JumpMag: For Real Girls [which means all girls]

JumpMag is a brilliant piece of online feminist activism. It's a magazine aimed at preteen girls whose motto [coined by one of the girls] is Fluff free and Bieberless. It makes me smile every time I see it. The founder and editor, Lynn Schrieber, who is an utterly fabulous feminist, started JumpMag as a way to fight the ever increasing number of pink and sparkly magazines which were basically one giant advertisement.* JumpMag is just one of the myriad of ways feminists are reclaiming the internet and making it a safe space for our daughters.

It is an utterly fabulous feminist project.

There are lots of posts written by adults covering every topic imaginable but, to be honest, those aren't the best pieces on the site [and I say that as a contributor]. The best part of JumpMag is the section written by girls themselves. There are short stories, personal stories of feminist activism, book reviews and poems. The posts written by young girls are amazing. So many talented and brilliant young girls sharing just inspiring and powerful pieces of writing.** 

I'm at RadFem2013 this weekend sharing a space with an incredible number of brilliant, beautiful, brave and inspiring women. We're getting together to discuss, debate and share.  JumpMag offers that space to preteen girls. It doesn't matter how individual women label their personal feminism, there is nothing more important than sisterhood and solidarity. JumpMag offers this to preteen girls. 

JumpMag is run entirely by Lynn and takes in no advertising revenue. All contributors are volunteers. It's my kind of anti-capitalist, pro-sisterhood feminism.***

*Okay, it's entirely possible this post constitutes a paid advertisement since Lynn is a friend and she bought me coffee once but this is me not actually caring about impartiality. 

** Technically, my daughter wrote one of the pieces but I'm totally impartial about this bit.

*** I suspect Lynn is rolling her eyes at me here!