Spreading the Word: feminist print cultures and the Women's Liberation Movement. Issue 5 (2nd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Forster, Laurel
• Is Part Of: Women's history review. Volume 25:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 812
• Page End: 831
• Publication Date: 2016-09-02
• Subjects: Women -- History -- Periodicals; 305.4
• DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2015.1132878
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-2025

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article investigates the significance of print cultures to the Women's Liberation Movement. It highlights feminist interventions into a male-dominated publishing industry through women's writing, publishing and political commitment, with shifts towards feminist publishing cultures, both emboldened by the WLM and empowered by separatist networks. The construction and publication of feminist magazines was a significant aspect of feminist print cultures and activism. This article discusses the different publishing hinterlands of three important feminist magazines: Shrew, Spare Rib and Womens Voice . Arguing that whilst their concerns were overlapping, their distinctive approaches represented the diversity of print activism of the WLM.