Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine

Published from 1969 to 1976 in New York City, Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine was a quarterly feminist serial, one of the first of its kind. The mission was to develop a platform for women's expression in response to a male dominated literary market. The title Aphra came from Aphra Behn (1640–1689), the first woman to make a living as a writer.

The periodical published work from notable feminist authors such as Margaret Atwood, Kate Millet and Alice Walker, providing contemporary and historical social critique through the lens of second-wave feminist theory.

Mission statement
“Free women thinking, doing, being.”

Mandate and editorial content
Content followed a general theme from issue to issue, with special issues focusing on more specific topics such as the Spring, 1971 The Whore Issue, from volume 2 number 2, a controversial publication at the time.

In addition to short fiction, poetry, art, play excerpts, essays and other writing, was content unique to Aphra. Featuring critique and exposes on the downsides of the women's movement from a feminist perspective, Aphra provided meta-commentary on the second-wave feminist movement itself, offering perspectives that were not present in other radical feminist publications.