UPDATE: Visit the nominees and winners of the 2009 Utne Independent Press Awards.
Adbusters
Strong reporting, great writing, and compelling photos are combined to provide a fresh and illuminating view of American life today.
Journal of the Mental Environment
Kalle Lasn, Editor
The Media Foundation
1243 W. 7th Av.
Vancouver,BC,V6H1B7 Canada
Subscription address:
PMB 658
250 H St.
Blaine, WA 98230-9936
$25/yr. (5 issues)
E-mail: adbusters@adbusters.org
For feminists interested in popular culture, Bitch looks at the media from a spunky perspective.
Feminist response to pop culture.
Lisa Miya-Jervis, editor
Bitch Publications
2765 16th Street
San Francisco,CA 94103
877-21-BITCH
Subscription address: same as above
$15 for 4 issues (2 or 3 per year)
E-mail: ljervis@sirius.com
A substantial and ambitious magazine that aim to reflect ‘the reality of alternative politics and culture in a format that is accessible to people from a variety of backgrounds.’
New perspectives on politics, culture, media and life.
Jen Angel and Jason Kucsma, editors
P.O. Box 1225
Bowling Green,OH 43402
419-353-7035
Subscription address: same as above
$18/6 issues
E-mail: info@clamormagazine.org
Designer/Builder
www.designerbuildermagazine.com
A gem from the southwest for architects, homebodies, and probably even construction workers. One of the few magazines around that seamlessly combines architecture, philosophy and politics.
A journal of the human environment.
Kingsley Hammett, publisher
Fine Additions, Inc.
2405 Maclovia Ln.
Santa Fe,NM 87505
505-471-4549
Subscription address: same as above.
$28/yr. (11 issues)
Excellent writing, cultural commentary, humor–Canadian style.
The Canadian magazine of ideas and culture.
Stephen Osborne, editor in chief
1014 Homer St., Suite 103
Vancouver,BC V6B 2W9 Canada
Subscription address: same as above
888-GEIST-EH
US$21 or CDN$15/yr. (4 issues)
E-mail:
geist@geist.com
The grande dame of American feminist periodicals.
Marcia Ann Gillespie, editor in chief
Liberty Media for Women
20 Exchange Place
New York, NY 10005
212-509-2092
Subscription address:
Box 5299
Harlan, IA 51593
800-234-4486
$45/yr. (6 issues)
Punk Planet
www.punkplanet.com
Not just for fans of punk rock–this magazine is a fine source of articles about politics, current events, and do-it-yourself culture.
Daniel Sinker, editor
Box 464
Chicago, IL 60690
773-784-9774
Subscription address: same as above
$21/yr. (6 issues)
E-mail:
sinker@punkplanet.com
Resisting the power of corporate culture through hard-handed analysis.
Carrie McLaren, editor
341 Lafayette #558
New York, NY 10012
718-398-9324
Subscription address:
PO Box 306
Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012
$10/3 issues
E-mail:
stayfree@metalab.unc.edu
A fine antidote to cynicism, this quarterly ‘journal of positive futures’ focuses on articles about everyday people doing important work toward social justice, peace, and environmental sustainability.
A Journal of Positive Futures.
Sarah van Gelder, editor
Positive Futures Network
Box 10818
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-0818
206-842-0216
Subscription address: same as above
800-937-4451
$24/yr. (4 issues)
E-mail:
yes@futurenet.org