Besides scholarly articles, the journal also publishes creative writing (poetry, fiction, and memoirs), artwork and art essays, book reviews, political and social commentaries, interviews, and activist reports.

This feminist network believed that the women's movement needed an analytic forum to engage the issues raised by the movement and to bring together the contributions of feminist activists and scholars.

Dr. Claire Goldberg Moses, professor emerita of women's studies at the University of Maryland,[1] was the journal's editorial director for over three decades, running it alongside a collective of scholars in multiple disciplines and locations.

The journal has contributed to public discourse, activism, gender and liberal studies in general.

[4][5] The periodical has created platforms for women and provided opportunities to scholars, artists and activists.