As I mentioned in an earlier post on culture and politics, I recently started subscribing to Lux Magazine.
Why?
The decline of Bitch magazine presented an opening in the socialist feminist reading space. It quit publishing things that interested me, and then it quit publishing altogether. But I wanted to read insightful discussion of feminism and pop culture from a socialist perspective.
Lux entered that space! And so far, I think it has done a reasonable job at it. An issue I received in January 2024, for example, discusses Palestinian activism, tenant union battles against landlords, and book reviews of both new books and classics. I learned a fair bit.
That said, the mag isn’t perfect. Its politics often lean toward ultra-progressivism, especially in its advocacy for ‘abolition.’ It also publishes some of the more frivolous takes on pop culture that pervade the feminist pop culture lit.
But, on the whole, it’s an interesting and informative magazine. Readers should give it a look!
