Tag: Miscellaneous
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Atoosa, Atoosa
Rebecca Traister has a great little report about Seventeen magazine Editor-In-Chief Atoosa Rubenstein on Broadsheet, Salon.com’s blog geared to women (in a feminist sort of way). Apparently Rubenstein told Fashion Week Daily that she loves designer Bryan Bradley so much that “I feel like I want to start starving myself so I can wear those clothes now.” I don’t think you can even pretend that editors of mainstream teen magazines have teenage girls’ best interests in mind … READ MORE
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What to do about Valentine’s Day
If you’re on the fence about whether or not Valentine’s Day is a corporate shill or a good excuse to tell the people in your life how you feel about them, here’s something that you can unequivocally endorse: POWER Camp National, a Montreal based charity that works to make the world a better place for girls and young women, is selling e-cards for Valentine’s Day. For a minimum of $5, you can send someone special an … READ MORE
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Miss G__ on the move
The women of the Miss G__ Project have had a busy few months trying to get womens studies onto Ontario high school curriculum (see News Flash in our Fall 2005 issue). In January, the steering committee presented their vision to the provincial Status of Women Committee of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, who have endorsed the group and given them some funding. This is a great step forward in transforming high school education. They have also … READ MORE
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Election woes
Another federal election, another critique of how women and women’s issues are being ignored by the parties. … READ MORE
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Live Positive
Check out this site, created by and for HIV-positive youth: www.livepositive.ca. Along with basic information on the virus, the site explores how HIV can affect your life, how to choose a doctor, what sorts of treatments are available and how to deal with some of the specific challenges faced by HIV-positive youth. According to the Canadian Women’s Health Network, HIV-positive youth wanted resources to help them make informed treatment decisions, and they wanted a format that was … READ MORE
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Join our Editorial Collective
We’re looking for some smart young women to join our teen editorial collective. The collective serves as an editorial advisory board for the magazine. We get together a few times a year to talk about Shameless, magazines, school, life and other issues that the group is interested in. The collective is a way for young women in Toronto to connect with each other, share ideas and projects and contribute to the magazine. The only requirements are: you … READ MORE
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Tips for lady tube riders
Check out Guardian writer Zoe Williams’ take on the London Underground’s leaflet, Tube* Tips For Women, in the paper’s weekend magazine. Williams tears into the silly, patronizing government-issued tips, which include doozies like this one: “Things like twisted ankles can be a real pain so mind your step - especially if you’re wearing your party shoes.” In Shameless’ Fall issue, Jennifer Goldberg wrote about the Tokyo Metropolitan Subway in Japan, which now offers women-only cars to try … READ MORE
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Crafternoon Tea - Saturday, November 19, 2005
Chief Glamazon Nathalie-Roze Fischer brings us: Crafternoon Tea Saturday, November 19 Bellefair United Church 2002 Queen Street East, in the beautiful Toronto Beaches area, across from Kew Gardens The event is “a hip craft & fashion market, how-to hive and charity tea room all in one”. This event is perfect timing for the upcoming gift-giving season, to give gifts to your loved ones or just to yourself! Or, if you feel like DIY, take in one of the how-to workshops. And … READ MORE
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Bitch loves Shameless!
Shameless is given a big thumb’s up in the latest Bitch (No.30) by Lea Zeltserman – we’re included in the issue’s “Bitchlist: an annotated guide to some of our favorite things.” Here’s an excerpt: “It’s time to stop bemoaning the demise of Sassy – the next generation finally has a magazine to get hot and bothered about. Guided by its teen editorial collective, Shameless (“for girls who get it”) talks sex and food straight up, offers local … READ MORE
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The Hot Fat Girl Manifesto returns
For those unfortunate souls who missed Zoe Whittall’s kick-ass Hot Fat Girl Manifesto in our Summer 2005 issue, you can read it here, where it’s been reprinted. … READ MORE
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Join our team
VOLUNTEER WEBMISTRESS/WEBMASTER Do you dream in HTML and code just for kicks? If you’re looking for a new place to exercise your web design skills and get involved in independent media, Shameless magazine wants you. Shameless, a progressive Canadian magazine for teenage girls, is seeking someone to take over the role of webmistress/webmaster for www.shamelessmag.com. Our ideal candidate is a code-savvy web geek with a flair for design. Must be familiar with HTML, CSS, PHP, online form … READ MORE
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They love us! They really love us!
The good people of Toronto weekly NOW (www.nowtoronto.com) have named Shameless Toronto’s best magazine! It’s the second-year in a row they’ve bestowed us with such praise, and their write-up on the mag brings a tear to our eye: BEST MAGAZINE: Shameless Not since the glory days of Sassy has there been a tome for teen girls with a voice anywhere near as intelligent, edgy and irreverent as our own homegrown Shameless . Since dreaming up the stylishly … READ MORE
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Canzine on Sunday
Come say hello to us on Sunday, October 30 at Canzine, Canada’s largest zine fair and festival of alternative culture. We’ll be selling our brand new issue (it’s a good one!) and lots of back issues for just $2. Sunday, October 30, 2005 The Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin) 1-7 p.m. ALL AGES and Free! … READ MORE
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SHAMELESS V: FOR GHOULS WHO GET IT
Please join us in celebrating the launch of our new Fall issue at a spooky pre-Halloween party… SHAMELESS V: FOR GHOULS WHO GET IT Sunday, October 23, Noon-4pm Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto Admission: $7 with costume or $10 without costume Includes a copy of the new issue! FEATURING: *Performances by: REPUBLIC OF SAFETY and COUGAR PARTY *Screenings of two horror shorts + scenes from horror classics by filmmaker/Video DJ James King. *On-site makeovers from our team of professional special-effects make-up … READ MORE
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HOMOSAYWHAT?
What would you do if you shopped around a book to publishers and got nothing but rejection slips in return? You could give up and let your manuscript collect dust in a box somewhere, or, you could pick yourself off the ground and publish it yourself. That’s exactly what Kate (Hipstatic) and Rebecka did when their queer anthology called Ain’t Your Sister was rejected by a series of small Canadian publishers. Though they felt shaken at first … READ MORE
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Back up plan
You can read about access to Plan B (emergency contraception, a.k.a. the morning after pill) in our upcoming Fall issue, but in the meantime, take a look at the thorough report complied by Women and Health Protection (WHP) and the Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN). The groups want better access to Plan B, especially for teenage girls. While teen pregnancy rates have been dropping because of high birth control use, according to the report, girls age … READ MORE
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One heck of an art exhibit
Knitters take note: a Viennese art group called Gelatin recently unveiled the cutest public art installation we’ve ever seen. It’s a 200-foot-long pink toy bunny rabbit, knitted by dozens of grannies, located on the side of a mountain in Italy. What does the art “mean”? Your guess is as good as ours, but it sure looks snuggly. Members of Gelatin told Ananova.com they expect hikers to scale the bunny and lounge on its … READ MORE
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Self-publishing workshop
Shameless’s friend Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is teaching a workshop on self-publishing and chapbook making next month. The two-hour hands-on workshop will teach you binding techniques and how to design, produce and distribute your book. She’ll cover copyright, “how not to screw yourself out of being published by a ‘real press’ later” and the fine art of using free and dumpstered materials and scamming free photocopies. Useful tricks for anyone to know, especially if you’re an … READ MORE
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHAMELESS!
Friday, June 17, from 7:30 pm to 11 pm Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Distillery District Admission $7, including free magazine and free birthday cake! Shameless celebrates its first birthday and the launch of the Summer 2005 issue. It’s a semi-formal affair, so strap on your suspenders, pull on your party dress, take our your tux, bare your birthday suit, or just jump into your jeans. Anything goes. Featuring Mariko Tamaki, spoken word, performance art, DJs, dancing, birthday cake and … READ MORE
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Shamelessly illustrated
Here’s a good reason to pick up today’s National Post: there’s a comic about Shameless in the Toronto section! The lovely and talented Sarah Lazarovic (who contributed to our Spring 2005 issue) has illustrated an afternoon with Shameless, inspired by our launch party last Sunday. Check it out! We’ll post an electronic version soon. PS Thanks to everyone who came out last weekend, we had a ton of fun and hope you did, too. … READ MORE
