Filament (magazine)

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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

Zoe Margolis and Warren Ellis.[11]

References

  1. ^ Suraya Sidhu Singh (4 November 2010). "Changes to Filament's publishing schedule". Filament magazine. LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ^ Taylor, Jerome (28 May 2009). "Can an ex-civil servant finally persuade women to buy erotica?". The Independent. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  3. ^ Suraya (November 2011). "All Good Things Must Come To An End". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. ^ "FAQ". Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  5. ^ "The Female Gaze, Filament Magazine website". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  6. Television New Zealand
    . 9 June 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  7. ^ Simon Kendrick (7 June 2009). "Filament magazine – for the female gaze - Curiously Persistent". Curiously Persistent. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Exoskeleton Cabaret". 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  9. ^ "Squidge Mag". June 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  10. ^ "Filament magazine erection campaign page". Archived from the original on 9 August 2009.
  11. ^ Kristina Lloyd; Mathilde Madden (13 August 2009). "A limp response to women's erotica". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2009.

External links

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