There’s a great write-up of the She’s Shameless launch and an interview with editor Megan Griffith-Greene, posted on BlogTO:
When I was a kid there was Chickadee magazine and then Owl, and then the thinking girl was unceremoniously dumped off the science train of the Mighty Mites, and into the world of Tiger Beat.“Maybe you can think big thoughts again when you’re older,” the magazine rack seemed to say. “But the teen and pre-teen magazines that tide you over until then will be wholly populated by doe-eyed boys, glossy ads for lip gloss, and vanilla-flavoured sex tips. Be prepared for a solid decade where your interests are presumed limited to bangles and boyfriends.”
Then 2004 rolled around, and a Canadian upstart broke through these piles and piles of flippant frou frou and frizz — Shameless, a magazine “for girls who get it.”
Read the entire post here.
(L-R) She’s Shameless on sale now, Teen Workshop Leader and celebrated author Ibi Kaslik, Megan signs books. Image via BlogTO.
Also, check out coverage and a great photoset of the event on Newsfix:
She’s Shameless, a compilation from emerging and established female writers, shares honest, intimate, sometimes embarrassing stories about growing up. Edited by Stacey May Fowles and Megan Griffith-Greene, the magazine’s publisher and editor-in-chief, this book talks about things most people experienced in their teenage lives but were too ashamed to speak up about.
The anthology is in bookstores now, so you can order or buy it from your local independent, ask for it at your local library, or get it online here or here.
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Get your copy from the Toronto Women's Bookstore! One of the best bookstores in Toronto!
Posted by Teresa
July 7, 2009, 11:02 AM
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