FEMSPEC
An interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.
FEMSPEC is a collectively-produced peer-reviewed journal run primarily by women. As such, we believe in a non-hierarchical community and work to make our space one of cooperation. All members are valued, listened to, and respected without regards to age, experience, or professional position. We encourage all voices to contribute to our cause through non-violent communication.
Editors
Editor:
Batya Weinbaum
Book Review Editor:
Merry Byrd
Peer Review Coordinator and Intermin Webmistress
Barbara Bennett
Social Media Editor
Merry Byrd
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Production Editor
Lucia Bausela Buccianti
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​​Subscription Editor
Esther Odukomaiya
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Peer Review Editor, Digital Distributor, and Newsletter Editor
Nolan Boyd
Batya Weinbaum started her editing career with the Political Education and Action Pamphlets in Union for Radical Political Economics, founded and operated Angel Fish Press in VT in the 80s, and has been editing Femspec since the 90s. She has published numerous scholarly and creative works, including a novel, a collection of short stories, a monograph by University of Texas Press, two books by South End, and critical works in Science Fiction Studies, Extrapolation, Foundation, Journal of American Folklore and Journal of American Culture as well as Taboo, Multicultural Education, Journal of Interdisciplinary Thought, Frontiers, Women in Judaism, NWSA Journal, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, and MELUS. She teaches online at American Public University System and the University of Maryland Global Campus. She earned her doctorate in English and American Studies at University of Massachusetts at Amherst for her study, "Islands of Women and Amazons: Representations and Realities, " which has been published in two editions. Her first book, The Curious Courtship of Women's Liberation and Socialism, was translated into Spanish and published by Siglo XXI in Madrid. Her book on Isla Mujeres, MX, Islands of Women and Amazons: Representations and Realities, is available on Amazon. She is also the founder, director, and developer, of Feminina Sube, a feminist art installation on Isla Mujeres, MX, which has been filmed and documented in books and media many times. She also operates a women's retreat center in VA. Her papers are archived at Duke University among other places.
Nolan Boyd is currently Visiting Instructor of English at the University of South Florida. He graduated with a PhD in English Literature and a Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Miami University in 2020. His scholarship analyzes the cultural work performed by cinema and contemporary literature, and particularly by representations of queerness and disability. He also serves as a peer reviewer for the journal.
Barbara Bennett is a Professor of English at North Carolina State University. She is the author of five books, many articles, and a variety of reviews. Her area of study is Women's Literature, American Literature, and Contemporary Literature of the World. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with her slightly insane Bernedoodle Clara.