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Diane Anderson-Minshall is the co-founder and former executive editor of Girlfriends magazine, the co-founder and former editor in chief/publisher of Alice magazine, a former managing editor of QSF and Passport magazines, and a contributing editor at Curve magazine. Her latest projects include a new version of Lavender Locker (co-edited with Gina deVries), a book on women and crime (co-authored with Angelina Malhotra-Singh), and a book on lesbians in the movies (due out later this year). Her previous book-length projects include a 120-page special issue of the widely read women's journal Sinister Wisdom (1996) and Lavender Locker, a 250-page self-published anthology of work by writers under 20 (1992). In addition, her writing-including pop culture analysis; film, book & music reviews; celebrity interviews; investigative and lifestyle articles-has appeared in Film Threat, Utne Reader, Wine X, India Currents, Teenage, Seventeen, On Our Backs, American Forests, Femme Fatale, Diva, The Advocate, Boise Weekly, Pacific Sun, Sonoma Co. Independent, Film Ink, Vanguard, Washington Blade, Cafe Eighties, QSF, Passport, Bust, and dozens of newspapers. Her essays have also appeared in several anthologies including Closer to Home: Bisexuality and Feminism (1992, Seal) and Young Wives Tales: New Adventures in Love and Partnership (2001, Seal). Diane has garnered numerous writing and publishing industry awards, including Visa Versa's "Best Celebrity Interview" award for her 1999 interview of Camryn Manheim of "The Practice." She also received five other Visa Versa awards (for Girlfriends) including best redesign and best publication in 1998. She was one of five finalists for Women in Periodical Publishing's Excellent Woman in Publishing Award in 2000. She was a finalist for the 12th Annual Alternative Press Award for best new title in 2000 (for Alice). |
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"No writer I've worked with yet researches, prepares, and conducts an interview with Diane's directness and spontaneity. Diane is an experienced journalist, a fountainhead of ideas, a popular manager, and a virtual clearinghouse of data about...popular culture."--Heather Findlay, publisher of Girlfriends, OOB, and SF Pride Guide
"Even though it's a celebrity interview, it deals with substantive issues. It isn't often that an interview--through it's sprightly pacing and freewheeling tone--so gracefully and comfortably reflects the unique style of its subject. The piece is made all the more remarkable by the fact that the subject isn't even gay."--1999 Visa Versa judges of Camryn Manheim interview
"Alice...is what Sassy would've been if its early incarnation grew up and got a job instead of being turned into the vapid pile of doo-doo that is 'Jane.' It's solid writing about women's cultural productionn, with some research heavy features and girl friendly fluff. Light years ahead of 'Bust'...it's 'Bitch' for your middle class aunt with radical tendencies."--Kendra Marley writing in 'The Activist'
For More Info
Several articles on Diane have appeared in Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Mr. Media, and more. Pleasae contact diane@anderson-minshall.com for copies.
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