Posts by Julia Horel
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Letters Lived Contributor: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a queer femme mixed Sri Lankan (Burgher/Tamil)-Ukranian/Irish writer, poet, educator and cultural worker. Named one of the Feminist Press’ “40 Feminists Under 40 Who Are Shaping the Future,” Leah’s written work spans the genres of essays to poetry and non-fiction. Her 2012 Lambda award-winning collection of poetry, Love Cake, was ecstatically received by the LGBTQ community… READ MORE
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Announcements
Event: The University of Toronto Equity Studies Student Union presents: Decolonizing Our Minds 2014
Over the past six years, the Equity Studies Students’ Union has annually hosted the Decolonizing Our Minds conference so as to identify and interrogate the ways in which different groups of people practice resistance. This year we examine how identities are actively negotiated and constructed, ultimately bringing together “non-traditional” communities against colonial domination and structural oppression. READ MORE
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Letters Lived Contributor: Rozena Maart
We do not come into the world like fully baked cakes; someone has provided the ingredients before us–several men and women–and it is up to us to honour their memory and to honour the history of how we came to be educated. Your generation has been buttered in the hands of our grandmothers, who made sure that our lives would be greater than theirs–always remember that. We are all as great as the community of women who raised us, and nothing is greater than the gift of gratitude… READ MORE
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Letters Lived Contributor: Juliet Jacques
Juliet Jacques is a British journalist who writes extensively on gender, sexuality, film, literature, and football. She writes regularly for publications such as The New Statesman, Verso, Cineaste, and The Guardian, where she started to gain a following while documenting her gender reassignment process for which she was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2011. We recently talked to Jacques about her background in activism, including her involvement in co-founding The Justin Campaign against homophobia in football… READ MORE
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Timeline: 2013 year-in-review
From the editors: This piece is a collaboration, with special thanks to Ronak G, Caitlin B, and YOU! In the next section of this post is a timeline of some of the most important or impactful moments of 2013. This crowd-sourced timeline is just getting started and needs your contributions. Please click here to go to the open Google Document and add your photos, links, videos and pieces of information that we’ve missed. Check back … READ MORE
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Letters Lived Contributor: Victoria B. Robinson
Victoria B. Robinson is an Afro-German activist, author, and mentor currently based in the U.S. Victoria shared with us how difficult the reflection process was in writing her contribution to Letters Lived: Radical reflections, revolutionary paths… READ MORE
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Letters Lived Contributor: Rae Spoon
You may already be familiar with Canadian writer and indie musician Rae Spoon’s body of work. Long recognized as a genre-defying singer-songwriter whose 2008 album Superioryouareinferior was longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, just last year Spoon published their first book, First Spring Grass Fire. Nominated for a Lambda award (the biggest award for LGBTQ books!), First Spring Grass Fire is a collection of short stories about growing up queer in Alberta… READ MORE
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Letters Lived Contributor (and editor): Sheila Sampath
Sheila Sampath has been deeply involved in grassroots and anti-oppressive activism in Toronto since the early 2000s. A former chair at the board for the Rape Crisis Centre/Multi-cultural Women Against Rape, Sheila became serious about helping others when she sought help from a rape crisis centre in her hometown at the age of eighteen… READ MORE
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Recommended Reading: Remember well, and take action, every day of the year
From YWCA Moncton’s associate director and sometimes-Shameless blogger Beth Lyons: Dec. 6 is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the 24th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre in which 14 young women were murdered at an engineering school. It also marks the last day of the annual 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence initiative that began on Nov. 25, the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence … READ MORE
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Almost But Not Quite Touching: an interview with the co-creators
Almost But Not Quite Touching is the debut play of the Tough Toots Theatre Folks, performed in October of this year in Toronto. A completely re-written and re-imagined version of a previous play of the same name and entirely written, directed and performed by women and trans* folks, Almost But Not Quite Touching was described by its creators as follows: “Be prepared to laugh, to learn, and to cry. Enter the minds of real people … READ MORE
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Letters Lived Contributor: Grace Lee Boggs
Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing information about the amazing contributors to Letters Lived: Radical reflections, revolutionary paths. To kick it off, we’re taking a look at the life and work of the incredible Grace Lee Boggs, who wrote the book’s foreword. (NOTE: We could easily fill the entirety of the internet with writings about this amazing woman, but this is just a super small look. For further reading, we’ve provided links below… READ MORE
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Hamilton event: A Celebration to Mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
SAVE THE DATE! The Office of Human Rights & Equity Services, The School of Social Work and the Accessibility Community of Practice invite you to: A Celebration to Mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Join us for an afternoon of arts, crafts, music, entertainment, the launch of the Accessibility Community of Practice Website and an informal meet & greet! Date: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 Time: 3:30pm to 6:30pm Location: CIBC Hall, McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC), 3rd floor (this … READ MORE
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Bump And Jump With Shameless Magazine! Dance Party Featuring DJ cyborgmonkey & DJ Lizzy Mercier
We are pleased to announce that our third fundraiser at the Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar is just around the corner on Wed. Dec. 4th. We are super excited to announce we’ll be having 2 rad-as-heck DJs spinning all night. DJ cyborgmonkey and DJ Lizzy Mercier will be spinning a radical mixture of riot grrrl/house/synthpop/electropunk and Minneapolis Sound (think Prince but weirder)/’90s hip hop/R&B/New Wave all night! Proceeds will be going to Shameless Magazine, a volunteer-run alt mag … READ MORE
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Toronto event: Autonets Convergence - November 13
This Wednesday, join us for this networking event between anti-violence organizers and tech makers to come up with new ways to use technology to end violence! There will be short intros by micha cardenas about Autonets, Farrah Khan about Barbra Schlifer Clinic and Joan Ruzsa of Ritten House talking about prison abolition. After that, we’ll have people introduce themselves and then get into small groups to brainstorm ways of using technology to end violence and … READ MORE
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Toronto event: Tease Project
ASAAP and SAVAC would like to tease you starting at 5:30pm on Nov 6 at Beit Zatoun. The Tease Project is an initiative by and for South Asian youth focusing on arts and health. We aim to share a space with youth to challenge social perceptions around gender, culture, sexuality and identity. Funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, this art exhibition and booklet launch will be showcasing all the artwork the youth have created in the … READ MORE
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Toronto event: Linked Oppressions 2013
Linked Oppressions was born out of the realization that our individual lives and identities continue to be shaped by the intersection of multiple types of discrimination. The ways in which we are racialized and marked by gender, sexuality and dis/ability impact how we occupy certain spaces, negotiate personal relationships and encounter everyday realities. An annual tradition of the Equity Studies Students’ Union, Linked Oppressions is a week-long event series that examines how various forms of marginalization, … READ MORE
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Love and Relationships Series: Dear Old Friend
Hello, readers! We had such fun with the sports-themed series that we’ve decided to continue the trend. To get you excited for the upcoming winter issue of Shameless, we’ll be posting a series of blog posts every Friday on the theme of love and relationships. What does love mean? Who are our relationships with? What kinds of love are there? Sound off in the comment section or email our blog editor with your feedback. If … READ MORE
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Call for proposals: The HTMlles - Feminist festival of media arts + digital culture
The HTMlles - Feminist festival of media arts + digital culture 11th edition, November 2014, in Montreal Deadline: November 17, 2013 Taking place in Montreal, The HTMlles is an international biennial festival that brings together artists, scholars and activists who are passionate about critical engagement with new technologies from a feminist perspective. Based on a specific theme, each edition addresses urgent socio-political questions by pushing the boundaries of artistic and feminist practices. The HTMlles is produced by Studio XX, … READ MORE
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Calling all Youth and Older Adults from the LGBTTIQQ2S community!
Calling all Youth and Older Adults from the LGBTTIQQ2S community! Would you like to: Meet other youth and older adults from the community? Celebrate our stories and histories? Share experiences across generations Have fun playing games and doing creative arts activities? Enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal together? Come join Sunshine Centres for Seniors’ new program: Together, we are not alone: Rainbow Bridges Across Generations an intergenerational project for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, and Two-Spirit Older Adults (55 and up) and … READ MORE
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Culture Days = Feminist Art Collage Party
Where: Hosted by Walnut Contemporary, 201 Niagara Street (entrance along the side) ** please note this is not an accessible venue ** What: An interactive art gathering inspired by feminism Who: Organized by the FAC Committee with a performance by Helene Vosters When: Sunday September 29th, 1:00pm Feminist Art Conference (FAC) Does Culture Days with a Feminist Collage Art Party FAC is very excited to be included among more than 7,000 free activities that are registered to take … READ MORE