Irked Magazine

IrkedMagazine.com[1] is a multimedia website that publishes all kinds of socially conscious art relating to the emerging “culture of disability.”

History

Irked was founded by Sacha Vais in early May 2005. Judith Kovalski and Paul Aflalo came on board very soon thereafter, and they launched a rough coming soon page by the end of that month. A few months later, they were approached by a media studies professor at McGill University (Anita Nowak), who was interested in Irked, and on Friday, October 28, 2005, Professor Nowak’s class “went live” to the Irked website (her students were given an in-class Irked assignment to complete). That same month, Irked’s URL and mission statement were added to Psych Central,[2] which is one of the Internet’s largest psychology sites. On May 1, 2006, The Montreal Gazette profiled Irked Magazine on the front page of its Arts & Life section,[3] and the Irked website was flooded with hits and with submissions. The first issue of Irked Magazine was published on September 12, 2006. On November 30, 2006, Irked was featured in Halifax, Nova Scotia’s popular newspaper The Coast.[4] Irked’s second issue was published on February 9, 2007 and on February 12 Irked was profiled in the official blog for the National Film Board’s Citizen Shift initiative. Irked released its third issue in June 2007, its fourth issue in December 2007, and its fifth issue in March 2008. Instead of several issues a year, Irked is now updated weekly.

Present day

Irked’s main offices are in Montreal, Quebec and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The current editor is Sacha Vais; the current multimedia director and talent scout is Paul Aflalo; the current in-house counselor is Judith Kovalski; the current web programmer is Leah Nemiroff.

Irked also has a growing list of ongoing contributors. These include, but are not limited to:

Typical Content

Irked’s website does not follow the typical e-magazine format. There is a wide variety of essays and articles, audio documentaries, video clips, photo galleries, animations, songs/music videos, radio broadcasts, slideshows, poetry, and paintings. The categories on IrkedMagazine.com allow for easy navigation and include:

Themes

One of the cornerstones of the Irked site is the “Themes” category. Currently, there are 19 Themes, including:

References

  1. ↑ ISSN 1913-1224
  2. ↑ Psych Central, October 1, 2005. Psych Central
  3. ↑ Nebenzahl, Donna (2006). When Fear Takes Control. Arts & Life, pages D1-D3, The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec. Published May 21, 2006. PDF of the article available here
  4. ↑ Lowe, Lezlie (2007). More than able. The Coast, vol. 14 (27). Published December 7, 2007. PDF of the article available here

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