IN MEMORIAM

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Our Editor-in-chief, Batya Weinbaum, passed away on June 9, 2026. She started her editing career with the Political Education and Action Pamphlets in Union for Radical Political Economics, founded and operated Angel Fish Press in VT in the 80s, and had been editing Femspec since the 90s. She published numerous scholarly and creative works, including a novel, a collection of short stories, a monograph by University of Texas Press, two books by South End, and critical works in Science Fiction Studies, Extrapolation, Foundation, Journal of American Folklore and Journal of American Culture as well as Taboo, Multicultural Education, Journal of Interdisciplinary Thought, Frontiers, Women in Judaism, NWSA Journal, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, and MELUS.  She taught online at American Public University System and the University of Maryland Global Campus. She earned her doctorate in English and American Studies at University of Massachusetts at Amherst for her study, "Islands of Women and Amazons: Representations and Realities, " which has been published in two editions. Her first book, The Curious Courtship of Women's Liberation and Socialism, was translated into Spanish and published by Siglo XXI in Madrid. Her book on Isla Mujeres, MX, Islands of Women and Amazons: Representations and Realities, is available on Amazon. She was also the founder, director, and developer, of Feminina Sube, a feminist art installation on Isla Mujeres, MX, which has been filmed and documented in books and media many times. She also operated a women's retreat center in VA. Her papers are archived at Duke University among other places. She will be missed by so many. Rest in Peace, Batya