Shannon
Short Bio
Shannon T. Boodram is a story teller that uses three unique channels: writing, photography and television hosting. Her first book LAID: Young People’s Experience with Sex in an Easy Access Culture is in stores now across North America. She has appeared on ABC, The CW, Fox News, CNN Radio, CBC News, TVO, Cable Pulse 24, CH CH and she has been interviewed in The Toronto Star, Maclean’s Magazine, Cp24.com, Desi Magazine, Amoi, The Toronto Sun, Feministing and on Blog Her.
Long Bio
Laid is being published through Seal Press in Berkeley California, I am a TV personality on RogersTV Toronto and this year I won “Best On-Air Personality 2009” in Canada for Rogers TV. I have published articles with CBC.ca, Metro News Toronto, Desi News, Peace Magazine, Cream World Magazine, Urbanology Magazine, Passion Magazine and The News Advertiser. I am also a freelance photographer who specializes in portraiture with published photos in Now Magazine, Desi News, Alumni, Urbanology and J’Adore.
During my short career I have interviewed and written articles on Ciara, Simple Plan, Hot Hot Heat, Robin Thicke, Beenie Man, Fefe Dobson, Deborah Cox, The Cool Kids, Juvenile, Jully Black, Kim Davis, Drake, Hedley, Bedouin Soundclash, Keri Hilson, Anthony Parker, Joey Graham, Melanie Durrant, Natasha Bedingfield, Girlicious, Robin Antin (creator of the Pussy Cat Dolls), Lil X, Leah Miller, Rhymefest, Brian Melo, the cast of Da Kink, Frankie J, Juice Rochester, Saukrates, Cabbie from Cabbie on the Street (my fav Canadian TV personality) AND most especially - my besty aka partner in crime Andrea Lewis! My preference is to write on women’s issues and human interest stories, I would tell you all about those but they’re not as punchy as name dropping (*see above for proof).
I dabble in html coding (I re-designed this blog and my own website), sexual education, long boarding, dancing, basketball and feminism. There are few things in life that I wish I did, that I don’t. To me, that is my greatest success.
Laid is the title of Shannon’s book that is going to be released through Seal Press in October 2009. Laid is a non-fiction anthology that takes a peer mediation approach to sexual education. Youth ages 18-25 across North America were asked to share a life changing sexual experience they went through in their teens. Contributors were asked to share their stories as though they were telling it to a best friend, lecturing was prohibited. As a result, Laid is not your typical sexual education book. It’s raw, honest, steamy, scary, inspiring and eye opening stories. The book is separated into five chapters based on five common young adult sexual scenarios: hookups, positive experiences, physical consequences, date rape and abstinence. No two stories are alike but in each chapter you will find the following components: a chapter intro, a question and answer section that addresses issues touched upon in each chapter and finally an activity that challenges the reader to derive their own lessons from other’s experiences. Laid’s has contributors who share positive stories as well as those who have dealt with teenage pregnancy, abortion, STI contraction, hookups, date rape, sexual abuse and living with HIV.
In addition to compiling and guiding each contributor the editor, a 24-year-old journalist, shares her own stories and provides insight in the chapter intros. The book’s goal is to arm readers with the information, hindsight and confidence to pursue an emotionally and physically healthy sex life. After reading each story, readers will form an enhanced understanding of the experiences they want, and want to avoid.
…for more information visit the blog site laidthebook.com/blog
