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Independent British online and print magazine
Gal-dem
Frequency
| One per year
|
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Format
| Online and print magazine
|
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Publisher
| Independent
|
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Founder
| Liv Little
|
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Founded
| 2015
; 9 years ago
(
2015
)
|
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Final issue
| 31 March 2023
(
2023-03-31
)
|
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Country
| United Kingdom
|
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Based in
| London
|
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Website
| gal-dem
.com
|
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ISSN
| 2517-6242
|
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OCLC
| 1063662695
|
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gal-dem
(stylised lower case) was an independent British online and print magazine produced by
women of colour
and
non-binary
people of colour
.
[1]
[2]
Founded in 2015, it ceased publication in 2023.
History and profile
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The magazine was founded by
Liv Little
in 2015. The website has six content sections: arts, lifestyle, music, news, opinion, and politics. In addition to its online format, it produced one printed issue a year.
[1]
The first print issue, "the gal-hood issue", sold out its print run of 1,000 copies; the second, "the home issue", was planned to have a print run of 3,000 and also sold out.
[3]
[4]
In 2016, the
gal-dem
editorial collective curated an event at the
Victoria and Albert Museum
as part of its Friday Lates series. It showcased work by contemporary young artists of colour and was described in
The Guardian
as "nothing short of breathtaking".
[5]
In August 2018, the
gal-dem
team guest-edited an issue of
The Guardian'
s
Weekend
magazine.
[6]
[7]
[8]
In June 2019
gal-dem
released the book
"I Will Not Be Erased": Our Stories About Growing Up As People of Colour
, an anthology from some of the women and non-binary people of colour who write for the magazine.
[9]
In March 2023,
gal-dem
announced it was ceasing publication for financial reasons.
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
References
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]
- ^
a
b
"About"
.
gal-dem
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
Wang, Grace (March 2017).
"10 independent women's magazines everyone should read"
.
Stack
. Retrieved
6 June
2020
.
- ^
Jamieson, Ruth (31 July 2017).
"Zine queens: how women's magazines found new life via indie publishing"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
"Print issues sales page"
.
gal-dem
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
Okolosie, Lola (4 November 2016).
"People of colour are painfully absent from our museums. Let's change that"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
Musariri, Dorothy (10 August 2018).
"Gal-dem mag team take over Guardian Weekend as 'agents of change we need' to raise voices of women and non-binary people of colour"
.
Press Gazette
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
"Guardian Weekend: gal-dem takeover"
.
Guardian Weekend
. 11 August 2018
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
Little, Liv; Denes, Melissa (18 August 2018).
"gal-dem Guardian takeover proves diversity breeds creativity"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
18 August
2018
.
- ^
London, Bianca (7 June 2019).
"This collection of personal, powerful essays about what it's really like to grow up as a person of colour is a must-read"
.
Glamour Magazine
.
- ^
"Goodbye from gal-dem"
.
gal-dem
. 31 March 2023
. Retrieved
9 April
2023
.
- ^
Ntim, Zac (31 March 2023).
"UK-Based Publication Gal-Dem To Close After Eight Years Due To Financial Difficulties"
.
Deadline
.
- ^
Bugel, Safi (31 March 2023).
"Gal-Dem, magazine for women and non-binary people of colour, to fold"
.
The Guardian
.
- ^
Raza-Sheikh, Zoya (9 April 2023).
"Farewell gal-dem. You were disruptive, joyful and you gave us a voice"
.
The Guardian
.
External links
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