''Opzij'' is a mainstream

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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

History and profile

''Opzij'' was founded as a

radical feminist Radical feminism is a perspective within feminism that calls for a radical re-ordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts, while recognizing that women's experiences are also affected by other s ...

magazine in November 1972 by

Wim Hora Adema Wim Hora Adema (14 July 1914 – 10 December 1998) was a Dutch people, Dutch author of children's literature and a feminist, notable for being the co-founder of ''Opzij'', founded in 1972 as a radical feminism, radical feminist monthly magazin ...

(1914–1998) and

Hedy d'Ancona Hedwig "Hedy" d'Ancona (; born 1 October 1937) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and political activist. d'Ancona applied at the University of Amsterdam in June 1956 majoring in Sociology and obtaining a Bachelor of ...

(1937). A former editor was

Cisca Dresselhuys Francisca Wilhelmina "Cisca" Dresselhuys (born 21 April 1943 in Leeuwarden) was the first head editor of the Dutch feminist monthly magazine '' Opzij'' from 1 November 1981 until 1 April 2008. Her journalistic career started at the daily '' Trouw' ...

, who retired in 2008; the current editor (2009) is Margriet van der Linden. The magazine calls itself the "only opinion magazine for women," and considers itself a part of the women's movement. It is published on a monthly basis. 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 Human female sexuality encompasses a broad range of behaviors and processes, including female sexual identity and Human sexual activity, sexual behavior, the physiological, psychological, social, cultural, political, and spiritual or religious ...

in the Netherlands. 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

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of the changes ''Opzij'' and its readership have experienced since its founding. The publisher and owner of the magazine was Weekbladpers. In 2014, its owner, Weekbladpers, sold the magazine as part of an organizational restructuring prompted by declining sales numbers for magazines. ''

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'' reported ''Opzij''s circulation as 44,000 copies in May 2014, down about 50% over the previous decade. The new owner,

Veen Media Veen Media is a Dutch media company, owned by Arcis, known best as publisher of popular-scientific magazines. In January 2014 it took over the feminist magazine ''Opzij ''Opzij'' is a mainstream Netherlands, Dutch Feminism, feminist monthly magaz ...

, employs some thirty-five people, five of which with ''Opzij''. 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''.

Harriet Freezerring

Since 1978 ''Opzij'' awards an emancipation award named for Dutch journalist and author Harriët Freezer.Complete list of winners
/ref> Notable winners include Nahed Selim (2006), Elsbeth Boor and the Clara Wichmann Institute (2005),

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali (; ; Somali: ''Ayaan Xirsi Cali'':'' Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī;'' born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, ar, أيان حرسي علي / ALA-LC: ''Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī'' 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist and former politici ...

(2004),

(1992), and

Ellen 't Hoen Ellen F. M. 't Hoen (born 1960) is an international medical activist. She is an expert in medicines policy and intellectual property law and has been a consultant to a number of countries and international organisations. In 2005 and 2006 she was l ...

(1989).

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