Filament (magazine) explained

Filament
Category:Women's magazines
Frequency:Quarterly / biannually[1]
Language:English
Editor:Suraya Sidhu Singh
Editor Title:Editor
Firstdate:June 2009
Lastdate:December 2011
Country:United Kingdom
Website:Filament
Issn:2041-1472

Filament was a quarterly erotic magazine aimed at women,[2] published in the United Kingdom. It ran for 9 issues, from June 2009 to December 2011.[3]

The magazine featured both explicit and non-explicit pornographic imagery of men, designed specifically for heterosexual women (as distinct from that designed for gay men).[4] The magazine claimed to use "academic and primary research" in producing its content.[5]

Critical reactions to Filament were varied. Voxpops with women undertaken by New Zealand current affairs programme Close Up were mixed,[6] and those undertaken by British chat show The Wright Stuff were mainly negative,[7] though some blogs were positive in their reception of the magazine.[8] [9]

Erection Campaign

In August 2009 Filament magazine began a campaign to become the first UK women's magazine to publish an erection pictorial, after the printers of its first issue declined to print the second if it contained such images. Filament sought to sell 328 further copies of the first issue to finance changing printer, and succeeded.[10] The campaign attracted support from high-profile figures such as Zoe Margolis and Warren Ellis.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Changes to Filament's publishing schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20110816043011/http://filamentmag.livejournal.com/41729.html . dead . 16 August 2011 . Suraya Sidhu Singh . 4 November 2010 . Filament magazine . LiveJournal . 5 April 2011 .
  2. Web site: Can an ex-civil servant finally persuade women to buy erotica?. Taylor. Jerome. 28 May 2009. The Independent. 26 June 2009.
  3. Web site: November 2011 . All Good Things Must Come To An End . Suraya . 1 August 2012 . 2 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120802053554/http://www.filamentmagazine.com/2011/11/all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/ . dead .
  4. Web site: FAQ . 8 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726100010/http://www.filamentmagazine.com/faqs.aspx . 26 July 2009 . dead .
  5. Web site: The Female Gaze, Filament Magazine website . 28 June 2009 . 19 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110619065952/http://www.filamentmagazine.com/the-female-gaze/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Close Up: Taranaki girl creates new sex mag. 9 June 2009. Television New Zealand. 30 September 2011.
  7. Web site: Filament magazine – for the female gaze - Curiously Persistent. Curiously Persistent. Simon Kendrick. 7 June 2009. 13 July 2009.
  8. Web site: Exoskeleton Cabaret . 22 June 2009 . 13 July 2009 . 18 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018110644/http://exoskeletoncabaret.com/2009/06/22/filament-magazine-1/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Squidge Mag. June 2009. 2009-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090622002954/http://squidgemag.com/2009/06/filament-magazine-erotica-for-women/. 2009-06-22. dead.
  10. Web site: Filament magazine erection campaign page . https://web.archive.org/web/20090809060058/http://www.filamentmagazine.com/fundraise.aspx . 9 August 2009 . dead .
  11. News: A limp response to women's erotica. Kristina Lloyd. Mathilde Madden. The Guardian. 13 August 2009. 22 August 2009.

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