamelessmag.com/buy/cart

Cover illustration by Shar Soroosh

30/11/2021

It's ! Shameless has been independent and 100% volunteer-run since 2004. Become part of our sustainer community to keep Shameless going for the next decade and beyond! Join us for as little as $5/month or choose your own donation level. https://shamelessmag.com/hall-of-shameless

Since 2004, Shameless magazine has been a fresh alternative to typical teen media. Shameless is a magazine for young women and trans youth who want more from life than makeup and diet tips. From day one, Shameless has been publishing on 100% pure volunteer power. But to keep publishing this independ...

29/09/2021

Call for pitches for our next issue!! Check it out!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHXsbI6E-rc-dcRBAqMbeLJbv0ZqDyjZh_HsKSIwGhc/edit?usp=sharing

FEATURES For pitches below, please contact Jean Boampong at [email protected]. In your email, please provide a brief outline that describes the angles and/or topics what you'd like to cover in the feature. ($50CAD Honorarium) Feature 1: Celebrity Activism, critiques, limitations, social...

06/08/2021

Call for volunteer bloggers! We are building a team and community network of regular contributors to the blog. We are envisioning a supportive space for writers of all experience levels to share their work, collaborate, and connect with each other.

Click the link to learn more and apply! https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/call-for-bloggers

Shameless Magazine, Canada’s independent, feminist voice for teens with marginalized genders, is building a team and community network of regular contributors to the blog. We are envisioning building a supportive space for writers of all experience levels to share their work, collaborate, and conn...

17/06/2021

Join Youth Advisory Board member Saul Freedman-Lawson with The Word On The Street Toronto TODAY at 12pm ET. He'll be discussing intergenerational systems of care and mentorship for ! 😍

Right here: https://www.facebook.com/torontoWOTS/posts/10159248524284512
Or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wag1Jb9iNfk

15/06/2021

Join Youth Advisory Board member Saul Freedman-Lawson with The Word On The Street Toronto on Thurs, Jun 17 at 12pm ET. He'll be discussing intergenerational systems of care and mentorship for ! 😍

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wag1Jb9iNfk
or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/torontoWOTS/posts/10159248524284512

Thursday June 17: Welcome to the WOTS Weekly Feature chats! Grab a coffee and relax with us for 20 minutes.Today we are in conversation with Saul Freedman-La...