Motive "Lesbian/Feminist Issue" Vol. 32, No. 1, 1972

Motive "Lesbian/Feminist Issue" Vol. 32, No. 1, 1972

lesbian, gay, queer, arts, literature, poetry, visual arts

Originally started by the United Methodist Church in 1941, monthly magazine Motive began its transformation with the publication of a special women's issue in 1969. Church leaders became increasingly more critical of Motive as its content became progressively more radical. This "Lesbian-Feminist" edition represents the magazine's final break with the church, when a collective of lesbians called "The Furies" took over publication for one last controversial issue. The editors, including Rita Mae Brown and Charlotte Bunch, "were determined that from start to finish lesbians would do it all" to complete the remarkable essays, art, and poetry that make up the magazine. As defined in this issue, lesbian feminism was a movement "out of passivity, out of the closets . . . toward control of our own [lesbian] lives and the overthrow of male supremacy." Given the radical nature of its origins, this document serves as a fascinating example of lesbian separatist publishing in the early 1970s.

Motive

Motive, Inc.

1972

[fragile] magazine format; 64 pages; black and white; text, images, and illustrations

English

BCRW archive, M box 4, folder "Motive"