Posts by Julia Horel

  • In the Blog

    Word on the Street Toronto Weekly Feature: Interview with Saul Freedman-Lawson

    July 23rd, 2021     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Word on the Street Toronto Weekly Feature: Interview with Saul Freedman-Lawson, Shameless Youth Advisory Member! READ MORE

  • Announcements

    Shameless programs at risk due to arts funding cuts in Ontario: what this means and how you can help

    July 8th, 2019     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Effective immediately, our grant program at the Ontario Arts Council has been suspended and is not accepting applications. This decision means that once our current funding cycle ends on October 31, 2019, we will no longer receive any public funding. Here’s how you can help. READ MORE

  • Announcements

    Join Team Shameless! We’re seeking a new volunteer circulation manager!

    November 14th, 2017     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Shameless magazine, a Canadian, independent, feminist voice for young women and trans youth, is looking for a volunteer circulation manager. Are you an organizational whiz? Do you have a commitment to anti-oppression and inclusive feminist politics? Do you have some time to volunteer and a vision for Shameless? Then we need you. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Solidarity with UBC students and survivors of sexual abuse and violence

    November 28th, 2016     by Julia Horel     Comments

    The Canadian literature community has been rocked by an open letter, signed by many prominent writers, claiming the University of British Columbia has failed to give “due process” to a writing professor dismissed for breach of trust in relation to allegations of abuse by students. Critics of the letter say it is biased and erases the experience of the students. READ MORE

  • Behind the Scenes

    Join The Shameless Team!

    January 26th, 2015     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Shameless magazine, a Canadian, independent, feminist voice for young women and trans youth, is looking for a volunteer circulation manager. Are you an organizational whiz? Do you have a commitment to anti-oppression and inclusive feminist politics? Do you have some time to volunteer and a vision for Shameless? Then we need you. READ MORE

  • Blog Series

    Ten Years of Talking Back: Evan Munday

    October 28th, 2014     by Evan Munday     Comments

    Illustrator Evan Munday shares what Shameless has meant to him and why you should support us. READ MORE

  • Blog Series

    Ten Years of Talking Back: Hall of Shameless MVP Ann Douglas

    October 14th, 2014     by Ann Douglas     Comments

    Hall of Shameless Most Valuable Player Ann Douglas shares why she supports Shameless and why you should consider joining her as a sustainer. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Cross-post: Asexuality: A Minority in Need of Understanding

    September 2nd, 2014     by Kirstin Kelley     Comments

    When I told my therapist “I think I’m asexual,” she told me it was my depression that made me feel that way. She informed me that the proper treatment would “clear that right up.” READ MORE

  • Blog Series

    Dear 17-year-old Clara Bee

    May 22nd, 2014     by Clara Bee Lavery     Comments

    It’s hard for me to write this, because I’m afraid I’ll upset you. Literally everyone in your life right now is afraid of upsetting you. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Anti-choice politician set to become Newfoundland premier

    May 16th, 2014     by Elizabeth Whitten     Comments

    The topic of abortion has been making headlines in Newfoundland and Labrador with the nomination of Frank Coleman as the leader of the provincial Conservative party, making him the premier-in-waiting. READ MORE

  • Blog Series

    Dear Teenage Aimee

    May 1st, 2014     by Aimee Ouellette     Comments

    The bad news is that the world is much meaner than you imagine it to be, but the good news is that it’s also much bigger. READ MORE

  • Blog Series

    Dear teen Zehra

    April 17th, 2014     by Zehra     Comments

    Dear teen Zehra: I can’t imagine being in your shoes again, and I definitely don’t ever want to have to make the choices you will have to, again. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Cristy C. Road

    April 8th, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Cristy C. Road is a Cuban-American illustrator, writer, and member of The Homewreckers, a queer-core punk rock band that aims to simultaneously demystify the punk scene and smash patriarchy. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Selma James

    April 1st, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Selma James is an anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist campaigner and author. Known for her pioneering work on women’s rights, James coined the term “unwaged” to describe most of the caring work that women do. James first put pen to paper in 1952 with her essay A Woman’s Place, describing the frustrations of women’s lives as housewives. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Nina Power

    March 25th, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Nina Power teaches philosophy at London’s Roehampton University and Critical Writing in Art & Design at the Royal College of Art. Power writes articles on European Philosophy, atomism, pedagogy, art, and politics for several magazines including The Guardian, New Statesman (like fellow contributor Juliet Jacques), New Humanist, Cabinet, Radical Philosophy, and The Philosopher’s Magazine, where she is also reviews editor. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Shea Howell

    March 18th, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Shea Howell is a Detroit activist, organizer, author, and professor of Communication at Oakland University who has been committed to grassroots, community-driven development for more than four decades. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Elisha Lim

    March 11th, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Elisha Lim is an artist and activist whose artwork and campaigning efforts demand radical changes in race and gender representation. They succeeded in getting Canada’s Gay and Lesbian Newspaper, Xtra!, to adopt gender neutral pronouns and directed Montreal’s first Racialized Pride Week in 2012, for which they curated the main exhibit 2-Qtpoc at the Articule Gallery. READ MORE

  • Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes: Julia Horel, Publisher

    March 1st, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    My first month as publisher of Shameless has been more than a whirlwind – it’s been a tornado of activity. Who would take on a major transition of a web team and business team at exactly the same time as a complete re-launch of a website? Shameless would, obviously. And what’s more, we would take it on and knock it out of the park, because that’s the kind of thing we do. READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Lee Maracle

    March 1st, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    Lee Maracle, of Salish and Cree ancestry, is a novelist, poet, instructor, and critic. A member of the Stó:lō Nation of British Columbia, Maracle is one of Canada’s most prolific First Nations writers who has been producing and performing work for more than three decades. Maracle grew up in an impoverished North Vancouver neighbourhood where she felt a simultaneous distance from her own Aboriginal and Canadian culture… READ MORE

  • In the Blog

    Letters Lived Contributor: Coco Guzman

    February 4th, 2014     by Julia Horel     Comments

    A queer Montreal artist from Spain, Coco Guzman, also known as Coco Riot creates art for activism. An avid visual artist/zine-maker, Coco’s work has also explored the storytelling possibilities of installations, animation film, comics, and print media. Coco’s personal memories and experience of migration are a major source of inspiration for the social and political topics they explore through bright graphics and drawing… READ MORE

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