Tag: Youth
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Announcements
Applications Open: The Youth Feminist Media Project Incubator!
Shameless is thrilled to announce the feminist media project incubator, open to youth 13-19 across Canada. READ MORE
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In the Blog
How STD Stigma Shapes the Masses
Please note this post contains some spoilers for Season 2 of Sex Education. Over the past 10 years, the ‘sex-positive’ movement has grown dramatically. The movement advocates for embracing sexuality as an important part of identity and health, regardless of age or social constructs. In other words, it says sex is human, and you’re human, so it’s a healthy part of your life. Educate yourself, and embrace it. Another interesting trend is the growth in sexually transmitted … READ MORE
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Blog Series
Shameless for 15 Years
For our fifteenth anniversary we’ve reached out to the Shameless community and asked what the magazine has meant to them. In the 11th post in the series, writer Jackie Mlotek has shared what Shameless means to them. READ MORE
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Blog Series
Shameless Called Me a Writer Before I Called Myself One
For our fifteenth anniversary we’ve reached out to the Shameless community and asked what the magazine has meant to them. In the ninth post in the series, Shameless contributor deb singh has shared how her involvement with Shameless helped her writing voice. READ MORE
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Shameless is hiring volunteer staff illustrators!
Join our team—apply by November 9th, 2018! READ MORE
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In the Blog
Learn The Art of Audio Storytelling
As access to recording and editing technologies proliferate, the medium is becoming democratized. But opportunities to access quality training are few and far between. FIXT POINT Arts & Media is piloting a new training program that will give young women and non-binary youth the knowledge and practical skills they need to produce high-quality, compelling audio stories, and teach them how to use the medium of audio storytelling to engage their communities in meaningful ways. The two-week … READ MORE
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Join the Shameless Youth Advisory Board!
Announcing new paid positions for teen girls and trans youth in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area)! READ MORE
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Pencils Down, Hands Up
How and why police officers in schools uphold systemic oppression and why they’ve got to go. READ MORE
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In the Blog
What I Am
My name is Amethyst, and I’m biracial. Don’t get me wrong — I love that I have multiple heritages to call my own. It means I can relate to more people since I’ve had experiences as both a Hispanic and a white individual. Since I have the dark hair and eyes of my Puerto Rican-Cuban mother and the lighter skin of my European father, I’m usually seen as one or the other. However, my physical … READ MORE
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In the Blog
Past, Present, Futures – Indigenous Futurism by Youth Filmmakers
The only way to survive is to imagine futures, but it’s even better to create them. Visualizing futures is power. Giving shape to future worlds that aren’t separate from the past, but inextricable to them is what can get us through. This is the gift the young filmmakers at imagiNATIVE explored through their films. imagiNATIVE is an annual film festival held in Toronto every October. imagiNATIVE’s vision is about showcasing, promoting, and celebrating Indigenous film and … READ MORE
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Tri-Radical
‘Growing Up Black in Canada’ is a writers’ series brought to you by Black Futures Now Toronto in partnership with Shameless Magazine. The series is meant to bring forward local and personal Black histories that do not fit into mainstream narratives about what it means to be a young person in Canada. Throughout the series we will highlight the non-fiction work of five young writers from various backgrounds. Through their stories, we will explore what … READ MORE
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In the Blog
That Time I Wrote a Play About Consent and Didn’t Know It
Content warning: Discussions of consent and situations involving sexual abuse of minors About a year ago, a wondrous thing happened to me: a theatre company wanted to produce one of my plays. Scratch that: two theatre companies wanted to join forces and produce one of my plays. In the glamorous and lucrative world of playwriting, we call this “eating dinner”. I was thrilled. I love dinner! Scratch that: I was not thrilled, really I was terrified. … READ MORE
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In the Blog
Letters Loved: Letters to myself
Hello dear Shameless readers! I was so inspired by Letters Lived: Radical Reflections, Revolutionary Paths edited by our very own Shameless editor, Sheila Sampath, that I came back after taking a blogging break and wrote my own letter. Letters Lived is an inspiring short read from writers and activists writing to their younger selves, as adults. Ever want to reassure, guide or share your 20/20 hindsight with yourself after the fact? Letters Lived offers that very promise. … READ MORE
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Youth Voices
The Tree in the Red
The Tree in the Red is the first place winner in the creative non-fiction category of the 2015 Talking Back Awards READ MORE
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Youth Voices
Hunting Season
Hunting Season was the first place winner in the poetry category of the 2015 Talking Back Awards. READ MORE
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Youth Voices
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Youth Voices
Sat Me Down and Said
Sat Me Down and Said was the second place winner in the fiction category of the 2015 Talking Back Awards READ MORE
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Youth Voices
Untitled Poem
This untitled piece was the second place winner in the poetry category of the 2015 Talking Back Awards. READ MORE
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Youth Voices
Crimson Beauty: Coming to terms with the trials and tribulations of eczema
Crimson Beauty was the second place winner in the creative non-fiction category of the 2015 Talking Back Awards READ MORE
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In the Blog
WEEKLY ROUND UP: JUNE 24
Check out what’s making been making our headlines this week. READ MORE