Feminist Studies publishes research and criticism that address theoretical issues and offer analyses of interest to feminist scholars across disciplines. Feminist Studies features theoretically sophisticated essays that make an original contribution and advance interdisciplinary scholarship regarding women and/or gender.

In publication since 1972, Feminist Studies also publishes creative writing (poetry, fiction, memoirs), art work and art essays, book review essays, political and social commentaries, interviews, and activist reports.

Recent special issues have included:

• Chicana Studies
• Women and Prison
• Women’s Work, Social Class, and Socialism
• Sexuality, Sexual Violence, and Sexual Identities
• Culture and History in the New South Africa
• The Body and Healthcare; Women's Resistance in Global Perspective
• Feminist History and Historiographies

Upcoming special issues will include Transgender Studies and Conjugalities and the Marital Form in India.