Filament (magazine)
June 2010 cover | |
Editor | Suraya Sidhu Singh |
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Categories | Women's magazines |
Frequency | Quarterly / biannually[1] |
First issue | June 2009 |
Final issue | December 2011 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Website | Filament |
ISSN | 2041-1472 |
Filament was a quarterly erotic magazine aimed at women,[2] published in the United Kingdom. It ran for 9 issues, from June 2009 to December 2011.[3]
The magazine featured both explicit and non-explicit pornographic imagery of men, designed specifically for heterosexual women (as distinct from that designed for gay men).[4] The magazine claimed to use "academic and primary research" in producing its content.[5]
Critical reactions to Filament were varied. Voxpops with women undertaken by New Zealand current affairs programme Close Up were mixed,[6] and those undertaken by British chat show The Wright Stuff were mainly negative,[7] though some blogs were positive in their reception of the magazine.[8][9]
Erection Campaign
In August 2009 Filament magazine began a campaign to become the first UK women's magazine to publish an erection pictorial, after the printers of its first issue declined to print the second if it contained such images. Filament sought to sell 328 further copies of the first issue to finance changing printer, and succeeded.[10] The campaign attracted support from high-profile figures such as Zoe Margolis and Warren Ellis.[11]
References
- ^ Suraya Sidhu Singh (4 November 2010). "Changes to Filament's publishing schedule". Filament magazine. LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Jerome (28 May 2009). "Can an ex-civil servant finally persuade women to buy erotica?". The Independent. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
- ^ Suraya (November 2011). "All Good Things Must Come To An End". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "FAQ". Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ "The Female Gaze, Filament Magazine website". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ "Close Up: Taranaki girl creates new sex mag". Television New Zealand. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ Simon Kendrick (7 June 2009). "Filament magazine – for the female gaze - Curiously Persistent". Curiously Persistent. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Exoskeleton Cabaret". 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Squidge Mag". June 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Filament magazine erection campaign page". Archived from the original on 9 August 2009.
- ^ Kristina Lloyd; Mathilde Madden (13 August 2009). "A limp response to women's erotica". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
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