Name/Title
Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and CultureEntry/Object ID
2024.4.31Description
HOT WIRE: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture was a women's music magazine published three times a year from 1984–1994. It was founded in Chicago by volunteers Toni Armstrong Jr., Michele Gautreaux, Ann Morris and Yvonne Zipter; Armstrong Jr. became the sole publisher in 1985.Tracy Baim of Windy City Times called HOT WIRE "the national voice of the burgeoning women's music movement and a wide-ranging chronicle of lesbian feminist culture." The publication focused exclusively on lesbian feminist musicians, festivals, venues, and various topics pertaining to writing, theater, dance, comedy, and the arts Each 64-page issue included a soundsheet with at least four songs by lesbian and/or feminist artists. (Wikipedia)Publication Details
Publication Type
JournalEditor
Toni L. Armstrong, Jr., Managing EditorVolume/Number/Issue
Complete Set - 30 issues with sound sheetsPublisher
Empty Closet EnterprisesDate Published
1984 - 1994ISSN
0747-8887Relationships
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Also see Paid My Dues
Women's Music Archives - @ Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, Northampton, MA - https://findingaids.smith.edu/repositories/2/resources/891Create Date
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