F-Word: A Collection of Feminist Voices

Question: How do I sign up? - Anonymous

You can sign up to our listserv by clicking the bell icon on our Penn Clubs page! Once you are subscribed, we will send out reminders and informations about our weekly GBMs and other events. In order to be a general member of The F-Word, all you have to do is come to our weekly meetings—every Wednesday at 8PM in Kelly Writers House, RM 202—no applications needed! If you want to take on a more substantial role, we will send out a short application soon for Editorial, Design, and Internal/External Board positions. Hope to see you on Wednesdays!

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Question: There are several feminist spaces/publications on campus, so what makes F-Word unique? - Anonymous

The F-Word is unique in that it is the latest evolution of the very first feminist publications at Penn. Since the 1980s, students have produced "Voyage Out," "Generation X," and "Pandora's Box" which featured literary and journalistic submissions from the Philadelphia community and other universities on gender, sexuality, abortion, anti-violence, and more. In 2005, to build a more inclusive feminist community on campus, students reformed these magazines to provide a diverse space for the perspectives of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, and other ethnic and religious minorities to be heard. This movement formed The F-Word and since then our magazine/blog has been an outlet for feminist voices—whatever they may look or sound like—to foster dialogue within the Penn community and beyond. Feminism, as a theory and as an advocacy movement, will continually evolve and expand as we build a better world. Similarly, The F-Word, with its long-standing roots as the premier feminist literary magazine on campus, has a capacity for change and growth that makes it a cornerstone of Penn's feminist community at large.

- Sabrina Ochoa

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Question: How frequently are individual writers expected to produce articles? - Anonymous

Board members are expected to contribute at least one article per semester to our blog, while blog staffers are expected to pitch and write more frequently at least twice a month.

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