$pread Magazine's Publishing archives

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Identifier: 7817

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Advertising to attract contributors, volunteers, financial support, and attendees to their events, including "Grind the Vote 2008, sex workers from pole to poll" in New York City, Washington, DC, and San Francisco; a 2005 piece of hate mail containing a ripped up copy of the magazine and a letter from "One angry girl, AntiPorn Star Extraordinaire," which the they labeled "Shredded $pread" and printed as a letter to the editor in issue 3 of volume 1; the catalog from an art exhibit they created, “Sex Worker Visions,” at the LGBT Community Center, NYC, March 29 to May 30, 2006; media recognition, including the 2005 award announcement from "Utne Magazine" and a 2006 interview about labor issues for sex workers; and proofs.

Dates

2004-2009

Creator

Aimee, Rachel (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The magazine "$pread: Illuminating the Sex Industry” provided an independent platform for the ideas, writing, and artwork of sex workers and those who support their rights from 2004 to 2011. Rachel Aimee co-founded it with Rebecca Lynn and Raven Strega and served as the editor-in-chief for four and a half years. The magazine had an editorial policy of not taking positions on issues. It succeeded at building distribution for its print copies at a time when a lot of media was shifting to online access. While self-sustaining, it did not generate enough revenue to pay its creators other than occasional commissions for the sale of advertisements. In 2005, $pread won the Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Title, and in 2015, the Feminist Press issued an anthology of selected work from the magazine along with perspective on its history and extended impact.

Extent

.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Advertising to attract contributors, volunteers, financial support, and attendees to their events; a 2005 piece of hate mail, which they labeled "Shredded $pread" and printed as a letter to the editor; the catalog from a 2006 art exhibit they created; media recognition; and proofs.

Physical Description

Publications, printed materials, manuscripts, memorabilia, newspapers.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Rachel Aimee
Date completed:: September 2015
EAD encoding:: Jude Corina, September 2015
Date modified:: Jude Corina, September 2015