Feminist Publishing

For feminists, publishing has been an important way to share information, promote ideas, develop new theories and strategies, and organize for change. During the past 30 years, the publishing industry increasingly has consolidated into large media conglomerates, resulting in fewer publishing outlets for feminist voices. At the same time, the digital revolution, which is as significant for publishing as the development of the Gutenberg printing press in the middle of the 15th century, is creating new opportunities and challenges for feminist publishing.

At the beginning of the 21st century, some feminist publishes, founded during the Women's Liberation Movement, continue to flourish. Ms. magazine, which published its first issue in July 1972 under the editorial leadership of Letty Cottin Pogrebin, continues to publish now under the ...