Harpies and Quines
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Harpies and Quines was a feminist magazine
founded by seven women living and working in Scotland including the journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch
and published in Scotland
between 1992 and 1994. The women were: 2 community workers, 2 journalists, 1 illustrator, 1 film editor and graphic artist, 1 film and television art director. It was launched on a wave of enthusiasm, goodwill, donations and unpaid efforts of a great number of women.
It was unsuccessfully sued by Harpers and Queen who objected to the name and didn't get the joke. Harpers and Queens managed to give the small independent magazine the kind of front-page UK-wide publicity it could not have afforded to pay for. Several sets of circumstances led to the directors of Harpies and Quines declaring voluntary insolvency in 1994 after publishing 16 (18?) issues.
Magazine
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founded by seven women living and working in Scotland including the journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch
Lesley Riddoch
Lesley Riddoch is a British radio broadcaster and journalist who lives in Perth.-Early career:Lesley Riddoch was born in England in 1963, spent her childhood in Belfast then moved to Glasgow in 1973 where she attended a local fee-paying private school...
and published in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
between 1992 and 1994. The women were: 2 community workers, 2 journalists, 1 illustrator, 1 film editor and graphic artist, 1 film and television art director. It was launched on a wave of enthusiasm, goodwill, donations and unpaid efforts of a great number of women.
It was unsuccessfully sued by Harpers and Queen who objected to the name and didn't get the joke. Harpers and Queens managed to give the small independent magazine the kind of front-page UK-wide publicity it could not have afforded to pay for. Several sets of circumstances led to the directors of Harpies and Quines declaring voluntary insolvency in 1994 after publishing 16 (18?) issues.