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List of feminist periodicals in the United States

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This is a list of feminist periodicals in the United States. A feminist periodical is a journal, magazine, or newsletter that primarily publishes content reflecting the ideologies of the Women's Movement. Though interpretations of feminism vary from one periodical to the next, all of these publications aimed to provide a space for women to express their thoughts, ideas, and goals. This list is by no means exhaustive.

Era Name Start Date End Date Location Publisher(s) Frequency Notes Identifier References
1800s Advocate and Family Guardian 1835 1941 New York City, New York New York Female Moral Reform Society; American Female Guardian Society Semi-monthly OCLC 30552324 [1]
The Una 1853 1855 Boston, Massachusetts [2][3]
Woman's Journal 1870 1931 Boston, Massachusetts Weekly OCLC 7383821 [4][5]
American Association of University Women Outlook 1884 Active Washington D.C. American Association of University Women 3 times a year ISSN 0001-0278, 1044-5706, 0161-5661 [6]
The American Jewess 1895 1899 Chicago, Illinois The first English-language periodical published for American Jewish women. OCLC 5782568 [7]
1900s The Socialist Woman 1907 1914 Chicago, Illinois The Socialist Woman Publishing Co. Monthly
Women in Music 1935 1940 New York, New York OCLC 15728633
1950s The Ladder 1956 1972 Los Angeles, California Daughters of Bilitis Monthly, later Bimonthly The first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. ISSN 0023-7108 OCLC 1037547553
1960s Aphra 1969 1976 New York, New York A literary magazine. They published poetry, fiction, and various articles on the arts. Issues were frequently themed.[8] ISSN 0003-6447 OCLC 1481674, 187448726 [9][10][11][8]
Focus: A Journal for Gay Women 1969 1983 Boston, Massachusetts Boston Daughters of Bilitis. Monthly/Bi-Monthly A literary review for gay women. OCLC 2261157 [8][5]
Women: A Journal of Liberation 1969 1983 Baltimore, Maryland Women: A Journal of Liberation Quarterly A political and cultural journal. ISSN 0043-7433OCLC 1250191222 [12]
1970s Off Our Backs 1970 2008 Washington D.C. off our backs, inc. Bimonthly The longest surviving feminist newspaper in the United States.[13] ISSN 0030-0071 OCLC 1038241 [14][13]
Ain't I A Woman? 1970 1971 Iowa City, Iowa AIAW Collective / Iowa City Women's Liberation Front Publications Collective Monthly Feminist art and politics. ISSN 0044-6939 OCLC 2221525 [15][16][17]
Best Friends 1971 Unknown Albuquerque, N.M. Best Friends Poetry Collective Less than quarterly A women's poetry magazine. OCLC 1001234876 [18][8]
Black Maria 1971 Chicago, Illinois Black Maria Collective Inc. Annual A feminist journal of art and politics. ISSN 0045-222X OCLC 2786249 [19][6][20]
Earth's Daughters 1971 Active Buffalo, New York Earth's Daughters 3 times a year A feminist literary and art periodical. ISSN 0163-0989 [21][5]
The Lesbian Tide 1971 1980 Los Angeles, California Tide Collective Bi-monthly The first national lesbian newspaper. Also, the first American magazine to use the word "lesbian" in its title. ISSN 0270-8167OCLC 1167128712, 941667492, 917541844
Moving Out 1971 Detroit, Michigan Moving Out Collective Irregular A feminist literary & arts journal. ISSN 0047-830X [8]
The Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminism 1971 1983 Cambridge, Massachusetts Second Wave Quarterly A political periodical. Also published "many pages of poetry, fiction, book reviews and art."[8] ISSN 0048-9980 OCLC 2267579 [8][22]
The Amazon 1972 1984 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Amazon 6 times a year A journal for midwestern women. OCLC 2045999, 1000824023ISSN 2381-0718
Amazon Quarterly 1972 1975 Oakland, California Amazon Press Quarterly A lesbian feminist arts journal. OCLC 2750571 [23][24][25]
Country Women 1972 1979 Albion, California Country Women Publications A feminist country survival manual and a creative journal. ISSN 0199-1361 OCLC 3804478 [26]
The Feminist Art Journal 1972 1977 New York Feminist Art Journal, Inc. Quarterly ISSN 0300-7014 OCLC 0300-7014
Feminist Studies 1972 Active College Park, Maryland Feminist Studies, Inc. 3 times a year An independent, nonprofit peer-reviewed academic journal. ISSN 0046-3663, 2153-3873OCLC 38966895
Media Report To Women 1972 Active Washington, D.C. Communication Research Associates, Inc. Quarterly A journal about what women are doing and thinking about communications media. ISSN 0145-9651OCLC 476239773
Ms. 1972 Active Virginia Liberty Media for Women, L.L.C. Quarterly Typically credited as "the first national feminist magazine" for being the first mainstream feminist publication. ISSN 0047-8318 OCLC 671775389 [27]
New Directions for Women 1972 1983 Dover, New Jersey Paula Kassell Quarterly A feminist newspaper. ISSN 0160-1075OCLC 3617120 [28]
Women & Film 1972 1976 California Women and Film 3 times a year The first known feminist film magazine in the US. ISSN 0049-7797
13th Moon 1973 Active New York 13th Moon, Inc. Annual A feminist literary magazine founded Ellen Marie Bissert ISSN 0094-3320 OCLC 1165759346 [29]
Big Mama Rag 1973 1984 Denver, Colorado Big Mama Rag, Inc. Monthly A feminist newsjournal. ISSN 0277-7533OCLC 23201144 [6][30]
Dykes & Gorgons 1973 1976 Berkeley, California Dykes & Gorgons ISSN 2573-6183 OCLC 951615724, 55515875; [31]
Gravida 1973 19?? New York Gravida, Ltd. Quarterly A literary and poetry journal. ISSN 0191-0760OCLC 612072421 [32][8]
The Lesbian Feminist 1973 New York, New York The Lesbian Feminist Liberation Monthly Both a newsletter and a political journal. They published personal and political analyses of lesbian feminist experience. OCLC 63149145 [8]
Albatross 1974 1980 East Orange, New Jersey Albatross Collective Bi-monthly A radical-lesbian-feminist magazine. OCLC 8740582 [8]
Chomo-Uri 1974 1979 Amherst, Massachusetts Chomo Uri Collective 3 times a year A "women's multi-art magazine." ISSN 0190-4736OCLC 1051603856 [33]
Dark Horse 1974 19?? Cambridge, Massachusetts Dark Horse Poets, Inc. Quarterly "Boston's first poetry and fiction newspaper."[8] OCLC 2943336 [34][8][5]
Exponent II 1974 2007 Arlington, Massachusetts Exponent II, Inc. Quarterly The longest-running independent publication for Latter-day Saint women. ISSN 1094-7760
Jump Cut 1974 Active Berkeley, California Jump Cut Associates Annual "A Review of Contemporary Media" ISSN 0146-5546OCLC 2971578 [35][36]
Lesbian Connection 1974 Active East Lansing, Michigan Elsie Publishing Institute Bimonthly "The free worldwide forum of news & ideas for, by and about lesbians."[37] ISSN 1081-3217 OCLC 10734023 [37][38]
Lesbian Voices 1974 San Jose, California Lesbian Voices Quarterly A literary and cultural journal. Edited by Rosalie Nichols. OCLC 222412119
Paid My Dues: Journal of Women and Music 1974 1980 Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois Woman's Soul Publishing; Calliope Publishing, Inc. Irregular ISSN 0097-8035
Quest: A Feminist Quarterly 1974 1982 Washington D.C. Quest ISSN 0098-955X OCLC 2242837
Radical History Review 1974 Active Durham, North Carolina Duke University Press 3 times a year A scholarly journal. ISSN 0163-6545, 1534-1453OCLC 985576992
Sibyl-Child 1974 Hyattsville, Maryland Sibyl-Child Press, Inc. 3 times a year A Women's Arts and Culture Journal. ISSN 0161-715X
So's Your Old Lady 1974 1979 Minneapolis, Minnesota Haymarket Press Bi-monthly A Lesbian and Feminist Journal OCLC 917556863
Sunbury 1974 1981 New York, New York Sunbury Press ISSN 0271-3217 OCLC 1000821142
Gibbous Rising 1977 ???? Sacramento, California Gibbous Rising Irregular Feminist News Journal OCLC ocn952386352 [39]
Women & Literature 1974 1988 New York, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey Holmes & Meier Publishers Irregular A feminist scholarly journal founded by Janet Margaret Todd. Formerly known as Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter (until 1974) and Mary Wollstonecraft Journal (until 1975) ISSN 0147-1759
DYKE: A Quarterly 1975 1978 New York Tomato Publications Ltd.; Liza Cowan and Penny House Quarterly A magazine by and about lesbian separatists. DYKE was an all woman publication. ISSN 2573-4741OCLC 951614810 [40][41][8]
Fighting Woman News 1975 199? New York, New York Spectrum Resources Quarterly ISSN 0146-8812 OCLC 3054837
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 1975 Active Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 3 times a year One of the earliest and longest-running publications on feminist and gender studies in the US. ISSN 0160-9009, 1536-0334

OCLC 642530710, 909782314

[42]
Gilt Edge 1975 1977 Missoula, Montana Women's Resource Center; University of Montana Annually? A magazine of artists who are women OCLC 42302751 [43][44][8]
Primavera 1975 2006 Chicago, Illinois Salsedo Press Annual A feminist magazine that focused on women's experiences. ISSN 0364-7609 OCLC 1078795375
Radical Teacher 1975 Active Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh. University Library System 3 times a year ISSN 1941-0832 (web); ISSN 0191-4847 (print)
Signs 1975 Active Chicago, Illinois University of Chicago Press Quarterly "A Journal of Women in Culture and Society." A peer-reviewed feminist academic journal. ISSN 0097-9740OCLC 21629549
Sojourner: The Women's Forum 1975 2002 Cambridge, Massachusetts Sojourner, Inc. Monthly A feminist periodical founded by a group of women from MIT. ISSN 0191-8699 OCLC 4656277
Women Artist News 1975 1998 New York, New York Midmarch Arts Press Annual
Women talking, Women Listening 1975 19?? Dublin, California Women Talking, Women Listening Press Annually Published women's poetry. OCLC 5696938
Women's International Network News 1975 2002 Lexington, Massachusetts Women's International Networks ISSN 0145-7985
Calyx 1976 Corvallis, Oregon Calyx, Inc. 3 times a year A literary and art magazine dedicated to publishing the voices of women in the Northwest. ISSN 0147-1627 [5][8]
Camera Obscura 1976 Active Durham, North Carolina Duke University Press 3 times a year A journal of feminism, culture, and media studies. ISSN 0270-5346 [45]
Equal Times 1976 1984 Boston, Chicago Equal Times Weekly A feminist newspaper from Boston that wrote on equal pay and jobs for women. OCLC 15158516
Houston Breakthrough 1976 1981 Houston, Texas Breakthrough Publishing Co. Monthly [46]
Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night 1976 1983 New Brunswick, New Jersey Sowing Circle Press Annual (issues were referred to as "cycles") A journal of feminist art, history, and performance with a particular focus on women's spirituality) OCLC 5348640
Lilith 1976 Active New York, New York Lilith Publications, Inc. Quarterly A Jewish Women's Quarterly. ISSN 0146-2334 [47]
Sinister Wisdom 1976 Active Charlotte, North Carolina; Lincoln, Nebraska; Berkeley and Oakland, California Sinister Wisdom, Inc. 3 times a year The longest operating lesbian journal to date. ISSN 0196-1853 OCLC 3451636 [48][49]
Through the Looking Glass 1976 19?? Seattle, Washington Through the Looking Glass Quarterly A women's and children's prison newsletter. OCLC 952387485, 7448204 [50]
Womanart 1976 1978 New York, New York Womanart Enterprises Quarterly OCLC 2531831 [51][52]
Women's Agenda 1976 1979 New York, New York Women's Action Alliance, Inc. Monthly or 10 a year A politically radical magazine for women activists. ISSN 0149-0532
WREE - View of Women 1976 19?? Grand Rapids, Michigan Women for Racial and Economic Equality Quarterly A political newsletter. ISSN 0892-3116OCLC 25792491 [53]
Auntie Bellum: A New South Carolina Journal for Women 1977 Columbia, South Carolina Quarterly "Includes articles, profiles of outstanding women, poetry, reviews, with emphasis on regional interests and writers."[6] OCLC 4815152 [6][54]
Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians 1977 1983 A quarterly magazine for Black, Latina, Asian, and Native American lesbians. OCLC 919005098 [55]
The Bright Medusa 1977 Unknown Berkeley, California Bright Medusa Quarterly A feminist literary journal. OCLC 4139314 [56][5]
Chrysalis 1977 1980 Los Angeles, California Chrysalis Quarterly ISSN 0197-1867 OCLC 3128311 [57]
Conditions 1977 1990 Brooklyn, New York Conditions, Inc. Annual A lesbian feminist literary magazine. ISSN 2381-5620OCLC 646884046 [58]
Feminist Japan 1977 Unknown Tokyo, Japan; New York Bimonthly A Japanese feminist magazine. OCLC 16104584
The Creative Woman 1977 1992 Illinois Governors State University Quarterly ISSN 0736-4733 OCLC 698137157 [59]
Gaysweek 1977 1979 New York, New York New York Gay News, Inc. Weekly Has been considered New York City's first mainstream gay and lesbian newspaper. ISSN 0145-9104

OCLC 62387609

Heresies 1977 1993 New York, New York Heresies Collective Irregular A feminist art and politics journal. ISSN 0146-3411

OCLC 818922604

WomaNews 1979 Unknown Gainesville, Florida; New York, New York WomaNews Collective Monthly A radical feminist newspaper. OCLC 11483997 [60]
1980s Gender Issues 1980 Active New York, New York Springer New York LLC Quarterly A feminist academic journal. ISSN 1098-092XOCLC 49644179
Maenad 1980 Gloucester, Massachusetts Maenad Ltd. Quarterly A women's literary journal. ISSN 0275-5629
Woman's Art Journal 1980 Active Old City Publishing, Inc. Biannually A feminist art history journal ISSN 0270-7993 OCLC 6497852
Womyn's Braille Press 1980 1996 Womyn's Braille Press Irregular A feminist organization that was operated by blind women. They circulated a newsletter for twelve years.
Blatant Image 1981 1983 Oregon Blatant Image Annual ISSN 0277-8181 OCLC 7627805 [61][62]
Common Lives - Lesbian Lives 1981 1996 Iowa Quarterly ISSN 0891-6969 OCLC 8234014
Frontiers 1981 2016 Southern California Michael Turner Weekly Frontiers was Southern California's oldest and largest LGBT magazine.
Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter 1982 Berkeley, California Bimonthly OCLC 69262012
Trivia: Voices of Feminism 1982 Active Amherst, Massachusetts Trivia Semi-annually ISSN 2166-9082, 0736-928X [63]
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 1982 Active Tulsa, Oklahoma University of Tulsa Semi-Annually ISSN 0732-7730
Bi Women Quarterly 1983 Active Boston, Massachusetts Quarterly
Hurricane Alice 1983 1998 Rhode Island Hurrican Alice Quarterly ISSN 0882-7907
Women & Performance 1983 Active New York Routledge 3 times a year A journal of feminist theory. ISSN 0740-770X
Backbone: A Journal of Women's Literature 1984 1988 Seattle, Washington Backbone Magazine, Inc. Semi-annual Originally Seal Press's "Backbone Series." ISSN 0888-6520
Anamika 1985 1987 New York Anamika Collective OCLC 61120598
Minnesota Women's Press 1985 Active Minnesota Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Monthly ISSN 1085-2603
M/E/A/N/I/N/G 1986 1997 New York M/E/A/N/I/N/G Semi-annually ISSN 1040-8576
1990s Shamakami 1990 1997 San Francisco Shamakami Collective ISSN 1084-2446 OCLC 24646926
ROCKRGRL 1995 2005 San Mateo, California ROCKRGRL Bi-Monthly ISSN 1086-5985
Femspec 1999 Active Cleveland Heights, Ohio Femspec Semi-annually ISSN 1523-4002
2000s LTTR 2001 2006 New York Printed Matter, Inc. Annual ISSN 1935-066X
$pread 2005 2011 New York The Feminist Press Quarterly

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