launch party – This Magazine https://this.org Progressive politics, ideas & culture Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:38:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://this.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Screen-Shot-2017-08-31-at-12.28.11-PM-32x32.png launch party – This Magazine https://this.org 32 32 Celebrate our 50th Anniversary! https://this.org/2016/09/07/celebrate-our-50th-anniversary/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:38:09 +0000 https://this.org/?p=15960 ThisMagazine50_coverLores-minWhat do Star Trek, Twister, The Black Panthers, Doritos and Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys have in common? They all turn 50 this year! You know who else does? This Magazine!

Help us celebrate our 50th Anniversary!

DATE: Thursday, September 22, 2016
TIME: Doors open at 7:00 pm
LOCATION: at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
FUN STUFF: We’ll be featuring the usual fun, plus special guests, cake, music, and more!
PRICE: $5 will get you admission and a copy of our special 50th anniversary double issue! Donations are welcome.

You can buy tickets in advance or donate online via our Eventbrite page.
Facebook more your thing? You can check out (and share!) the event here.

]]> March/April Feminist Launch Party + This is Not a Ted Talk! https://this.org/2015/03/09/marchapril-feminist-launch-party-this-is-not-a-ted-talk/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:33:20 +0000 http://this.org/magazine/?p=3942 Come join us for the launch of our March/April feminist issue!
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With this issue, we tell readers why we believe Canada needs more feminism—now. In it, we also give a big f*@k that to the popular culture that fostered Jian Ghomeshi, Bill Cosby, and the boys at Dalhousie’s Dentistry school; the one that cultivated mansplaining, manspreading, and street harassment; and the one that encourages apathy toward threats to abortion access, the pay gap, and our country’s Indigenous murdered and missing women.

To help kick off the issue, we’re hosting another This is Not a Ted Talk, featuring talks from fierce feminists on body positivity, consent, trans* rights, and more.

SPEAKERS:

–Jill Andrew and Aisha Fairclough, the amazing women behind Fat in the City and the Body Confidence Canada Awards
–Kick-ass trans* rights activist Christin Milloy
–The awesome Sheila Sampath of Shameless magazine
–Plus a video feature from Project Slut

WHERE: The Supermarket, 268 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
WHEN: March 25, 2015. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., “This is Not a Ted Talk” speakers take the stage at 7 p.m.
COST: $5 at the door, which includes a copy of our March/April Feminist Issue

]]> Social Justice All-Stars event + This is Not a Ted Talk https://this.org/2015/01/09/social-justice-all-stars-event-this-is-not-a-ted-talk/ Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:10:16 +0000 http://this.org/magazine/?p=3881 15JF_coverCome help us celebrate the launch of our first ever Social Justice All-Stars issue!

With this issue, we turn our focus to 30 totally awesome Canadians who are working to make the world a better place. From fighting for feminism, LGBTQ rights, and better mental health services to fighting against racism, discrimination, and harmful stereotypes, these social justice warriors lift our spirits and give us sunshiney hope for the future.

To help kick-off the issue, we’re hosting “This is Not a Ted Talk”. You’ll hear from three of our social justice all-stars: Sheila Sampath, Farrah Khan, and Nayani Thiyagarajah. Each woman will tell you more about their social justice work and, we’re sure, inspire you just like they inspired us!

WHERE: The Supermarket, 268 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
WHEN: January 28, 2015. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., “This is Not a Ted Talk” speakers take the stage at 8 p.m.
COST: $5 at the door, which includes a copy of our Jan/Feb 2015 Social Justice All-Stars Issue

]]> Summer Reading Issue Launch Party! https://this.org/2014/07/04/summer-reading-issue-launch-party/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:28:32 +0000 http://this.org/magazine/?p=3744 SummerReadingIssue2What’s more summery than the smell of sunscreen, eating outdoors, nonstop construction, or a magazine’s summer reading issue?! This summer, This Magazine is publishing a special literary issue with poems and fiction selected by lit editor and acclaimed (and Trillium-shortlisted) author Dani Couture (YAW, Algoma).

To celebrate, we’re throwing a literary bash on Wednesday, July 16, and you’re all invited. Held at Supermarket (268 Augusta Avenue) in the middle of Toronto’s Kensington Market, this lit issue party will be a gathering of some of Toronto’s finest writers. Dani will host short readings by Aisha Sasha John (THOU, The Shining Material), David Seymour (For Display Purposes Only), and Tony Burgess (Pontypool Changes Everything, The n-Body Problem).

We’ll also hold a book-tastic raffle with prizes donated by the AGO, Aresnal Pulp Press, BookThug, Coach House, ECW Press, TOR and more. You could even win a brand-new e-reader, donated by the good people at Kobo!

Your $5 door charge includes a copy of the fabulous Summer Reading Issue!

Expect tremendous readings of new work from:

– Tony Burgess, Canada’s foremost purveyor of literary horror, whose work The Walrus called ‘ultra-violent horror meets absurdist humour [and] H.P. Lovecraft meets Stephen Leacock.’ Best known for his Pontypool Trilogy, his latest book is The n-Body Problem (ChiZine), which looks at the terrible side effects of disposing of dead zombies.

– Aisha Sasha John, author of the impressive new collection THOU (BookThug), which contains two long, narrative poems. As Michael Nardone has noted, ‘John is a poet of centrifugal energy, of reverberant intimacy.’

– David Seymour, whose last book of poetry, For Display Purposes Only (Coach House), was called ‘equal parts moving and clever’ by the Globe and Mail.

It promises to be a splendid summer celebration, so please join us on July 16 for some fun summer reading!

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