Womankind (magazine)
| Editor | Antonia Case |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women, Culture, Art, Design, Psychology, Fashion |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | The Bull Publishing |
| Founded | 2014 |
| First issue | 28 July 2014 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Website | womankindmag |
| ISSN | 2203-5850 |
Womankind is an ad-free newsstand women's magazine distributed throughout the UK, Australia, NZ, the US, and Canada. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that it had "an initial circulation of 20,000 and is aiming to find a broad demographic of smart women interested in big ideas about philosophy, sociology and psychology.".[1] It is distributed in 3,000 news agents in Australia.[2] Womankind was the best-selling item in the history of the Byron Bay Writers' Festival when it launched there in 2014[3] and is one of the world's few ad-free newsstand publications. It is produced by the team behind the world's most widely distributed philosophy magazine, New Philosopher, which launched in 2013 and is available in Australia,[4] NZ, the US, Canada and the UK.
Ad-free
The ad-free format attracted commentary from media organisations: ArtsHub noted that it had climbed steadily to the top of women's magazines to compete with Marie Claire and Vogue and describes it as "disrupting the publishing industry as it feeds the souls of a broad demographic of smart women interested in big ideas about philosophy, sociology and psychology."[5] Broadsheet describes it as "changing the concept of what a women's magazine is".[6]
Awards
The launch cover of Womankind featured Simone de Beauvoir and was voted one of the top in the world by German media website MEEDIA.[7] In 2016 Library Journal selected Womankind as one of the best magazines in the US for 2015, saying that "the distinguished contributors and artists deliver insightful and intriguing ideas via text, photography, and drawings" and that "although created predominantly by and for women, it will have much to offer independent thinkers of all genders."[8]
Contributors
Contributors include Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre,[9] Irish Book Awards winner Niamh Boyce, Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Lucy Treloar,[10] and Commonwealth Writers' Prize winner Charlotte Wood[11]
References
- ^ "The rise of independent magazines". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "New Philosopher's Australian operations launch Womankind". Mumbrella. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Breaking records". Byron Bay Writers' Festival. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "New philosopher attempts launch". Mumbrella. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Serious women's mag disrupts publishing model". ArtsHub. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "A magazine for all womankind". Broadsheet. Retrieved 18 Sep 2014.
- ^ "A new magazine with a different view". Women's Agenda. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Best Magazines 2015". Library Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Book reviews, extracts to feature in 'Womankind' magazine". Bookseller + Publisher. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Non-fiction". Lucy Treloar.
- ^ "Non-fiction". Charlotte Wood.