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.

05/07/2023

Our summer issue is now online for subscribers! https://maisonneuve.org/issue/summer-2023/

05/06/2023

"What I found was a decades-long accumulation of factors leading to the epidemic of mom guilt we have today, the effects of which are harming mothers and robbing them of the joys of parenting."

In our spring issue, Erin James-Abra reports on the centuries-spanning industry capitalizing off of mom guilt.

Available to read online now.
https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/04/19/mother-load/

Image from Kate Hutchinson's autobiographical project Seasons of Separation.

02/06/2023

Framing Agnes, the new documentary from An Ordinary Man director Chase Joynt and historian Morgan Page, is a creative leap into the q***r archive; but one that still leaves historical trans icon Agnes shrouded in mystery. Ziya Jones reviews the film in our spring issue, available online now.

Chase Joynt as the host and Zackary Drucker as Agnes in Framing Agnes.   Donald Scherschligt, courtesy of Mongrel Media Cinéma Vérité Framing Agnes blends fact and fiction to tell the story of a trans icon, but are we getting the full picture? By Ziya Jones April 19, 2023 Also in this issue Goin...

27/05/2023

Toronto friends! We're at The Word On The Street Toronto today until 6pm and tomorrow from 10am - 5pm! Drop by to say hi, peruse the back issues, and get a great deal on subscription! We're at booth 46 on Grosvenor St and Queen's Park Cres E.
We also have the acclaimed Letters From Montreal anthology from our beloved back page column and published by Véhicule Press on sale for a special price!

26/04/2023

"Digital or print; resurgence or death. For almost two decades, the market has swung media workers between these two polarities."

In Close Reading, Anupa Mistry asks whether our obsession with the viability of traditional media might be holding us back from seeing the future of publishing.

Articles from our Spring 2023 issue are now available to read online! Subscribers have full access to the entire magazine. Happy reading!

Maybe old media is dead. Maybe it was time to turn the page anyway.

25/04/2023

The Book Room from our spring issue is now online! Find reviews of the latest works from comic artist Chris W. Kim, poet Laila Malik, Alex Manley, Monica Heisey, and Corinna Chong: https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/04/19/spring-2023-book-room/

20/04/2023

"Trump, Ford and Johnson have shown us the dark side of absurdity; the distinctly unfunny reality of what can happen when a 'joke' candidate is elected sincerely."

The first article from our Spring 2023 issue is available to read online! In Horning In, Blair Elliott, the daughter of a longtime Rhino Party candidate, wonders if satirical parties still have a place in today's political arena.

Find the Spring 2023 issue of Maisonneuve on newsstands and at maisonneuve.org now!

https://maisonneuve.org/article/2023/04/19/horning-in/

Satirical politics is a family affair for this second-gen Rhino, but does politics still have room for humour?

20/04/2023

Our spring issue is now online for subscribers! https://maisonneuve.org/issue/Spring-2023/