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Rain and Thunder is a grassroots publication created and distributed by a collective of radical feminist women. Published four times a year, Rain and Thunder brings you the very best in radical feminist news, analysis, theory, community building, and activism.

Rain and Thunder has been published for over 10 years and continues to fill a much needed gap in the realm of independent feminist media. We offer a sliding scale subscription policy to ensure affordability and accessibility for all readers.

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Recent Issues

Issue 50 (Spring 2011): Disability Issue

Featured articles:
  • Rights, Realities, and Issues of Women with Disabilities by Laura Hershey
  • Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities by R. Amy Elman
  • On Claiming My Movement: Disability and Reproductive Justice by Mia Mingus
  • Some Tips for Activist Groups: How to Be More Inclusive to People with Disabilities by Jennifer Robinson
  • What’s a Leg Got to Do With It? Black, Female, and Disabled in America by Donna R. Walton
  • Disability and Diversity: Challenges to Normalization and Sameness by Susan Hawthorne
  • Devoted: A Feminist Analysis of Disability Fetishism by Philippa Willitts

Issue 49 (Winter 2010): Annual Activism Issue

Featured articles:
  • In Memory of Frances Ann Day: A Rain and Thunder Tribute
  • Fighting the Black Anti-Abortion Campaign: Trusting Black Women by Loretta J. Ross
  • Are We Ready to Throw Our Weight Around? Fat Studies and Political Activism by Deb Burgard, Elana Dykewomon, Esther Rothblum and Pattie Thomas
  • Reality Bites Back: A Rain and Thunder Interview with Media Activist Jennifer Pozner
  • Sharing the Joy of Resistance Through Radio by Fran Luck
  • The Revolutionary is the One Who Begins Again by Erin Graham
  • A Circle of Women: Transforming Power, Building Peace by Edie Daly
    • (Click here to go to an audio file of this article.)
  • The Depoliticisation of Women’s Rights by Jennifer Drew