Maisonneuve

05/04/2024

Our spring issue is on newsstands and in mailboxes April 12! Featuring a cover illustration by Justine Wong, and writing by Amy Li Baksh, Erin Despard, M Gnanasihamany, Dev Ramsawakh, Shanai Tanwar, Felicia Gabriele, Nina Dunic and more.

13/12/2023

Our Winter 2023 issue is on newsstands and in mailboxes very soon! On our cover, Brandon Celi illustrates our Winter Reading Issue, packed with fiction and poetry from Ainslie Hogarth, Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Katia Lo Innes, Owen Torrey and Jay Ritchie.

05/10/2023

Our new issue is now online for subscribers! Filled to the brim with compelling writing and gorgeous art, in articles about q***r family-making and bees, fire safety and tenant rights, going beyond GDP as a measure of wellbeing, and much more.

Safe Travels (Subscription Required) By Yannick Mutombo If Canada prides itself on its treatment of refugees, it needs to abolish the Safe Third Country Agreement.

20/09/2023

🚨 An announcement! 🚨

After a much beloved year with Maisonnueve, editor-in-chief Lucy Uprichard will be stepping down at the end of the year. Nour Abi-Nakhoul, the associate editor, will be taking on the role. Her first edition as editor-in-chief will be Spring 2024!

We are now looking to hire a new associate editor for Maisonnueve! Applications will remain open until September 26. Please send applications or any questions questions to [email protected]. See details about the role here:

https://maisonneuve.org/news/2023/09/12/come-work-us-apply-be-maisonneuves-associate-edit2/

31/07/2023

"What the tech companies and investors and credit card companies need to realize is that s*x finds a way."
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In "Cockblocked and Reported," Ayesha Habib asks why tech companies are so averse to letting us get s*xy in the virtual realm. Now available to read for all on our site.
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Illustration by Spencer Ashley

https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/06/29/cockblocked-and-reported/

24/07/2023

"As we stash away more and more virtual stuff, every old screenshot, duplicate photo and text message become more and more laden with emotional meaning, leading us to pile them up indefinitely. With the storage capacity of our smartphones constantly increasing, and ever-expanding cheap space in the cloud, our tech is happy to assist us in this quest. "

Flora Pan reflects on digital hoarding and her own relationship with her iCloud catalogue in Memory Error, now available online for everyone to read. Illustration by Spencer Ashley.

https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/06/29/memory-error/

17/07/2023

"There’s another, darker side to video games, one where malevolent pests are given space to prowl forums and community boards, inflicting harm on workers and players without any real consequences."

In No Grass Left to Touch, Marcela Huerta looks at the toxicity pervading video games, and argues that simply ignoring the trolls under the bridge isn't a viable option. Online for everyone now: https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/06/29/no-grass-left-touch/

Art by François Vigneault.

14/07/2023

Check out reviews of new Canadian albums by Feist, Ky, Arctistic and Witch Prophet in our summer 2023 issue: https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/06/29/music-room-summer-2023/

12/07/2023

📚📖Don't miss reviews of new books by Eva Crocker, Benji Nate, Ricardo Tranjan, T. Liem and Marianne Micros in our summer issue's Book Room. Also online for everyone now:

https://t.co/XHSUN3hm5s

11/07/2023

"As technology evolves to shield the rich from the masses, we may need to consider that the worlds Neotokyo imitates aren't so alien." Lily Alexandre inspects the contradictions of Montreal's cyberpunk-themed ramen restaurant in our summer issue. Available online for everyone now.

Montreal’s cyberpunk-themed ramen restaurant speaks to a cultural fascination with a high-tech future; maybe its flavour is a little off.