Filament's what's left of me

[cyrano]

I don't think I've talked about them before, and Google agrees with me, but there's this magazine that has recently caught my attention, both because it's a small press run title looking to crack itself open a tasty space in the publishing sphere and because it markets itself primarily to intelligent women who enjoy sex instead of printing lots of articles about fashion and diets.*

It's called Filament, and due to it being based in the UK I've had occasional problems getting my hands on issues. (All but issue six, damn it!) Admittedly, I started buying them because my friend was getting published, but now I'm reading it 'for the articles'. And with articles on Japanese rope bondage, female characters in video games, recreational drugs and free trade, capoeria, and interviews with Amanda Palmer and Annie Sprinkle, can you blame me?

They just got an increase in orders from a big US distributor, and it looks like they could use some cash support to make sure this new deal goes smoothly. (As you might guess, advertising is tricky for a magazine that has sexy pictures of people who aren't surgically enhanced women.) After a gentle poke, I was reminded that there are several people on my friends list who just might be interested in such a publication. I recommend Filament, and I think you should go down to the Barnes and Nobles in Anchorage, Campbell, or Emeryville, and check it out. Then I think you should buy a copy. Or go to the website and get a subscription so you never have to live through the arduous gauntlet I have of trying to get a single issue. And then feel free to let me know how you liked it!

*Which is one of the reasons it's having trouble with finances--fashion and diet industry advertisers buy lots of space in women's magazines but in return they demand editorial control.

Comments

[pusifoot.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the tip. I went ahead and purchased the most recent issue and a 4 issue subscription. It's not a lot of cash and even if I end up not caring for the mag itself it's the kind of thing I'd like to support and encourage.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You're pretty damned awesome. (:
I think you'll like it--you're one of the folks I had in mind when I posted.

[orchidsofdesire.livejournal.com]

Have you ever ordered from their site? Is it saying they're sold out of past copies to send?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I have ordered from the site, and have nothing but glowing reviews for their customer service.
And it does say they're sold out. That's also where I got information about retail sellers in the states (and in the UK--one of the stores in England had a copy of #6, but couldn't ship internationally.)

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

[looks down at chest] Okay, who painted the target on me?

Now I know what to try and get for you when I go to London this summer.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You were not at the top of my list of 'people who should know', but definitely on the list. (:

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Now you know how I felt when I heard about it. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I begin to think that I have no idea what's going on in this conversation.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

"how I felt" = like someone had painted a target on me, "it" = Filament, which hit the target pretty square in the bulls-eye.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm better now. I just had some pronoun confusion.