m/f (feminist magazine)

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m/f
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EditorParveen Adams, Rosalind Coward, Elizabeth Cowie, Beverley Brown
CategoriesFeminism
FrequencyBiannually
First issue1978 (1978)
Final issue1986 (1986)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websitemffeministjournal.co.uk
ISSN0141-948X
OCLC931732837

m/f: a feminist journal was a British feminist periodical published from 1978 until 1986. The magazine published theoretical and political reviews, discussions, and articles about the women's movement, particularly in relation to socialist and feminist politics.[1]

Background and content[]

Following the Patriarchy Conference in London in May 1976, m/f was established to provide a space for theoretical debates and discussions within the women's movement. Its earliest editors included Parveen Adams, Rosalind Coward and Elizabeth Cowie. They were later joined by .

In the introduction to issue 1 the title m/f is not explicitly defined but there are several references to marxist feminism.[2] Contemporary Culture Index describes m/f as "a title primarily standing for masculine/feminine" and states that "readers wondered if this oblique title could also mean Marxism versus feminism, mother versus father, or even, if it could be a coded reference to Michel Foucault."[3]

The magazine took multidisciplinary approaches and various perspectives: legal, social, psychoanalytical, economic, as well as artistic. m/f primarily aligned itself with feminist socialism while also recognizing the limitations and risks of essentialism.[4] Publishing a total of twelve issues, m/f was an academically dense project that explored the complexity of the theoretical and political considerations of women. Though short-lived, many scholars and readers have regarded the contributions of m/f in feminist discourse, both its successes and shortcomings.[5][6][7]

In 1979 Diana Leonard discussed m/f along with Women's Studies International Quarterly and Feminist Review in a paper "Is Feminism More Complex than the WLM Realises?".[8] She "reserved special criticism for m/f ... because of its psychoanalytic and post-structuralist lens".[9]

In 1990, Adams and Cowie edited The Woman In Question, a collection of essays and editorials from m/f.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Journals - m/f feminist journal". www.mffeministjournal.co.uk. Digital Nachos Ltd. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  2. ^ Adams, Parveen; Coward, Rosalind; Cowie, Elizabeth (1978). "m/f". m/f. 1: 3. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "m/f". Contemporary Culture Index. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ Mouffe, Chantal (1990). "The Legacy of m/f". m/f.
  5. ^ Penley, Constance (1990). "Missing m/f". In Adams, Parveen; Cowie, Elizabeth (eds.). The Woman in Question: m/f. Cambridge, Masschusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262011167.
  6. ^ Copjec, Joan (1990). "m/f, or not reconciled". In Adams, Parveen; Cowie, Elizabeth (eds.). The Woman in Question: m/f. Cambridge, Masschusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262011167.
  7. ^ Bowlby, Rachel (1990). "P/S". In Adams, Parveen; Cowie, Elizabeth (eds.). The Woman in Question: m/f. Cambridge, Masschusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262011167.
  8. ^ Leonard, Diana (1979). "Is feminism more complex than the WLM realises?". Feminist Practice: Notes from the Tenth Year! (Theoretically Speaking). London: In Theory Press. pp. 30–37. ISBN 9780905969992.
  9. ^ Withers, D.-M. (23 February 2021). "Knowledge Trouble – Practice, Theory and Anxiety in late 1970s Feminist Movements". German Historical Institute London Blog. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  10. ^ Adams, Parveen; Cowie, Elizabeth, eds. (1990). The Woman in Question: m/f. Cambridge, Masschusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262011167.
  11. ^ Gerl, Brigitte (1991). "Parveen Adams, Elizabeth Cowie (Eds.), The Woman In Question: m/f". Modern Language Notes. 106 (5): 1069–1072. doi:10.2307/2904603. JSTOR 2904603.

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