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Women's Liberation Movement

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Women's Report (Magazine, 1971-?)

Location

United Kingdom

"Set up in Nov '71 as a current awareness publication on issues relating to women. The group that set it up was associated with the Women's Lobby and the Fawcett Society but later broke away. Bi monthly printed magazine, with a circ. of about 2,000. Sold via subs, through bookshops, conferences etc. Costs: £400 per issue, self financing (though subs). 6-25 women work on WR, the collective is open and work is unpaid. Aims to inform women, WR has sections on health, work, law, news from abroad, images of women, reviews etc. The collective discusses contributions and accepts entries from men where applicable. Provides a broad based info service for women. 30p per copy."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Move (c.1970s-1980s)

Location

Bristol
United Kingdom
51° 27' 19.1268" N, 2° 35' 30.8472" W

"Was set up by a group 'to provide a forum for gay women'. 10 issues a year produced. Small circulation, but wider readership; distributed via bookshops, subs, direct sales- 'not separatist against men or non-gay women'. Costs: £20-30 per issue, mostly self-financing. An open collective produces this mag and it is easy for new women to be involved. Aims to: educate, disseminate information, support gay women, etc. Contributions are invited and sometimes material is reprinted if it has any connections with their aims/would be of interest to their readers.

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Hunky Dory (Magazine, 1978-?)

Location

Nottingham
United Kingdom
52° 57' 18.3888" N, 1° 8' 57.516" W

"Set up in Feb '78 by 2 women, "for fun, and women". Monthly magazine, circulation of 30-60, distributed by postal subs. A closed collective produces this mag./comic. Aimed at women, mainly those involved in the WLM [Women's Liberation Movement], to make women laugh, and to satrically criticize internal abuses in the WLM. No contributions from men, otherwise, no editorial policy formed as yet. Any contributions sent to them will be printed (within reason). 25p each."

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Catcall: A Feminist Discussion Paper (1976-1984?)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

"An internal feminist discussion paper, that appears almost every 3 months. 20p each"
- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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From the first issue:

"ABOUT CATCALL"

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Sappho (Magazine, 1972- 1981)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

Sappho was a magazine established in 1972 to cater for lesbians with Jackie Forster as editor. Sappho organised meetings in a Chepstow public house with speakers including Anna Raeburn, Mikki Doyle from the Morning Star, Maureen Duffy who read her poetry, and the barrister Elizabeth Woodcraft who spoke on the rights of lesbian mothers. It was wound up in 1981 as a result of declining readership, falling subscriptions and criticism that it was not sufficiently political.

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Red Rag: A Magazine of Women's Liberation (1973?-1980?)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

Published by a collective of Marxist feminists

"Set up in '72, grew directly out of WLM [Women's Liberation Movement]. Produced about twice a year, printed, and has a circulation of 4,000. Distributed through P.D.C., internal subs, WLM meetings, conferences, etc. Available to men. Costs: £500 per issue, mostly self-financing- plus fund raising. At present there is a closed collective working on the paper, and all work is shared out collectively, and they have weekly meetings to discuss the production. RR is for women in the WLM, and is a forum for debate of issues raised by the WLM. They invite and depend on contributions. All contributions are discussed by the writer and collective jointly; no contributions from men."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Shrew: Women's Liberation Workshop (1969-1978)

Location

United Kingdom

"Traditionally, SHREW was put together by existing groups within the London Women's Liberation Workshop, usually by a local group who had been meeting together for some time." (Shrew, Autumn 1976).

Published by Women's Liberation Workshop from 1969 - 1974, with an additional issue s appearing sporadically after 1976. Publication address varied. Publication size and quality also varied, with some issues typed and photocopied on A4 paper, and some professionally printed broadsheet newspapers.

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Archif Menywod Cymru/ Women Archive Wales (Blog)

Location

Swansea
United Kingdom
51° 37' 13.5912" N, 3° 56' 47.8644" W

Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales exists to promote the study, and to rescue and preserve the sources, of women's history in Wales.

This blog has been set up to keep members and supporters of Archif Menywod Cymru / Women’s Archive of Wales up to date with developments, news and items of possible interest to them.

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noidonne (Magazine, E-Zine)

Location

Rome
Italy
41° 53' 43.6776" N, 12° 28' 56.3664" E

Info:
the first issue of "Noi donne" was published even before 1944 as an underground medium of Italian women fighting against fascism in the Paris exil (1937) and then some issues followed, published in different Italian regions. But since 1944 noidonne has been published officially and regularly first in Naples then in Rome. Since 1945 it has been the magazine of the UDI (Unione Donne in Italia), but became independent during the 1990s. Emphasis on politics, social change, culture, women's equality, violence against women, health etc. Besides the monthly print version the website is published since 2004 as a weekly e-zine and puts an emphasis on politics, social change, culture, women's equality, violence against women, health etc.

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Trouble & Strife (Reader)

Location

United Kingdom

Trouble and Strife was an independent radical feminist magazine published in Britain from 1983 to 2002 (as an English language sister-publication to the French journal Nouvelles questions féministes).

This new book, edited and with an introduction by former editorial
collective members Deborah Cameron and Joan Scanlon, collects together 30 of the best articles that appeared in the magazine, and also reproduces some of the cartoons which were one of its distinctive features. It contains sections on 'Controversies', 'Sexuality',
'Theory', 'History', and 'Culture'. Contributors include Dena Attar, Deborah Cameron, Christine Delphy, Stevi Jackson, Liz Kelly, Sigrid Rausing and Purna Sen.

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