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Shameless Talks

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Shameless magazine is a voice for smart, strong, sassy young women and trans youth and is grounded in principles of social justice and anti-racism. This podcast will act as an accessory to our most current issue, expanding on the issue's theme to bring you even more of the kind of smart & fierce discussion you’ve come to expect from the pages of Shameless.

Episodes

Shameless Talks Presents: Family Dynamics

Family Dynamics is about growing up with immigrant parents, and the subtle cultural divide that Canadian-immigrant children experience. As a child of a Chinese mother, I wanted to know how much of my experience is shared with others whose parents don't match the ones we see on T.V, read about in books, or who the teachers in school describe to us when they refer to the person who signs our field trip forms. Sometimes the frustration of a parent who doesn't match our society built expectations ca...

Jun 01, 201829 min

Shameless Talks presents: FARIN

Growing up in Canada as a second-generation Afro-Jamaican came with many challenges due to my identity being caught between the West and the Islands. Second-generation youth of the Caribbean diaspora are often overlooked, but little do they know, they are actually a key component in the future development of the Caribbean. I wanted to create a podcast that would shine a spotlight on these youth, and teach them how to utilize the privilege within their complex identities to better the positioning...

Apr 20, 201816 min

Politics

New episode of Shameless Talks is here! This is our first-ever *live* episode and we’re talking politics! You’ll hear from some rad storytellers like Lia and Tessa who began We Give Consent, a social media awareness campaign fighting to have the concept of consent included in the official Ontario Sex Ed curriculum; we’ve got Frizz Kid talking about their experience with online bullying and that day they stood up to bully in class(!); we’ve got The Degenderettes discussing gender inclusivity and ...

Jun 23, 201749 min