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Sinister Wisdom publishes four multicultural lesbian literary & art journal issues each year. Sinister Wisdom distributes not only the journal to paid subscribers but also to women in prisons and mental institutions. Sinister Wisdom also offers reduced price subscriptions for lesbians with limited and fixed incomes!

Subscribe or renew your subscription to Sinister Wisdom today and support the oldest lesbian multicultural literary & art journal. You can subscribe to Sinister Wisdom using the PayPal links below or by downloading, printing, and mailing in a subscription form. Your commitment to the vision of creating, nurturing, and sustaining a vibrant lesbian multicultural literary & art journal is vital.

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"Empowerment comes from ideas."

Gloria Anzaldúa

“And the metaphorical lenses we choose are crucial, having the power to magnify, create better focus, and correct our vision.”
― Charlene Carruthers

"Your silence will not protect you."

Audre Lorde

“It’s revolutionary to connect with love”
— Tourmaline

"Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught."

― Leslie Feinberg

“The problem with the use of language of Revolution without praxis is that it promises to change everything while keeping everything the same. “
— Leila Raven