Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture

Name/Title

Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.31

Description

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

Journal

Editor

Toni L. Armstrong, Jr., Managing Editor

Volume/Number/Issue

Complete Set - 30 issues with sound sheets

Publisher

Empty Closet Enterprises

Date Published

1984 - 1994

ISSN

0747-8887

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Related Places

Place

City

Chicago, IL

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Notes

Also see Paid My Dues Women's Music Archives - @ Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, Northampton, MA - https://findingaids.smith.edu/repositories/2/resources/891

Create Date

June 14, 2024

Update Date

June 14, 2024