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}}Published from 1969 to 1976 in New York City, ''Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine'' was a quarterly feminist serial. The mission was to develop a platform for women's expression in response to a male dominated literary market. The title ''Aphra'' came from Aphra Behn (1640-1689), the first woman to make a living as a writer. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-04-03 |title=Aphradisiac {{!}} Archives and Special Collections Blog |url=https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2018/04/03/aphradisiac/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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the periodical published work from notable feminist authors such as Margaret Atwood and Alice Walker, providing contemporary and historical social critique through the lens of second-wave feminist theory. <ref name=":0" /> |
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== Mission Statement == |
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“Free women thinking, doing, being.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.bibliopolis.com |title=Archive of Aphra: the Feminist Literary Magazine from 1969-1974 by Literary Magazine Aphra: Feminism on Max Rambod |url=https://www.maxrambod.com/pages/books/20471/literary-magazine-aphra-feminism/archive-of-aphra-the-feminist-literary-magazine-from-1969-1974 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Max Rambod |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Mandate and Editorial Content == |
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Content followed a general theme from issue to issue, with special issues focusing on more specific topics such as the Spring, 1971 ''The Whore Issue'', from volume 2 number 2, a controversial publication at the time. <ref name=":0" /> |
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In addition to short fiction, poetry, art, play excerpts, essays and other writing, was content unique to ''Aphra.'' Featuring critique and exposes on the downsides of the women's movement from a feminist perspective, ''Aphra'' provided meta-commentary on the second-wave feminist movement itself and offered perspectives that were not present in other radical feminist publications.<ref name=":0" /> |
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=== The Whore Issue === |
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Vol.2 No.2 Spring 1971<ref name=":0" /> |
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Editor: Elizabeth Fisher |
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Associate<ref>{{Cite web |title=Material From Other Sources |url=http://www.thewomenskit.org/material-from-other-sources.html |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=THE WOMEN'S KIT |language=en}}</ref> |
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Published from 1969 to 1976 in New York City, Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine was a quarterly feminist serial. The mission was to develop a platform for women's expression in response to a male dominated literary market. The title Aphra came from Aphra Behn (1640-1689), the first woman to make a living as a writer. [1]
the periodical published work from notable feminist authors such as Margaret Atwood and Alice Walker, providing contemporary and historical social critique through the lens of second-wave feminist theory. [1]
Mission Statement
“Free women thinking, doing, being.”[2]
Mandate and Editorial Content
Content followed a general theme from issue to issue, with special issues focusing on more specific topics such as the Spring, 1971 The Whore Issue, from volume 2 number 2, a controversial publication at the time. [1]
In addition to short fiction, poetry, art, play excerpts, essays and other writing, was content unique to Aphra. Featuring critique and exposes on the downsides of the women's movement from a feminist perspective, Aphra provided meta-commentary on the second-wave feminist movement itself and offered perspectives that were not present in other radical feminist publications.[1]
The Whore Issue
Vol.2 No.2 Spring 1971[1]
Editor: Elizabeth Fisher
Associate[3]
- ^ a b c d e "Aphradisiac | Archives and Special Collections Blog". 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ www.bibliopolis.com. "Archive of Aphra: the Feminist Literary Magazine from 1969-1974 by Literary Magazine Aphra: Feminism on Max Rambod". Max Rambod. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "Material From Other Sources". THE WOMEN'S KIT. Retrieved 2024-07-09.