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Altar Magazine
Mandy Lee Van Deven, Editor/Publisher

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Mission Statement: Altar Magazine is a forum for critical thought, artistic creativity, coalition building and activism.

Altar Magazine believes that problems are not monolithic, and neither are solutions. It is imperative to have socially progressive women and men fighting on all fronts of the movement whether that is anti-racist work, feminism, anti-heterosexism, economic justice or any other political action.

Altar Magazine exists within a community that is fragmented, but not broken. It exists in a time when coalition is crucial and must be implemented. We believe that the personal is political; therefore, all forms of creativity are inherently political.

For our complete mission statement, please go to www.AltarMagazine.com.

Current Work ISSUE #4 IS OUT NOW! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This issue of Altar Magazine is 64 pages of art, politics, music, culture, film and best of all... we're in magazine format! Just gets you... Interviews with: * Elisabeth Eaves Author of Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping * Growing Kranky folks make good music Articles: * Second Place in the Vanity Fair Essay Contest by Eli Evans * Silence is Brutal: Texas Prisoner Media Isolation by Barrett Brown * Correction: Children Born In Times of War by Kevin Minh Allen * Birds of Guantanamo by Tom Crumpacker * The Mexico not in the Guidebooks by Darlene Edrie * The Monologist Suffers Her Monologue by Yussef El Guindi * War on Drugs: Welcome to San Francisco by Matt Kelly * An Open Letter to Amy Ouzoonian by Utahna Faith * The Knock by Jackie Joice * Gay Marriage: A Conversation between Father & Son by Peter Lindsay * A Doughboy in Baghdad by Kathleen Fatooh Artwork by: Nicole Steen, Jesse Bachman, Vikki Law, Tracy Shirer, Jack Collins, Yuliya Lanina, Loren Talbot, Miriam Fogelson, Haifa Bint-Kadi, Andy Lin, Brigitte Boyer, Karen Constance, Kathleen O’Grady, and Christina Richards and MORE! Send cash, check or money order made out to "Mandy Van Deven" to: Altar Magazine 955 Metropolitan Avenue Suite 4R Brooklyn NY 11211 OR buy it at the web store at www.AltarMagazine.com.
History Many people have asked why "Altar" was chosen as the name of this magazine, especially curious about the spelling with -AR (typically meaning a religious shrine of some sort where people come to pray or worship) instead of -ER (typically meaning to change). Our standard answer is that we played Rock Paper Scissors, and I lost. While this did actually happen, the decision was based on multiple conversations about the connotations of both spellings and their connection with our vision. We feel Altar Magazine should be a safe space one can come to in order to reflect, feel motivated and encouraged, have questions answered, and make choices about their own contributions to progressive social change. We also believe that politics, art and activism, like religion, can be a powerful force in one's life offering explanation and guidance while constantly changing and being reinvented by its participants. We felt the idea of altering would continue to be present whatever the spelling, but the symbolism of an altar would otherwise be lost. Both readings are important. And besides, it's a great hook for interesting conversations.

Contact 955 Metropolitan Avenue Suite 4R Brooklyn, NY 11211
Artist Location Brooklyn, NY
Type of artist Editor, Writer, Other
General Themes Activism/Social Justice, Sexuality, Feminism/Gender Issues, Race/Ethnicity/Cultural Identity, Mass Media/Pop Culture
Last updated on January 23rd, 2005

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