Welcome!

After 25+ years of publishing Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism, the Rain and Thunder Collective has made the difficult decision to end what has been a very long and successful run. We will continue to offer back issues of Rain and Thunder to the community and support the efforts of other radical and Lesbian feminist print and digital media forum. Please refer to our Resources page for a list of publications and platforms to connect with and support.

We also encourage women to create the feminist media they are longing to read! Rain and Thunder was started by a small grassroots group of women who wanted to see radical feminist ideas and analysis get out into the world. You, too, can do the same! Let us know if you are interested in starting up a radical feminist publication, newsletter, or online journal, and we can help provide you with the tools to get it off the ground.

We want to express our immense gratitude for our readers and supporters throughout the years. It has been an honor to publish Rain and Thunder, to watch it grow and be a dynamic space for radical women's ideas and voices to flourish. We have been incredibly fortunate to work with so many remarkable women - writers, artists, and activists - and to connect with so many inspiring women who have read and engaged with our pages.

The spirit, strength, and vision of Rain and Thunder lives on in the work that we each do individually and collectively to create a better world for women and girls. Our work does not end - it merely changes and evolves.

Back Issues

Issue 81 (Summer 2023): Themed Issue on Young Radical Women

Featured articles:
  • Grasping Things at the Root: On Young Women and Radical Feminism by Claire Heuchan
  • Kicking the Habit: Ditching My Smartphone as Feminist Practice by Tiffany del Valle
  • Inclusion is Not a Desirable Goal for Feminism by Madhulika Agarwal
  • A Letter to the Young Woman I Once Was (And Still Am) by Adriana S. Thiago for Radical Girlsss
  • How the Internet Weaponizes Our Internalized Misogyny by A. Muller
  • Maintaining the Rage by Renate Klein
  • How China's Young Feminists are Embracing and Supporting One Another by Wanqing Chen

Issue 80 (January 2023): Open Issue

Featured articles:
  • The Silencing of Women's Voices: Doxxing and Online Harassment of Radical Feminists by Liss Vincent
  • "This Is More Than Just About the Hijab": How the Death of Mahsa Amini Sparked A Feminist Revolution in Iran by Yousra Samir Imran
  • The Dangers of Purity: Feminism, Language, and Abortion Rights by Deborah Cameron
  • The Wanderground Lesbian Archive and Library: A Rain and Thunder Interview with Mev Miller
  • Beauty Practices as Harmful Cultural Practices by Heather MacLean
  • The Structure of Women's Movements by Dianne Post
  • Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements - Vandana Shiva in Conversation with Susan Hawthorne