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December 9, 2019 9:43 AM

I get the New Yorker weekly and while I really enjoy and look forward to it, the articles seem to appeal to wealthy, older, white audiences. What weekly / monthly magazines do you love that a) have in-depth reporting on a wide range of subjects b) appeal to radical/visionary thinking c) ideally are queer and/or POC owned or managed?

Is it Harpers? Lapham's Quarterly? n +1? What is going to expand my thinking? Who hires queer writers of color? I love the journalism of the New Yorker but I'm looking for something that isn't going to have an article on Alzheimer's every other article. Ideally looking for a magazine that reports on a wide variety of subjects but I'm open to more subject-based magazines (science, art, history, literature).

I saw this question. What is your favorite magazine that meets my criteria and why?

posted by allymusiqua to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Best answer: Scalawag! Very young, very energetic compendium of writings on the US South.
posted by mahorn at 11:07 AM on December 9, 2019 [5 favorites]

Best answer: Bitch magazine definitely has significant numbers of writers who meet your criteria. Well worth reading.
posted by conrad53 at 1:51 PM on December 9, 2019 [3 favorites]

The Sun
posted by kingless at 2:36 PM on December 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Yes! magazine has a queer editorial director and always has interesting articles on social justice, environmentalism, politics, and more.
posted by wsquared at 4:27 PM on December 9, 2019

You might like Current Affairs
posted by lorimt at 7:25 PM on December 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

Definitely Bitch.
posted by donnagirl at 7:49 PM on December 9, 2019

Banana Mag
posted by suedehead at 9:04 PM on December 9, 2019