Media

Women and Gender Magazines, Newsletters, and Journals With Web Presences

Overview

This page links to journals and magazines by/for women, including a few "traditional" women's magazines that emphasize beauty, fashion, and dieting. Web pages of periodicals vary considerably. Most describe the publications and provide recent tables of contents, subscription information, and sample articles in full-text. Some are online 'zines with no print equivalent. For more women's magazines, try Yahoo or Google.

Women-Focused Magazines and Newsletters on the Web

If you are affiliated with University of Wisconsin-Madison, you may want to try the Libraries' E-Journal Title List, which you'll find links to periodicals to which the University Libraries subscribe. The links on the page below are to free sites, which may offer sample articles, but usually not full issues.

Web pages of periodicals vary considerably. Most describe the publications and provide recent tables of contents, subscription information, and sample articles in full-text. Some are online 'zines with no print equivalent. This page links to journals and magazines by/for women, including a few "traditional" women's magazines that emphasize beauty, fashion, and dieting. For more of those, try Yahoo (click on "directory"), Google's directory (http://directory.google.com), and other web search directories.

614 HBI EZine "sparking conversation among Jewish women" is published by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University.

AMEWS Review is from the Association for Middle East Women's Studies.

Abafazi was the Simmons College Journal of Women of African Descent [noticed defunct, April, 2006]

Action Girl Online features Sarah Dyer's cartoons and more.

Ada Newsletter (French and Dutch only) is on women and new technologies. (Choose either French or Dutch version, then click on "newsletter").

Advancing Women in Leadership is an electronic refereed journal on women's professional issues.

African Gender Institute Newsletter comes from University of Capetown, South Africa. See also Feminist Africa.

African Journal of Reproductive Health site contains abstracts of the articles, occasional links to free articles online, and instructions on purchasing others.[Note: if you are a university student, consult your campus library before paying for an article. Your library may provide it to you at no charge.]

Agenda is a South African feminist journal.

Ahfad Journal comes from Sudan. Site includes tables of contents.

Al Raida is from the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University, Beirut. Site has fulltext articles.

All That Women Want

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, & the Law site provides excerpts

AnaLize is a Romanian journal of feminist studies.

Angles is about women working in film and video. Site has tables of contents.

Aphra Behn Society Newsletter "celebrates women in the arts 1660-1830."

Ariadne Newsletter is an annotated list (in German) of new acquisitions in women's studies from the Austrian National Library.

Arizona Women's News focuses on business/professional women in Arizona (not working May 2003).

Asian Journal of Women's Studies is published by Ewha Womans University's Asian Center for Women's Studies, South Korea. Site includes tables of contents, plus some articles.

Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal comes from the Institute for the Study of Women, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Site features a table of contents and excerpt from the introduction to the journal.

Avaye Zan (Iranian Women's Voice) is in Persian and English.

Auf comes or came from Austria (in German). Ceased? Not found August-September, 2005.

Australian Feminist Studies site includes tables of contents; registrants can also access a sample issue.

AWIS Magazine comes from the Association for Women in Science.

Azizah is a magazine for "contemporary Muslim women."

Bad Jens is an Iranian feminist newsletter mainly directed at readers outside Iran. "Jen" means gender and bad means bad. The term 'badjens' is usually spelled as one word, and means "disreputable", or "sly".

Bamboo Girl 'zine.

Bang is a feminist magazine from Sweden (in Swedish).

Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice (formerly Berkeley Women's Law Journal) webpage has tables of contents.

Big Boots was a zine about "resistance on paper, about the power of silent words and art to inspire change, about women of colour reclaiming their voices and telling their own stories." [noticed defunct as of April, 2006]

Bitch Magazine offers a "feminist response to pop culture." Site includes tables of content from the print publication.

Bizwomen is a magazine for women in business. Access to most of the site requires (free) registration.

Blau comes from Berlin (in German). Site has many articles in fulltext.

Blue Jean Magazine "where young women unite to change the world" ceased as a print publication, but was replaced with Blue Jean Online, Sherry Handel's site.

BMC Women's Health is an electronic journal from BioMed Central. It publishes "original research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gynaecological, fertility, and breast disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology."

Revista La Boletina is from Asociación de Mujeres Para La Salud (de Madrid). Click on "publicaciones," then on "La Boletina."

La Boletina, Puntos de Encuentro.

Brazen Hussies is an e-zine.

Bridge Bulletin: Development and Gender in Brief keeps development practitioners current on gender-based research and best practices.

Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends includes sample articles and future topics.

Brillo challenges mainstream paradigms in technology, cyberspace, and elsewhere.

Bust is for "women who have something to get off their chests."

Camera Obscura covers feminism, culture, and media studies.

Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law site has tables of contents.

Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme site includes tables of contents.

Catt's Claws is an electronic feminist newsletter covering domestic violence and other topics.

Center for Women Policy Studies News

Chatelaine Canadian women's magazine offers selections from the current print issue, opportunities to participate in threaded conversations, and "Internet 101," a beginner's guide to the Internet.

ChickLit is a zine that offers book reviews, an online book club, interviews with novelists, rants about misused words and bad grammar, etc.

Chrone Chronicles older women's magazine includes sample articles.

Collective Voices is the only national newspaper addressing reproductive health created and distributed by and for women of color." From SisterSong, this publication is available in print or at no charge in pdf.

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law site has tables of contents and abstracts.

Commitment is an online self-help magazine for women.

The Compleat Mother is a magazine for pregnancy, birth, and breasfeeding.

Common Concern is a quarterly magazine from the World Young Women's Christian Association. Issues are thematic; recent ones have focused on gender and trade liberalization and young women and HIV/AIDS.

Connect! is an e-zine from the South Asian Women's Forum (SAWF), with news, fiction, poetry, reviews, household tips, and more.

Concerning Women is an "e-zine presenting information-based features geared to women that is both timely and relevant through multimedia or mass communication on topics such as health, alternative medicine, fitness, finance, business environment, working mothers, etc."

Cosmopolitan

Critical Matrix is from Princeton University. Site includes tables of contents for several issues.

CSW Update is the newsletter of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

Center for Feminist Research, University of Southern California, Newsletter.

Curve is a stylish lesbian magazine.

CyberGrrlz was an opinion e-zine. Site is now Purple Pyjamas: "an online community for girls (and smart boys)."

CW3: Corvey Women Writers on the Web is a peer-reviewed online forum for research into Romantic-era writing by women (1796-1834), from Sheffield Hallam University.

The Daily Diva is "the magazine of fashion, music, culture, and fine women of color."

Dandelion Magazine is a women's magazine about "living life to its fullest through outdoor experiences that will refresh your body and soul."

Daughters is for parents of girls, from the publishers of New Moon, a magazine for girls.

Dawn, English-language newsletter of the Osaka, Japan, Women's Center.

Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies' site has descriptions of special issues.

Digital Women is an "international online community for women in business."

Dimitra Project Newsletter on rural women and development, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is found by clicking on "Information Centre." Scroll to "newsletters."

Diva is "Europe's only mainstream lesbian magazine."

Div@zine is a feminist zine from Belgium. In Dutch (Flemish).

Dossier is an irregularly published periodical from Women Living Under Muslim Laws. The issues "explore and synthesize a broad range of feelings, interpretations and strategies of women on issues of feminism, nationalism, internationalism, and religion."

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, from Duke University Law School, includes all articles in fulltext.

ENUT News is a newsletter in English from the Estonian Women's Studies and Resource Center, Tallinn Pedagogical University.

Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality is from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA

Elle has sections on beauty, models, health, astrology, and finance.

Engendering Peace (scroll to find the individually listed issues) was a newsletter from the Gender and Peacebuilding Programme of International Alert, an independent, international non-governmental organization that "works to help build lasting peace in countries and communities affected or threatened by violent conflict." Publication not found August-September, 2005. Presumed ceased.

Equal Rights Now! is from the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq. If the archived issues do not open up, add pdf to the URL, or use the individual links listed for this title on IIAV's Online Periodicals archive.

Equity Newsletter from the Vocational Equity Resource Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999).

Essence's site contains many articles from this popular African American women's magazine.

European Journal of Women's Studies explores "explore the meaning and impact of gender within the changing concept of 'Europe'." Site includes tables of contents and abstracts.

European Women's Lobby (EWL) Newsflash . "EWL's goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level."

Executive Female is the former name of NAFE Magazine Online, a women's career and business magazine published bimonthly by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). Sample articles are accessible to anyone; the rest is members only.

EXTRA!, the magazine of FAIR, includes many articles focussing on the media's portrayal of, and impact on, women. Use the Women's Desk section to see a list of all the articles analyzing sexism, racism and homophobia in the media.

The F Word is a feminist site from the UK with book reviews, news, and features.

Fat! So? is a zine for "people who don't apologize for their size." Editor and most contributors are women.

FAWE Newsletter is from the Forum for African Women Educationalists. It covers issues concerned with the education of women and girls.

Fem is Los Angeles' feminist news magazine.

Femina from India includes feature stories, poetry, and profiles on Indian women.

Femina politica (in German).

Feminism and Nonviolence Studies, formerly Studies in Prolife Feminism, is an anti-abortion publication (through 2000).

Feminism & Psychology site includes tables of content.

Feminist Africa is an electronic journal launched in 2002 by the African Gender Institute's Gender and Women's Studies Project, University of Capetown, South Africa.

Feminist Collections, a quarterly on women's studies resources, is published by the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian's Office. Tables of content and occasional articles are mounted on the site.

Feminist Economics site provides tables of contents for this academic journal started in 1995.

Feminist Europa Review of Books publishes reviews in English of books in European languages.

Feminist Legal Studies site contains contents and abstracts of older issues. Newer issues are from Springer.

The Feminist Majority Report is the newsletter of the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Feminist Review site includes tables of contents.

Feminist Studies, from the Univ. of Maryland Dept. of Women's Studies, provides a forum for feminist analysis, debate and exchange. The site has tables of contents and prefaces to several issues.

Feminist Studies in English Literature is from the Korean Society for Feminist Studies in English Literature.

Feminist Teacher includes current and past tables of contents.

Feminist Theory site includes tables of contents.

Feminista! is a San Francisco-based online journal of essays, editorials, fiction, poetry, interviews, and book and movie reviews.

FEMNET News is from the African Women's Development and Communication Network.

Fempower is a periodical from Women Against Violence Europe.

FEMSPEC is a feminist science fiction journal published at Cleveland State University.

Femtap: a Journal of Feminist Theory and Practice is a "a graduate and doctorate refereed journal" published online only.

Fierce Magazine "... was a "revolutionary magazine for all women over 21 (and young, smart, edgy chicks over 18). We have a definite urban and multi-cultural spin, and we deliver articles from a women’s point of view with undeniable style, funk and wit...Fierce celebrates the multitude of voices and writing styles of young women around the country." [noticed defunct as of April, 2006]

Le Fil D'Ariane , now the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Newsletter, is the newsletter of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (as of Sept., 2005, there only were issues through May, 2004.)

FMST: Feminist Studies in Aotearoa was from New Zealand and has been discontinued (2004).

Focus is published by the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many articles concern the implemention of welfare reform in Wisconsin and its effects on women and children. Articles are in pdf format.

Forum for Gender and Culture sample articles in English from Forum for kon og kultur published by KVINFO, the Danish Centre for Information on Women and Gender.

Frauennews is a news e-zine (in German).

The Freedom Socialist is the newspaper of the Freedom Socialist Party, a "a revolutionary, socialist feminist organization, dedicated to the replacement of capitalist rule by a genuine workers' democracy."

Freiburger Frauenstudien, from Freiburg, Germany (in German), has issues up to the year 2000.

Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies on the Project Muse site offers a free sample issue. Homepage of the journal at University of Nebraska Press.

Full Court Press is a women's basketball journal.

GAATW, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, has both an E-bulletin and a The Alliance News (scroll to it)

GAD Exchange is a Gender and Development newsletter produced by Women In Development Southern Africa Awareness (WIDSAA), the gender programme of Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC).

Garden State Woman covers finance, health, career, and  other subjects of interest to women in New Jersey.

Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review is an electronic journal from the Australian Psychological Society

GW Review is the newsletter of the George Washington University Women's Studies Program and has issues up to fall 2002.

Geekgirl from Australia has changed from a "cyberfeminist zine" to a site doing "memes;" a link from the site leads to numerous articles defining memes and memetics.

Gender and Behaviour is an African journal that covers psychological and behavioral aspects of gender. Site has abstracts and instructions on purchasing the articles in fulltext.[Note: if you are a university student, consult your campus library before paying for an article. Your library may provide it to you at no charge.]

Gender and Development site offers a sample issue.

Gender and Education site offers a sample issue.

Gender and Peace-building is a newsletter from Christlicher Friedensdienst, a Swiss organization supported for this work by the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-Operation.

A recent issue of Gender Equality Magazine is available in pdf on the Recent Publications Page of the European Commission Employment and Social Affairs Directorate.

Gender Forum from the Gender Inn database team at the University of Cologne includes articles and discussions of literary, cultural and political trends in women-and gender studies.

Gender, Place and Culture's site offers a sample issue.

Gender Policy Review is a monthly magazine "geared toward policy professionals and individuals interested in gender and international, development and domestic politics."

Gender, rovné prílezitosti, vyzkum is an electronic journal in Czech.

Gender, Work and Organization site just describes the publication.

Genderinfo and Gender News are newsletters that come from units of the International Labour Organization.

Gendernye Issledovaniâ is published by the Kharkov Center for Gender Studies, Ukraine. Articles are in Russian. An English page describes the journal, whose title translates to "Gender Studies."

Genders has become an entirely electronic journal, with no subscription fee.

Generation Woman is an interactive news magazine primarily for women of the U.S. and Canada. It consists mainly of short news items, with the opportunity for readers to contribute comments.

GirlComic.Net is "feminist.funny."

Girlistic Magazine: "your ultimate feminist resource" is an e-magazine that started in 2006.

Girlphyte is a monthly webzine for the exchange of ideas to foster acceptance, self-confidence, and success.

Girl-Mom writings by/about teen mothers.

A Girl's World: "where girls and teens rule the web" is an e-zine for girls 7-17.

Girlfriends: The Magazine of Lesbian Enjoyment covers culture, politics, and sexuality from a lesbian perspective.

Click on "Newsletter" on the Glasgow Women's Library site to read the latest issue.

Global Women's Strike newsletters are available on the website of Global Women's Strike, an international effort for pay equity, payment for all caring work, and other demands.

Globalizacija.com : Journal for Political Theory and Research on Globalisation, Development and Gender Issues (English home) from the Women's Center for Democracy & Human Rights, based in Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro.

Goddess Alive! is a "new magazine of goddess celebration" from the U.K. Issue 1 appeared in Winter 2001-2. A couple of articles/issue are available on the website.

Godey's Lady's Book Online reproduces issues of a popular nineteenth century women's magazine.

Guava Magazine is on travel for women.

gURL is a lively look at girl culture.

Guttmacher Report on Public Policy comes from an institute that focuses on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education.

HA! is a zine with "punchiness," compiled by the Lilith Collective. a group of women linving in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Happy Woman is a parody of traditional women's magazines.

The Harvard Women's Health Watch "seeks to clarify many of the issues surrounding women's health and to provide concise, accurate information to help readers make informed decisions about their own care."

Harvard Journal of Law & Gender site has all articles online from this annual from volume 26 (Spring 2003) onward (formerly Harvard Women's Law Journal)

Health Care for Women International site includes tables of content, plus an online sample issue.

Hastings Women's Law Journal site contains tables of contents, some summaries, and an occasional article in full text.

Her Circle EZine is an "online literary journal featuring the works of women from around the globe on topics related to women and culture."

Herizons, a Canadian feminist periodical, includes tables of contents and sample articles on its site.

Hecate's Australian Women's Book Review

Hip Mama 'zine offers an online forum, tips on sex and pregnancy, and other advice.

History's Women online magazine, "written from a Christian worldview," emphasizes women who have made signficant contributions to society.

HOW2 is "dedicated to exploring non-traditional directions in poetry and scholarship by women." It is hosted at Bucknell University.

Hygeia: An Online Journal for Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss combines technical reviews by physicians with poems and stories of grieving, loss, and hope.

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy site includes tables of contents and sample articles.

IAWA Newsletter is from the International Archive of Women in Architecture, housed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

IAWM Journal is from the International Alliance for Women in Music. The site has a description of the publication.

ICW News is a quarterly from the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (scroll to listing of issues available in pdf).

IHRSINN is eine radikalfeministische Lesbenzeitschrift (radical feminist lesbian periodical) in German. It is also available in English.

IIAV International News comes from the International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV), Amsterdam.

Impressions is a an e-zine "designed for professional, college-educated women." The current issue is available in pdf when launced from www.pawprintspubsonline.com.

Indigenous Woman Magazine is from the Indigenous Women's Network. Site includes covers and "talking sticks"statements.

InterMountain WOMAN included interviews, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, and photography [site gone, Feb. 2005]

International Alliance of Women Newsletter, Newsflashes, and Action Sheets The IAW began in 1902 as the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Legal Citizenship. The IAW supports full and equal rights for women through passage of CEDAW and other measures. Current efforts involve preparation for the Fifth World Conference on Women in 2005.

International Council of Jewish Women Newsletter.

International Family Planning Perspectives is from the Alan Guttmacher Institute, which focuses on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education.

International Federation for Research in Women's History/Federation Internationale Pour La Recherche En Histoire Des Femmes Newsletter. "The Aim of IFRWH/FIRHF is to encourage and coordinate research in all aspects of women's history at the international level, by promoting exchange of information and publication and by arranging and assisting in arranging large-scale international conferences as well as more restricted and specialized meetings."

International Feminist Journal of Politics is a forum at the intersection of international relations, politics, and women's studies.

International Journal of Transgenderism contains articles on numerous aspects of gender identity.

International Woman is structured like traditional women's magazines with sections on  beauty, health, relationships, recipes, etc., adding a round-up of articles and short stories from around the world.

Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context is a refereed electronic journal from Murdoch Univ., Perth, Western Australia.

Intersections: Women's and Gender Studies in Review Across Disciplines is from the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin. Beginning with Issue # 3 (2005) on "Wonder Woman?! Transformations of Gender and Power in a New Age" the issues are downloadable in their entirety.

Iris: A Journal About Women's site has images of issue covers.

Irish Feminist Review is published by the National University of Ireland-Galway.

Issues! The Magazine for Lesbians of Color site lists the table of contents. (Site not working May, 2003).

Jade Magazinee is for Asian women, mostly on beauty, relationships, and issues.It "strives to be the voice of English-speaking Asian women around the world by creating a forum to shatter the myths that exist about us, as well as providing a needed medium for the open discussion of our views, ideas and concerns."

JAMWA: Journal of the American Medical Women's Association site contains tables of contents and some abstracts.

Jane Magazine has sections on beauty, fashion, "dish," and" real life."

JENdA: A Journal of African Women Studies is an electronic journal from the Africa Resource Center.

Jewish Woman is the magazine of Jewish Women International organization. It celebrates Jewish women's lives and accomplishments and explores spirituality.

JOFA Journal is the quarterly newsletter of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.

Journal for Political Theory and Research on Globalization, Development and Gender Issues is produced by the Women's Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, baased in Serbia and Montenegro. The publication is in Serbian and English.

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy site contains tables of contents and abstracts.

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion site contains tables of contents, plus editors' introductions to individual issues.

Journal of Gender Issues in Art and Education is a publication of The Women's Caucus of the National Art Education Association (NAEA WC).Beginning with v. 4. (2006), it's a freely available online peer-reviewed annual.

Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law is from the Washington College of Law, American University. Site includes excerpts (in pdf).

Journal of International Women's Studies is housed at Bridgewater State College. It is an "on-line, peer reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationship between feminist theory and various forms of organizing".

Journal of Lesbian Studies site includes tables of contents.

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health publishes "peer-reviewed, clinically oriented, original articles pertinent to women's health in a variety of practice settings."

Journal of South Asia Women Studies is an electronic journal that publishes scholarly articles and related news.

Journal of Women's History (Project Muse)

Journeywoman Online is an e-zine for women who travel.

Kalliope is a journal of women's literature and art. Site has tables of content and occasional articles or other content.

The Kapralova Society Journal, is an online publication devoted to Czech composer Vitezlava Kapralova and other women in music.

Kruh & Ruže (Bread and Roses) comes from Zagreb. Click on the cover pictures to access the tables of contents and English summaries of articles.

Kvinneforskning, a Norwegian journal for women's research (in Norwegian) has changed its name to Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research). Site includes a short description in English.

Kvinnovetenskaplig Tidskrift is a transdisciplinary quarterly on current issues and questionsn in gender studies. Articles are in Swedish.

L'Homme: Europäische Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft is an Austrian feminist journal. Site includes tables of content and a few articles.

Labyrinth: an International Journal for Philosophy, Feminist Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics is a peer-reviewed journal published at the Institut für Axiologische Forschungen (IAF), Vienna, Austria. Subscribers to the free publication can receive it in email. In addition, as of December, 2003, three issues were online; the latest was Winter, 2001.

Ladies Home Journal site includes sample articles, covers, etc.

The Ladies' Repository, 1841-1876, a "monthly periodical, devoted to literature, arts, and religion," has been digitized as part of the Univ. of Michigan Making of America Project.

The Lady. Online home of Britain's oldest weekly traditional women's magazine.

Ladyfriend is a zine that "celebrates female friendship"

Latina Magazine has news and features of interest to Latinas.

Latina Style Magazine bills itself as a "national magazine for contemporary Hispanic women."

Latinitas webzine for Latinas have separate magazines for girls and one for teens.

Law and Sexuality: a Review of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Legal Issues is from Tulane Law School. Site has tables of contents.

Leather Spinsters is an ezine for happily unmarried women.

Lectio difficilior is a multi-lingual European journal for feminist Biblical exegesis.

Legacy is a journal about American women writers.

Lesbian News Online site includes sample articles.

Lens: Research on Women and Public Policy at Harvard reviews ongoing scholarship at Harvard (site gone, May 2003)

Lespress is a lesbian magazine from Germany (in German).

Lilith: The Independent Jewish Women's Magazine

L.Inc Magazine is from the organization Lesbians in Cork. Issues are thematic, with an emphasis on local angles.

Links: Oxfam Newsletter on Gender "Produced three times a year, Links newsletter reports on Oxfam GB's gender and development work in its programme in over 70 countries worldwide." Issues are thematic. October, 2003: "Girls' education"; May 2003: "Mainstreaming Gender."

Lisistrata was the e-newsletter of the Society for International Development (SID) Women in Development Network. It began in 2002. Each newsletter contains a thematic section, such as "Gender Concerns Over Natural Resources" in Issue 11 (May 2003). No longer online [2007].

Literary Mama, is an online "literary magazine for the maternally inclined ... features writing by mother writers about the complexities and many faces of motherhood." Included are fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, book reviews, columns, and profiles about mother writers.

Lola Press is an international feminist magazine published three times a year in English and Spanish, supported by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., Berlin, Germany. In 2001 it became an electronic-only full-text publication, LOL@; ceasing in 2003.

"Madam and Eve" comic strip, satirizing the relationship between a White employer and her Black maid, is published in the South African Mail and Guardian.

Make is or was a women's art journal. Site was http://www.makemagazine.net/. Presumed ceased.

Making Bread Magazine covers financial issues for women. Site has sample articles.

Mamm: Women, Cancer and Community site includes highlights from the monthly print issues.

Manushi is a feminist journal from India.

Matriarch's Way: Journal of Female Supremacy explores "matriarchy, female dominance, and female supremacy, past, present, and future." Site includes tables of content. [Noticed defunct April, 2006]

Matrices is or was a lesbian research newsletter. [Seems to be defunct, April, 2006]

Maxi provides a forum to "read intelligent thoughts on the issues and objects that have meaning in our lives." [Site gone August, 2004.]

Media Report to Women covers the ways in which women are depicted in all types of media. Site includes summaries of articles and "industry statistics."

MediaWatch challenges racism, sexism, and violence in the media. Site includes numerous articles.

MenoTimes covers topics related to menopause and osteoporosis. Sample articles are provided at the site [not working, July 2003].

Merge was a feminist 'zine from Chicago. [Noticed defunct, April, 2006]

Meridians is a peer-reviewed, feminist, interdisciplinary journal about women of color in U.S. and international contexts. The journal is a collaborative venture of
Smith College and Wesleyan University.

Metaformia: A Journal of Menstruation and Culture is an online publication edited by author Judy Grahn that stresses the role of menstruation in human origins, as seen through myths, rituals, etc.

Michigan Feminist Studies backfile is available from 1978-1997

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law site has tables of content since 1993.

Midwifery Today Magazine site includes many articles from back issues.

Minerva: Women and War has been taken over by Heldref Publications. It was formerly published by the Minerva Center under the title Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military.

Minnesota Women's Press is a feminist newspaper from St. Paul.

Miranda: Motherhood and Adventures is a zine by Kate Haas.

Moé pi toé (formerly the Initiative) is from the Franco-American Women's Institute. It includes essays, art, and literature.

Moondance, published by the Women Artists and Writers International, celebrates creative women, through fiction, poetry, and artwork.

Moteris is a Lithuanian women's magazine (in Lithuanian)

Moxie Magazine is for college-educated women in their twenties, offering advice on careers, sexuality, and more.

MP: An Online Feminist Journal is an online, peer-reviewed, international feminist journal whose goal is "to provide an intelligent forum for feminist discourse in cyberspace, to give voice to a variety of voices on issues of gender and power."

MP: Meow Power "exists to give feminism a loud, intelligent voice in cyberspace and to open discourse in new ways for all people interested in examining how gender and power interrelate."

Ms Magazine site includes online discussions and a herstory of the magazine founded in 1971.

Mslexia: The Magazine for Women Who Write has sample articles that include reviewing as a way of starting to get published, writing a synopsis, writing as therapy, breaking the adjective habit, and formula for a successful novel. Myslexia also sponsors a poetry competition. Site includes links to useful other sites for budding writers, particularly in the U.K.

Muse: The Journal of Women in Music was an electronic magazine featuring interviews, CD and concert reviews, and topical articles. (Site gone as of May 2003)

NAFE Magazine (formerly Executive Female) is a women's career and business magazine published bimonthly by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). Sample articles are accessible to anyone; the rest is members only.

NWEC Newsletter comes from the National Women's Education Centre, Japan.

NWSA Journal is an academic journal published by the (U.S.) National Women's Studies Association. It is currently housed at Iowa State University. NWSAction is the newsletter of the Association.

N.paradoxa is an online feminist art journal.

Naistutkimus - Kvinnoforskning is a "forum for multidisciplinary Finnish feminist scholarship." Articles are in Finnish or Swedish. In 2002 and 2003, the journal comes from Abo Akademi University. In 2004 it will move to the Christina Institute, University of Helsinki.

Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues was co-founded by the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, and the International Research Institute on Jewish Women, Brandeis University. It is now published by Indiana University Press.

National N.O.W. Times is the newsletter of the National Organization for Women.

The National Women's Justice Coalition from Australia has a monthly archive.

Network newsletter from the Canadian Women's Health Network.

Newcomb College Center for Research on Women Newsletter (single issue from 1996)

New Japan Women's Association (Shinfujin) newsletter (English)

New Moon is a magazine written by and for girls; also publishes Daughters, for parents of girls.

Nineteenth Century Gender Studies is a peer-reviewed online journal edited at University of Kentucky.

NonTraditional News from the Foundation for Role Equity Education.

O The Oprah Magazine is a "women's personal-growth guide for the new century."

off our backs, a women's news journal published since 1970, includes tables of contents and featured articles on its site.

On Campus With Women is sponsored by the Program on the Status and Education of Women of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. Previously issued in print, it went online-only in December, 2002. It focuses on women's leadership, the campus climate, curriculum and pedagogy, and new research and data on women.

On the Issues: The Progressive Women's Quarterly had many feature articles mounted on the site, although it has ceased publication and the articles have now been taken down. Look for print issues in libraries.

Onyx Woman is a career and financial magazine for women of color.

Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Newsletter (Click on individual issues listed under "Newsletter.") Also publishes Women & Language.

Outskirts Magazine, a biannual feminist cultural studies from the English Dept., Univ. of Western Australia.

Il Paese delle donne [The Women's Country] is an Italian feminist journal.

Passionfruit is a women's travel journal.

Perspectives is a newsletter from Status of Women Canada.

1325 Peacewomen E-News, newsletter from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1325 is the number of the UN Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security.)

Persimmon Tree is an online literary magazine by women over sixty.

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health comes from the Alan Guttmacher Institute, which focuses on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education.

Pink Magazine labels itself "a beautiful career and a beautiful life."

PMS: PoemsMemoirStory is an annual of women's poetry, memoir, and short fiction published by the Department of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Political Woman Hotline newsletter from Women Leaders Online, a group that promotes the election of pro-woman candidates and civility and integrity in American politics, and opposes the radical right (issues through 1999). [Site may no longer be operating, April, 2006.]

Progressive Woman is a monthly metropolitan St. Louis publication. [Site no longer operating December 4, 2003.]

PULA: E-Newsletter on Women and ICTs in Africa A quarterly newsletter that promotes and profiles the work and activities of women's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives in Africa and acts as a communicative tool to link women to each other and to initiatives and opportunities.

Querelles-Net: Rezensionszeitschrift für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung is a German-language feminist online book review journal for women's studies and gender research.

RFR/DRF Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la Recherche Feministe, from the Ontario Institute for Studies In Education.

Race, Gender & Class is published at Southern University at New Orleans. Site includes tables of contents.

Radiance is a magazine whose printing is "on hold" since December 2000. It is for large women Back issues can be ordered via the website.

Reading Woman discusses books worth reading.

Real Sports refers to itself as "the authority in women's sports." There are monthly e-zines on the site.

Recherches féministes is an interdisciplinary Francophonic journal from Québec. Site includes tables of content.

Re://Collections is the newsletter of the Jewish Women's Archive. Site includes a "reflective memoir about a woman whose accomplishments may not be widely recognized or conventionally honored, but who lived a life that should be remembered" from each issue.

Redbook has advice on dieting, marriage, and homemaking.

Reproductive Freedom News comes from the Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY.

Research & Action Report, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, comes out twice a year. It deals with issues and projects of the Centers often related to growth and development of girls and women.

Research News Reporter is a monthly from the Institute for Women's Policy Research. It provides descriptions and links to online research on women and families.

Revista estudos Feministas is from the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas e Centro de Comunicação e Expressão da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Most articles are in Portuguese. There are abstracts in English.

RiffRAG is an online queer, feminist art magazine. Issue #1 was published in Summer, 2005.

Rockrgrl is for women in the music business.

S2S: Sister to Sister is the newsletter of the Women of Color Resource Center, Berkeley, CA.

Safere: Southern African Feminist Review. Tables of contents from issues in 1999-2000.

SageWoman celebrates "the goddess in every woman."

Said It Feminist News is a monthly online magazine concerned with culture and politics, edited by Adriene Sere.

Samyukta: A Journal of Women's Studies is or was an electronic and print journal published by a group of women professionals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela, India. The site was at http://www.samyukta.org/. Not found 1/4/2005 or 9/22/2005.

Scholar & Feminist Online (also known as S & F Online) is a web journal published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women.

SeaChanges: The Journal of Women Scholars of Religion and Theology, based in Australia, is a peer-reviewed journal by scholars in the Asia-Pacific region. For further information, read the philosophy of the journal.

Self-Help Magazine no longer has a section on women, but does have many articles and discussions of interest to women.

Sexing the Political: A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality was at http://www.sexingthepolitical.com/ and provided a way for 20 and 30 something feminists to "theorize, satirize, politicize and organize about issues reated to sexuality." Site not found Sept. 22, 2005.

Shahrzad News about Iranian women is in Farsi, but has an edition in English.

Shatter the Glass Ceiling newsletter is connected to the Glass Ceiling website and offers articles on business, health, humor, and more. The newsletter itself is emailed (subscription is free).

She Magazine is for "women of the GLBT community" Site includes feature articles, photo spreads, and cover art.

ShE-Net: Women of Independent Minds is a "feminist community for intelligent discussion between women and men on a variety of topics, including current events, politics, and popular culture, as well as friendship and support."

Shebrew Magazine "is a modern Jewish girl's review of life and self."

Shojo Manga magazines (Japanese "girls' comics") are linked from a page by anthropologist Matt Thorn.

Sirow Newsletter is from the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, based at the University of Arizona, but covering 30 campuses in that region.

Sister is Columbia University's feminist magazine.

Skirt! Magazine is about/for women with attitude.

Slander (formerly Slant) is a zine by Mimi Nguyen representing "one asiatic geek girl's guide to feminist multi(sub)cultural insurrection and postcolonial revenge tales."


Sloan Research Network Newsletter is part of a Sloan Foundation funded initiative at Boston College on work and family issues.

So To Speak is a feminist journal of language and art published by women MFA candidates at George Mason University. Site has tables of content.

Spacegirl is a zine by illustrator Angela Martini.

The Spiral is the newsletter of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

Spirited Women is a women's spirituality magazine from Sister Spirit. The site offers articles and rituals.

Storia delle Donna (in Italian) is an annual published by Firenze University Press.

Swedish women's periodicals from 19th and early 20th century digitized by the Götesborg University Library include Tidskrift för hemmet, Dagny, Framåt, and Rösträtt för kvinnor.

Tapestry comes from Women Online Worldwide. It features fiction, poetry, travel writings, and more.

Teen Voices is written "by, for, and about teenage and young adult women." It "challenges the mainstream media's image of girls by providing an intelligent alternative packed with original writing, poetry and artwork."

Texas Journal of Women and the Law

Thirdspace is a peer-reviewed feminist e-journal, for "emerging scholars."

Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research), in Norwegian, was formerly titled Kvinneforskning. Site includes a short description in English.

Time-Sense: A Quarterly on the Art of Gertrude Stein offers Stein criticism.

Today'sworkingwomen article categories include careers, health, family, legal, relationships, news, product reviews, cooking, and weddings.

Transformations: the Journal of Inclusive Scholarship & Pedagogy is a resource for curriculum transformation. Site includes tables of contents.

Trivia: Voices of Feminism is the new name and orientation of Trivia: A Journal of Ideas. The new, online only, free publication was founded as "a public forum for the creative and critical thinking of that great diversity of women who insist on our primacy, and who in league with and in the name of all the other endangered species on this planet, refuse to accept the life-destroying status quo."

Tucker Center News. Newsletter of the Tucker Center for research on Girls & Women in Sports, University of Minnesota. All issues are online.

Underwire was a women's magazine from Microsoft that started and stopped in the 1990s.

Unifem Currents is the newsletter of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.

Uppity Women Magazine (last issue, Summer 2001; thereafter suspended, but website archive remains mounted.)

Vanity Fair, 1860-1862 issues are available in fulltext through the Making of America project.

The VAW Monitor is a monthly e-mail newsletter available in pdf from the Stop Violence Against Women project of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.

Venuszine discusses "women in music, art, film, activism, fashion, and D.I.Y. culture."

Virginia is a German review of women's books. Several fulltext reviews on the site [site not working July 2003].

Visual Culture and Gender is a peer-reviewed, multimedia electronic journal sponsored by Northern Illinois University.

Voices is the women's college magazine at Santa Monica College.

Voices of Women Journal was a quarterly on women's spirituality and empowerment. [Site gone Aug. 12, 2004]

Voices-Unabridged is an e-magazine on women and human rights.

WAHM, an online magazine for work at home moms, includes job listings, advice, etc.

W.A.M.M.: Women Against Military Madness newsletter

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies is a biennial electronic publication related to feminist, interdisciplinary, progressive perspectives situated on the interstices of Critical Race Studies and Gender Studies. Wagadu is the Sonnike name of the Ghana empire. It "has come to be the symbol of the sacrifice women continue to make for a better world. Wagadu has become the metaphor for the role of women in the family, community, country, and planet."

Wash Rag is the newsletter from Women Against Sexual Harassment.

WE!, formerly Women Envision, is a newsletter from Isis International.

WE International, formerly Women & Environments, includes recent excerpts, plus tables of contents to back issues.

Partial English translations from We/Myi: The Women's Dialogue was aRussian-language magazine for women published bimonthly in Moscow, co-edited by Nadezhda Azhgikhina and Colette Shulman, begin on the Web with issue 13. Former title: Vyi i Myi. [not found 3/2006]

Weavings: Women's Voices from the Earth is published quarterly by Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), a nonprofit women centered environmental justice organization based in Missoula, Montana.

Whispers Online Magazine for Interested Women is an email subscription publication with articles typical of a women's magazine; the website can be used by searching by topic using the site's search engine.

WID Bulletin from the Michigan State U. Women in Development Program carries news of publications, conferences, etc. (Scroll down the page.)

WIDE: Women in Development Europe Network Newsletter. WIDE is a "European network of gender specialists, women active in Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGDOs), and human rights activists." WIDE opposes expansion of the WTO into new areas.

W.I.G. Magazine (Women in General) covers sports, art, music, and other topics.

WiG Newsletter is from Women in German.

WILDAF: Women in Law and Development in Africa newsletter is on implementation of women's rights in West Africa (scroll to "newsletter").

WIN News (Women's International Network News), was edited until her death by Fran P. Hosken. It covered information about women's issues and women's groups throughout the world, paying particular attention to female genital cutting.

WithItGirl covers professional athletes, artists, musicians and budding writers.

Woman: Canadian Women's Quarterly Newsmagazine site includes tables of contents and sample articles [site not working, July 2003].

Woman Motorist is a "free automotive, car and motor sports resource."

Woman Pilot Magazine is profiles the "accomplishments, lives and experiences of women involved in aviation." ["A revised site is in the works" noted August 12, 2004]

Woman Plus began in 1994 and is in published in Moscow by the Russian Women's NGO - East-West Women's Innovation Fund. In English and Russian.

Woman Rebel is a feminist 'zine featuring essays, art, and humor [site not working July, 2003]

Woman's Monthly (WOMO) is a lesbian publication from Washington, DC.

Womanist Theory and Research published by the Women's Studies Consortium at the University of Georgia is a journal on women of color.

Women2000 and Beyond, from the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW).

Women Alive comes from a coalition of, by and for women living with HIV/AIDS. Issues are online from 1993 onward, but may not be current. For current information on HIV/.AIDS, click on the What's New button.

Women and Language is a journal affiliated with the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender.

Women and Librarianship. Women's Issues Section Newsletter, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Scroll to the newsletter.

Women and Performance features articles from a special issue on "Sexuality and Cyberspace" and tables of contents from other issues.

Women & Politics includes abstracts.

Articles from Women in Action are found on the Isis International-Manila site, Isis Online.

Women in Higher Education offers selected articles from recent issues of this monthly for college faculty and administrators.

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal is a new referred journal exclusively on the Internet.

Women in Libraries is the newsletter of the Feminist Task Force of the American Libraries Association.

Women in Management Review site has tables of contents.

Women in Natural Resources is an ejournal "designed and written by women at all levels in forestry, fisheries, wildlife, range, recreation, soils, and the environmental and social sciences as they relate to natural resources"

Women in the Arts Magazine is from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Site includes a sample article from each of several issues.

Women in the Life Magazine is a quarterly for lesbians of color.

Women, Law and Development International Newsletter stresses topics in women's human rights [site not working March 2004.]

Women of Achievement and Herstory began as an early electronic newsletter written by Irene Stuber, with historical vignettes,anniversaries, and quotations. It was later in the process of being revamped into a 366 episode daybook plus alphabetical archives. [no longer found 3/2006]

Women of Note Quarterly focuses on women composers.

Womenof.com is a commercial publication with articles on "auto savvy," beauty and fashion, careers and business, travel, family, fitness, "tech tips," and a woman of the month. It is set up to point to many, not all states (i.e., URLs such as womenofcolorado.com, womenofflorida.com, etc. result in the same page). Clicking on a state in the "local interest" drop-down menu changes the URL to incorporate that state's name, but the content of the publication stays the same. Site includes directory of products and services searchable by category and state.

Women Online News electronic newsletter is a place to "speak your mind" about gender and technology, women and the Internet, etc. Features an interactive reader response section.

Women Writers is an e-zine.

Women'space was an electronic magazine from Womenspace, an organization in Nova Scotia that promotes understanding and use of cyberspace by women.

Women's Bulletin is a monthly email newsletter from Amnesty International USA's women's human rights project. Site is a form for subscribing.

Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights Newsletter (click on "newsletter"). Site has description only.

Women's Health and Urban Life: an International and Interdisciplinary Journal is published by the University of Toronto Dept. of Sociology. Individual articles are downloadable.

Women's Health Hotline is an electronic newsletter designed to provide the media with information on women's health.

Women's Health in Primary Care is aimed at clinicians. Fulltext of articles is available two months after publication of the print edition. Articles cover both female specific diseases and disorders and other conditions that affect women disproportionately or differently.

Women's Health Issues is the official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. Tables of contents are on the site.

Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (WLP) E-News. WLP helps women, especially from the South gain skills to become leaders in advocating for women's human rights, sustainable development, and peace.

The Women's Review of Books ceased publication with the December, 2004 issue.

Women's Studies International Forum site includes tables of contents.

Women's Studies Quarterly is published by The Feminist Press at the City University of New York.

Women's Studies Section newsletter comes from the Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association.

Women's Writing focuses on works written before about 1900. (Description only on the site.)

Working Moms Internet Refuge is an e-zine. For back articles, click on Archives.

Working Mother has articles about balancing child care and work.

World March of Women Newsletter. The World March of Women was started by Fédération des femmes du Québec (Québec Federation of Women) and was quickly joined by some 6000 other organizations. It continues to promote equality between men and women.

Worldwide W.A.M.M.: Women Against Military Madness newsletter.

Yale Journal of Law and Feminism has tables of contents from a journal of women's experiences and law.

Yoni is devoted to female sexuality and femininity.

Zadra is a feminist quarterly published by eFKa Kobieca (Women's Foundation), in Poland. A page in English explains the purpose of the publication, whose name means "splinter."

Zorra Nieuwsbrief (in Dutch) is an issue of a newsletter of a Dutch media watchdog organization that examines gender roles in the media. Parts of the Zorra website are in English.

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