Liberation

1981 · réf. 193945 — North Shields England: Scarlet Women Collective May & July 1981. First edition of this two-part series containing essays poetry and short stories which address the oppression and experiences of lesbian women as well as emancipation and heterosexuality. In comparison to other political women's magazines of the time in the UK it was "perhaps the most ambitious in terms of its intellectual reach" Forster p. 113. Scarlet Women was established following the 1976 National Women's Liberation Conference and ran until 1982. The Sexuality issues contain a review of Adrienne Rich's classic lesbian feminist essay "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence" pp. 20-21 and a notable article on Islam and sexuality in Iran by one "Manny" pp. 10-18 which has photographic illustrations. The series also includes articles by Sheila Jeffreys pp. 22-27 and Al Garthwaite. It was printed by the Moss Side Community Press Women's Co-op in Manchester. 2 issues quarto. Cartoon and photographic illustrations in text. Original colour illustrated paper wrappers. Spines foxed couple of brown spots to July issue wrappers otherwise clean. Very good copies. Laurel Forster Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain 1940s-2000s 2020. unknown