Ethos (magazine)
Ethos is an online magazine brought to you by various members of the boylove community. It was founded by Kermie (who also founded WEIRD Radio and Enchanted Island) in 2016, and issue 1 of Ethos was released on September 15th of that year. Currently, Ethos is owned by Zoomzoom4, with Lil Monster as director and FalseAlias as chief editor. Ethos was first owned by Kermie, but after Kermie's passing Dragonlover became owner. During mid 2017, Ethos was given to Zoomzoom4 by Dragonlover and Lil Monster was promoted from Assistant Director to Director.
The name of Ethos was chosen because it is a noun meaning the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations. [1]
The goal of the magazine is to create a vision of our community which will allow the reader a glimpse into the boylove world and perhaps one day the world can accept our community as the men we are and not the monsters that the mainstream media makes us out to be. We are a community with vast talents and gifts. Each issue will include articles written by guest authors, including short stories, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and in depth editorials.
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances involving staff and the unfortunate closure of Enchanted Island's hosting (which was shared with Ethos) at the beginning of March 2018, Ethos did not release issue seven according to its standard schedule. Ethos issue seven released publicly on May 27th, with announcements of the release appearing across several boylove boards. Ethos seven opened up with an article about the loss of BoyLover.org, YoungCity, and Enchanted Island.
Ethos Magazine released issue 8 on August 27, 2018, with advertisements starting in the boylove community just two days earlier. The issue is noted to be one of the largest Ethos has produced, spanning 44 pages, as well as one with the most content submitted from different authors, with 11 authors being credited for the content. Historically, content for Ethos has averaged between 20 and 30 pages.
Previous issues
 - Issue 1 |
 - Issue 2 |
 - Issue 3 |
 - Issue 4 |
 - Issue 5 |
 - Issue 6 |
 - Issue 7 |
 - Issue 8 |
Contact and submissions
If you wish to contribute to Ethos Magazine, please use their submission form. If you wish to contact Ethos for any other reason, you can use their contact form.
Ethos Magazine is volunteer-driven and everyone is in invited and offered the opportunity to submit their work for publication, as Ethos does not maintain it's own staff of professional writers.
References
See also
- Portal:Boylove News Channel/Art and Entertainment
- The Birth of New BoyLove Venues
- Enchanted Island
- WEIRD Radio
- BL choice awards 2016
