Women's & Gender Studies

Audre Lorde, in her 1980 essay Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference, describes the "mythical norm" in which most power in society lies. According to Lorde, this norm, which extends to the scholarly publishing world, excludes women, BIPOC folks, and LGBTQ+ folks. Therefore, as information literacy scholars, we ought to recognize how academic publishing reinforces this mythical norm and privileges those who fall within it. We should seek not only traditional scholarly sources, but sources that fall outside of this realm, such as blogs, magazines, and zines that acknowledge lived experiences.

• Gender Science Lab: blog from a research lab focused on advancing scientific research on sex and gender
• Notches: blog detailing the history of sexuality, with original content ranging from author interviews to the analysis of primary sources
• OutHistory: public history webpage dedicated to making historical information about the LGBTQ+ community freely accessible
• Rural Women's Studies: blog hosted by the Rural Women's Studies Association, which aims to promote women's studies as it relates to rural and farm life

• The Advocate
• Cosmopolitan
• Ms.
• Out

• Barnard College Zines: Collection of zines located at Barnard College covering topics such as feminisms, political activism, punk cultures, etc.
• Bingham Center Zine Collection, 1992-2023: Archive of zines located at Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
• Chapman University - Feminist Zine Archive: Digitized feminist zines created by Chapman University students
• FEMINIST Zines: Digital zines from the non-profit collective FEMINIST
• Feminist Imaginary Research Network (FIRN) Zines: Small collection of digital zines on topics such as disobedient women, gender performance, and working-class women