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Ghetto Frida, courtesy of Rio Yañez

Feminist Formations invites submissions that reflect the journal’s mission to cultivate a forum where feminists from around the world articulate research, theory, activism, teaching, and learning. The resources here, including our Author Guidelines below, should guide you in the preparation of your manuscript. Keep in mind our mission statement in this process.

We are particularly interested in cutting-edge feminist work in the following areas:

Affect Theory

Asian and Asian American Feminisms

Black Feminisms

Borderlands Studies

Chican@ and Latin@ Feminisms

Critical Ethnic Studies

Critical Youth Studies

Critical Geography

Cultural Studies

Critical Disability Studies

Indigenous Feminisms

Performance Studies

Posthuman Studies

Public Scholarship

Queer of Color Critique

Queer Theory

Rhetoric

Trans Studies/Trans Feminisms

Transnational Feminisms

Visual Cultures

Download our style guide, submission checklist, anonymization guide, and a sample article. Submissions should be prepared in the following manner:

Author Guidelines

  • Check to make sure that your manuscript falls within the Feminist Formations guidelines of 8,000-11,000 words. The word count includes notes.

  • Anonymize: remove all identifying information from the document, and document 'headers.' The exception is the cover page, which should contain the author’s institutional affiliation and contact information (i.e. postal address, phone number, and e-mail address).

  • Submit your complete manuscript through Submittable in three files as follows: 1st file) Cover page in the text box provided; 2nd file) Abstract and keywords to be anonymized and uploaded; 3rd file) Complete manuscript, including the abstract and keywords. Files must be in Word .doc (NOT .docx or .rtf). The editorial team will not process incorrect file types.

  • Follow the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) 17 author-date system with parenthetical citations. All text, including quotations, must be double-spaced.

  • We do not accept email submissions. Please use our Submittable platform to begin the submission process.

  • Please include a minimum of 5 potential reviewers when submitting your manuscript. For each reviewer, include title, name, place of work, and email address. Please make sure the suggested reviewers do not have a conflict of interest.

Papers should be submitted to this Feminist Formations Submitable page directly. We cannot consider submissions that have been previously published or are currently being reviewed by other journals.

Questions about the submission process may be sent to the editorial assistant, I-Yun Lee, at feministformations@oregonstate.edu. 

For any questions about the journal in general or about submitting, please feel free to contact the editor, Patti Duncan.

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