M/E/A/N/I/N/G

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M/E/A/N/I/N/G was an art publication for dissenting viewpoints.{{cite book|last=Schor|first=Mira|title=Wet: on painting, feminism, and art culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-c48RR3UCgC&pg=PR9|access-date=17 December 2011|year=1997|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-1915-3|pages=9–}} Founded in 1986 by Susan Bee and Mira Schor as a magazine for and by artists, it was first published in New York in December, 1986.{{cite web|url=http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/bee/reviews/cotter.html|title=Against the grain - M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists' Writings, Theory, and Criticism Book Review|last=Cotter|first=Holland |date=Winter 2003|work=Art Journal}}

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Written by artists, the magazine focused on the visual arts. It emphasized feminism and painting, while also including essays by poets. Edited by Schor and Bee, there were 20 issues during the period of 1986 to 1996. The magazine was published online from 2001-2016.{{cite book|last=Bernstein|first=Charles|title=Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_LU7nqxIVUC&pg=PA262|access-date=17 December 2011|date=1 May 2011|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-04477-4|pages=262–}} M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists' Writings, was published by Duke University Press in 2000; it included selections from the magazine and includes essays and commentary by artists, critics, and poets.{{cite book|last=Schor|first=Mira and Susan Bee |title=M/E/A/N/I/N/G: an anthology of artists' writings, theory, and criticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbgFmDFX22QC&pg=PA29|access-date=17 December 2011|year=2000|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-2566-6}}