Shameless (magazine)
Shameless is a Canadian magazine with a feminist and anti-oppressive practice perspective for girls and trans youth. It is published three times a year and also maintains a website[1] featuring a blog, web stories and audio content.
The magazine is run by editorial and art director Sheila Sampath and co-publishers Nicole Cohen and Jo Snyder. The magazine staff includes managing editor Jo Snyder, front-of-book editor Caitlin Blennerhassett, columns editor Shaunga Tagore, features editor Michelle Kay, arts editor Ronak Ghorbani, reviews editor Jessica Balmer, contributing editor Christine McFarlane, and director of research Brett Bishop. The web staff includes director and blog manager Julia Horel, web editor Meg Pirie, audio producer Sarah Feldbloom and webmaster Wesley Fok. The publication and community outreach staff includes director of circulation and community liaison Kate-Christine Miller, events coordinator Roxana Parsa and archivist Stephanie Perrin. Allison Martell is the director of popular education, and founder of the Shameless Wire program.[2]
Shameless is a registered not-for-profit and oversight is provided by the board of directors which includes co-founders Melinda Mattos and Nicole Cohen, and Holland Gidney.
History and awards
Shameless was founded in 2004 by Nicole Cohen and Melinda Mattos. In June 2004, Shameless was named Best New Magazine by Toronto alt-weekly NOW and nominated for two Utne Independent Press Awards (Best New Title and Best Design). In 2005, Shameless won an Utne award for Best Personal Life Writing.[3] The magazine was nominated again in 2006,[4] for Lifestyle coverage. In 2005, cover story “Making The Cut”[5] was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Megan Griffith-Greene took over as editor in 2007 and hired Stacey May Fowles as publisher. They stepped down in 2010 and handed the operations over to the current staff.
The blog
Shameless also hosts a blog, which was named Best Feminist Blog in Canada in February 2008 by the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards and shortlisted again in 2012.[6][7] The site has also won Best Entertainment Blog. Frequent topics include representation of women and trans folks, youth, race and sexuality in mainstream culture, independent artists and musicians, pop culture, news and current events.
The anthology
In Spring 2009, Megan Griffith-Greene and Stacey May Fowles published She's Shameless: Women write about growing up, rocking out and fighting back with Tightrope Books. The book contains essays by women and trans-identified adults about their experiences as teens.