Testimonials
(Have something nice to say about Irked? Email sacha@irkedmagazine.com)
“Thank you so much for featuring my story in your AWESOME online IrkedMagazine.com!!! We have been sharing it with everyone!! My wife, Bonnie, and I have received a lot of very positive responses from people who have read the article. We really hope that many people will be inspired and find HOPE in their lives. Blessings to you. Thank you, again, so much.”
— Ricky Trione
Blind artist, former Captain in the U.S. Army
http://www.rickytrioneart.com
“Thank you so much for this incredible site and for also asking me and Turning Heads to be a part of it. Your online magazine, irkedmagazine.com, is beautiful and inspiring and actually totally unique—a potpourri of tales of incredible people. Think of how far we will all come joining hands together and walking in the footsteps of these inspiring people.”
— Jackson Hunsicker
Author of Turning Heads: Portraits of Grace, Inspiration, and Possibilities
http://turningheadsstories.com/
“If I ran an online magazine, I’d want it to be a lot like Irked Magazine.”
— Philip Patston
Comedian, consultant and entrepreneur
http://diversity.co.nz
“Thank you for all your work on this and getting dates correct…looks great.
Good luck with the site!”
— Jim Clark
Dalhousie University
VideoConference and Digital Imaging Services
Former photographer for Halifax’s The Chronicle-Herald and The Mail-Star
“Don’t know if you remember me. I receive your newsletter and have been admiring all the lovely work there. The story by David Roche was really terrific.
All the best,”
— Donna Nebenzahl, author of the book Womankind: Faces of Change Aroundthe World, editor and columnist for Montreal’s The Gazette
“I liked what I ’saw’ when I cruised through Irked magazine…”
— Helen McFadyen, Halifax Chapter President, Alliance for Equality of BlindCanadians
“I’ve recently become aware of your magazine—what a breath of fresh air… Thanks for a fabulous source of entertainment and insight.”
— Jane Goetzee, UK-based artist, creator of the comic strip Peabody
“Thanks so much for your collaborative spirit and all the valuable work you do!!”
— Julia Barry, singer-songwriter and activist
http://www.juliabarry.com
“Thanks so much for including me in your fabulous magazine. I’m honored.
Best wishes for all your endeavors.
All best,”
— Dia Calhoun
http://diacalhoun.com
“WONDERFUL to see your piece on Richard Van Camp’s board book. I blogged the book today and linked to your article.
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com”
— Debbie Reese
“I’m loving the site, by the way. It seems sort of like the Mad Pride movement with emphasis more on angry-mad than crazy-mad.”
— Karma Bennett
Publicist, Ulysses Press
“Irked is a truly unusual magazine with cutting edge, well-written, and insightful pieces. My favorites are the contributions on mental health and the diversity of the mind, like Donna Williams’s interview. Please keep the magazine going!”
— Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
The George Washington University
Editor, Anthropological Quarterly
www.unstrange.com
“I was very glued and proud to see what stories were printed in your magazine Irked and web site. It really hit home to read the wide variety of different stories. It’s about time to see a great magazine show what life is all about being in our shoes…
Thank You.”
— Kevin Frost (Ottawa, Canada)
www.deafblindspeedskater.com
“Hi Sacha,
i’m glad you liked our documentary, thanks for your e-mail.
i checked out the website for irked
explored wanderingagoraphobe.com
and did a little googling on irked and your story.
good work!
here’s to being ‘irked’ and figuring out how to make some noise about it.
and to boldly ‘exploring matters of the heart’
keep it up.”
— jeff root and bhawin suchak
www.freeschoolmovie.com
“Dear Sacha,
I have had a chance to look at your site and Irked Online Magazine! It is wonderful. Thanks so much for your kind words about Teaching Peace in a Time of War. Hetty [van Gurp] is an amazing woman and it was so inspiring to spend time with her in Serbia!! I think your work is also very powerful and so needed.”
— Teresa MacInnes
www.seatosea.cc
“I really like what you’re doing with Irked!”
— LA Crompton
www.dreamer-girl.com
“Great job on your last issue! Keep doing what you’re doing. I know you’re making a difference.”
— Cathy Bollinger
www.rivannamusic.com
“Your site amuses, intrigues, and touches me. A lovely combination.”
— Martin Neufeld
www.huggerbusker.com
“I think Irked is a great endeavor. Best of luck! It is wonderful to have so many avenues for our voices to be heard. Thanks.”
— David Gayes
www.growingupwithadisability.blogspot.com
“I checked out your Magazine/website and I like it a whole lot, fascinating stuff! Based on a brief look, I’d say you are mining some territory that’s edgy. I thought it was responsible to include hotlines for those who may need them. I think the “first, do no harm” part of the Hippocratic Oath should apply to ethical journalism as well. I’m adding your site to my favorites to explore at length.”
— Lynne Murray
www.lmurray.com
“When I was first contacted by Sacha Vais, Editor-in-Chief of IrkedMagazine.com, I was drawn in by his energy and commitment to this unique online ‘haven.’ I was excited and honored that he had picked me to create the logo for the newly developed Quirkedforkids.com magazine. I think the need for this kind of supportive, and sometimes irreverent, forum is obvious in the way that it has been received. All of us are a little ‘Irked,’ and it’s nice to have a place to express ourselves without fear of judgment. Keep up the wonderful work!”
— Neva Austrew
www.nevaaustrew.com
“Let me just say that I am touched by the time and energy you are putting into this project, and you have included some powerful stories about people who have risen above great obstacles in their lives. I found them quite inspiring! Keep up the good work!”
— Jody Kessler
www.jodykessler.com
“Howdy: I checked Irked and it’s first class on my range.”
— Howard Lyman, the Mad Cowboy
www.madcowboy.com
“I took a look at your magazine.
quirky, real, confronting, bridge building.
that suits me.”
Donna Williams
www.donnawilliams.net
“Congrats on irked! Thanks for providing a creative waterless brain sani-cleaner for pent-up anger.”
— Hal Newman, Managing Editor of www.bigmedicine.ca
“I checked out your site. I really like what you do.”
— Ilona Dougherty, Executive Director of www.apathyisboring.com
“I think [Irked is] a magazine that will be something far, far more than you could have dreamed. There is unseen hunger in others, like me, for something real. In what I have read so far, perhaps Irked will help satisfy that hunger.”
— Debbie RedWine, Founder and Editor of www.reachingupforair.com
“I teach an undergrad class at McGill called Media, Technology & Education. I just found out about your terrific website and would like to invite you to guest speak this Friday morning, if you are free. We are discussing body image in the media and I think we could do something very cool.”
— Anita Nowak, Media Studies Professor at Mcgill University
“Beautiful, clear, entertaining, engaging, funny, germane, political, edgy (I loved Stunt Cripple), not to mention plain old informative.
Thank you for filling a hole. I have emailed friends with the link.”
— Karen Nesbitt, Guidance Counsellor, Montreal, Quebec
“Irked Magazine is featured on bipolar.about.com! About.com is owned by the New York Times with a media reach of….darn, look it up on the corporate about pages, heh. The bipolar.about.com email newsletter has a subscription rate in the neighborhood of over 6,500 last time I asked, probably higher now. Check out our ‘front page headlines.’ It will be visible for a couple of weeks before it scrolls off for other breaking news, and be in this week’s newsletter.
Here is the permanent link: http://bipolar.about.com/b/a/256907.htm.
Congratulations for getting Irked Magazine up and running. I did laugh!”
— Erica (AKA nobiscuitshost), Community Coordinator, http://bipolar.about.com
