Opzij
{{short description|Dutch feminist monthly magazine}}
{{Infobox Magazine
| title = Opzij
| image_file = Opzij (magazine) October 2011 cover.jpg
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| image_caption = October 2011 issue featuring Eva Jinek
| editor = Hans van Brussel (a.i.)
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| previous_editor = Cisca Dresselhuys,
Margriet van der Linden
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| frequency = Quarterly (as of 2024)[https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/na-52-jaar-is-het-feministische-opzij-van-een-tijdschrift-in-een-boek-veranderd~b90f1311/ Paul Onkenhout: 'Na 52 jaar is het feministische ‘Opzij’ van een tijdschrift in een boek veranderd'. In: de Volkskrant, 20 maart 2024]
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| founded = {{start date and age|1972}}
| firstdate = November 1972
| country = Netherlands
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| language = Dutch
| website = [http://www.opzij.nl/ opzij.nl]
| issn = 0166-2007
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Opzij is a mainstream Dutch feminist monthly magazine. The title means "out of the way!"Cas Wouters, "Changes in the 'Lust Balance' of Sex and Love since the Sexual Revolution: The Example of the Netherlands," in {{Cite book|author= Kenneth Plummer|title=Sexualities: Some elements for an account of the social organization of sexualities|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2002|pages=37–59|isbn=978-0-415-21274-8}}
History and profile
Opzij was founded as a radical feminist magazine in November 1972{{cite book|author1=David Machin|author2=Theo Van Leeuwen|title=Global Media Discourse: A Critical Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zrh-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT39|access-date=16 May 2015|date=17 May 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-24090-6|page=39}}{{cite web|title=Women's Liberation Movement (100)|url=http://www.grassrootsfeminism.net/cms/category/1/168?page=1|work=Grossroots Feminism|access-date=8 January 2016}} by Wim Hora Adema (1914–1998) and Hedy d'Ancona (1937). Former editors were Cisca Dresselhuys, who retired in 2008, and Margriet van der Linden. The magazine calls itself the "only opinion magazine for women," and considers itself a part of the women's movement.According to Cisca Dresselhuys, in {{Cite book|author= Nico Drok|title=De toekomst van de journalistiek|publisher=Boom|year=2006|isbn=978-90-8506-308-7}} It is published on a monthly basis.{{cite news|author1=Lotte Kamphuis|title=Why an Iconic Dutch Women's Magazine Is Ditching 'Feminist' for 'Feminine'|url=http://projourno.org/2014/08/why-an-iconic-dutch-womens-magazine-is-ditching-feminist-for-feminine/|access-date=28 June 2016|work=ProJourno|date=21 August 2014}}
The magazine currently contains articles about women and women's issues, as well as "lifestyle" sections. It also has a reputation for publishing stories about and studies of female sexuality in the Netherlands.{{Cite book|author=Cas Wouters|title=Sex and manners: female emancipation in the West, 1890-2000|url=https://archive.org/details/sexmannersfemale2000wout|url-access=limited|publisher=SAGE|year=2004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sexmannersfemale2000wout/page/n138 128]–136|isbn=978-0-8039-8369-4}} For many years, Opzij was a yardstick to measure Dutch women's attitudes; for instance, a 2002 study investigated Dutch women's opinions on relationships and sexuality based largely on empirical evidence of the changes Opzij and its readership have experienced since its founding. The publisher and owner of the magazine was Weekbladpers.{{cite web|author1=Jacco Hakfoort|author2=Jürgen Weigand|title=Magazine Publishing - A Quiet Life? The Dutch Market for Consumer Magazines|url=http://www.centraalplanbureau.nl/sites/default/files/publicaties/download/magazine-publishing-quiet-life-dutch-market-consumer-magazines.pdf|work=Centraal Plan Bureau|access-date=1 November 2014}}
In 2014, its owner, Weekbladpers, sold the magazine as part of an organizational restructuring prompted by declining sales numbers for magazines. NRC Handelsblad reported Opzij{{'}}s circulation as 44,000 copies in May 2014, down about 50% over the previous decade. The new owner, Veen Media, employed some thirty-five people, five of which with Opzij.{{cite news|url=http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/05/20/irene-de-bel-wordt-de-nieuwe-hoofdredacteur-van-opzij/|title=Irene de Bel wordt de nieuwe hoofdredacteur van Opzij|date=20 May 2014|work=NRC Handelsblad|language=nl|access-date=20 May 2014}} Veen had been publishing popular-science magazines, including New Science; that magazine's editor, Irene van Bel, succeeded Daphne van Paassen (interim editor since 2003, after the departure of Margriet van der Linden) at Opzij.{{cite news|url=http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/01/06/tijdschrift-opzij-lijkt-gered-overname-nabij/|title=Tijdschrift Opzij lijkt gered: overname nabij|last=Takken|first=Wilfred|date=6 January 2014|work=NRC Handelsblad|language=nl|access-date=20 May 2014}}
In 2017 publisher Hans van Brussel bought Opzij. Marianne Verhoeven was chief-editor from 2017-2022. Van Brussel changed Opzij into a quarterly 'bookazine' in 2024.
Harriet Freezerring
Since 1978 Opzij awards an emancipation award named for Dutch journalist and author Harriët Freezer.[http://www.opzij.nl/opzij/show/id=20579 Complete list of winners] Notable winners include Nahed Selim (2006), Elsbeth Boor and the Clara Wichmann Institute (2005), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2004), Hedy d'Ancona (1992), and Ellen 't Hoen (1989).
References
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External links
- [http://www.opzij.nl/ Website]
- [http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/music/bartoli/818.html Opzij article translated to English]
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Category:1972 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Dutch-language magazines
Category:Feminism in the Netherlands
Category:Magazines established in 1972