Feminist Studies

Aims & Scope

Feminist Studies is committed to publishing an interdisciplinary body of feminist knowledge that sees intersections of gender with racial identity, sexual orientation, economic means, geographical location, and physical ability as the touchstone for our politics and our intellectual analysis. Whether work is drawn from the complex past or the shifting present, the articles and essays that appear in Feminist Studies address social and political issues that intimately and significantly affect women and men in the United States and around the world. Feminist Studies welcomes submissions across multiple genres and topics. Although we have some specific calls for manuscripts, we still welcome articles on other topics. Most of the articles we publish are on a variety of topics and are not part of special issues or clusters. We accept submissions in the following categories: Research & Criticism Creative Writing Art & Visual Culture Features Review Essays News and Views Other Forms of Writing and Visual Expression General Guidelines and Style Requirements Articles should be no longer than 10,500 words, including footnotes. Submit a brief bio and a very brief cover letter outlining how your submission is in line with the mission of Feminist Studies. We use the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style for manuscript and citation style. Send your manuscript as a final-version and macro-free Word document (docx preferred). Do not send your submission as a PDF file. FS reserves the right not to review Word documents that contain macros. Send two electronic copies of your manuscript: 1) an anonymized version without your name or other identifying information anywhere in it, including in the title of the file and footnotes; and 2) a second copy with your full name and other contact information on the cover page, and in the title. This version can include the acknowledgments, if any. We will only review work that is not under consideration elsewhere, including in electronic format or on any kind of Web page or elsewhere on the internet. Feminist Studies reviews work written in English only. Restriction : Feminist Studies will not review any submissions by authors who currently have another piece under review at Feminist Studies. Ibid no longer preferred : From 2026 onward (starting with volume 51), Feminist Studies is adopting the Chicago Manual of Style’s preference for

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