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shado in focus

shado in focus

By: Shado Mag
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Hosted by Carla Flores, shado in focus is shado’s new weekly audio series. We’ll take one article per episode from shado’s archive, for you to listen on the go.


In this collection we've handpicked some of our favourite pieces, ranging from investigative exposés to interviews and commentary on global issues, all from those with lived experience.


shado in focus will be a place for finding hope and inspiration, while also providing accessible introductions to some of the biggest issues of our time.


Graphic: Naomi Gennery @nn.aa.ii


Find out more at shado-mag.com @shado.mag

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Episodes
  • It’s Complicated: Dating as a Sex Worker by Addis Fouché
    Sep 7 2025

    Welcome back! This week's article in focus is brought to us by Addis Fouché and is titled It’s Complicated: Dating as a Sex Worker


    Addis Fouché is a 29 year old Black queer woman, native New Yorker, distance runner, commercial model, adult performer, freelance writer, startup founder, and public speaker. As a multi-hyphenate, Addis' mission is to create the content that she wishes she could have seen at a younger age: which de-stigmatizes topics like sex, sobriety, race, sexuality, and gender. She doesn't shy away from exploring any subject within the realm of taboo topics, in fact she dives head first into dissecting why we are the way we are. Follow Addis on Instagram @addisfouche



    What can you do?
    • Read the book: The Ethical Slut
    • Donate to the Sex Workers Outreach Project
    • Read more articles by Addis HERE

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    16 mins
  • The life lessons that I discovered from being a whore by Addis Fouché
    Aug 31 2025

    Welcome back! This week's article in focus is brought to us by Addis Fouché and is titled The life lessons that I discovered from being a whore.


    Addis Fouché is a 29 year old Black queer woman, native New Yorker, distance runner, commercial model, adult performer, freelance writer, startup founder, and public speaker. As a multi-hyphenate, Addis' mission is to create the content that she wishes she could have seen at a younger age: which de-stigmatizes topics like sex, sobriety, race, sexuality, and gender. She doesn't shy away from exploring any subject within the realm of taboo topics, in fact she dives head first into dissecting why we are the way we are. Follow Addis on Instagram @addisfouche


    What can you do?
    • To Learn More About Sex Workers and Whorephobia, Donate to SWOP (Sex Workers Outreach Project)
    • Podcast and YouTube Channel: WHOREible decision
    • Sex Positive and STI De-Stigmatizing Account on IG: @safe.slut
    • Read Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights by Juno Mac and Molly Smith

    Read more articles at https://shado-mag.com

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    10 mins
  • Fighting for the Aylesbury Estate by Luisa De la Concha Montes
    Feb 17 2025

    Welcome back! This week's article in focus is brought to us by Luisa De la Concha Montes and reminds us of the power of Resistance amongst the threat of demolition


    Luisa De la Concha Montes is a visual artist, photographer and writer born and raised in Mexico City. She moved to the United Kingdom in 2017 and now resides in London. She holds an MA from the University of Sussex in Photography. Her work attempts to bring shapeless states, such as grief, diaspora, identity and memory into a physical form through documentary photography, digital explorations and visual poetry. Instagram: @erst.while Twitter: @L_D_C_M Website: https://iiconclash.wordpress.com/



    What can you do?
    • Follow @fight4aylesbury on Instagram to learn about the project’s latest developments
    • Donate to Aysen’s crowdfunding campaign
    • Read Estate Regeneration and Its Discontents: Public Housing, Place and Inequality in London by Paul Watt to learn more about the policies behind London’s state-led gentrification project
    • Join housing struggle associations such as Homes for All, Defend Council Housing or Why Demolish?
    • Read this article by Leah Cowan: What is the Hostile Environment?
    • Read more articles on the topic of migration HERE


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    20 mins
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