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L'Orsaminore

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L'Orsaminore
CategoriesFeminist magazine
Frequency
  • Monthly
  • Irregular
PublisherAlfani
FounderFeminist collectives
Founded1981
First issueOctober 1981
Final issueMarch 1983
CountryItaly
Based inRome
LanguageItalian

L’Orsaminore (Italian: The Little Bear) was a monthly feminist magazine which was in circulation between 1981 and 1983. It was based in Rome, Italy. The subtitle of the magazine was mensile di cultura e politica (Italian: monthly magazine of culture and politics).[1]

History and profile

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L’Orsaminore was started by the feminist collectives in Rome in 1981, and its first issue appeared in October that year.[1][2] The initiative was led by Maria Luisa Boccia, Franca Chiaromonte, Giuseppina Ciuffrida, Licia Conte, Anna Forcella, Biancamaria Frabotta, Manuela Fraire and Rossana Rossanda.[2] Ida Dominijanni and Tamar Pitch also joined the editorial team of the magazine.[2] The stated goal of L’Orsaminore was to offer a public realm for women to help them in overcoming their loneliness.[3] The publisher of the magazine was Alfani.[1] Although it was started as monthly, its frequency later became irregular.[1]

L’Orsaminore had a communist orientation.[3] It argued that men should also participate in the struggle for women's cause.[4] The magazine folded in March 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "L'Orsaminore: mensile di cultura e politica". ACNP (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "L'Orsaminore". Biblioteca delle donne (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Eleanor Careless (2022). "Rome Awards: Chronicles of the Italian women's movement: transnational print cultures and the feminist avant-garde". Papers of the British School at Rome. 90: 362. doi:10.1017/s0068246222000150.
  4. ^ Marika Banci (22 November 2019). "Le riviste femministe in Italia". vitaminevaganti.com (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.