The history of Branching Out, Canada's first national magazine of second-wave feminism, is the surprising story of an upstart magazine published on the prairies that was read from coast to coast.
It is an Edmonton-based story of political activism, feminist community-building, and survival in the cultural industries.
When it ceased publication in 1980, Branching Out had reached more readers than any other Canadian second-wave feminist periodical.
Feminist Acts is an eye-opening examination of feminist publishing, written to bring more Canadian voices into conversations about women's cultural production.
A vital text of feminist recuperation, the book draws on firsthand accounts from women who were there.
It is a must-read for anyone interested in feminist activism, gender studies, Canadian cultural history, or publishing history.
About the Author Tessa Jordan is a Vancouver-based researcher and educator whose work focuses on histories of Canadian feminism and the private sector's role in the fight for social justice and ecological sustainability.
University Of Alberta Press Feminist acts: branching out magazine and the making of canadian feminism, paperback/tessa jordan
