Hello.
KnockBack is a funny magazine.
It used to be a funny magazine for women but we found that a bit divisive, it's aimed at women, but if you're not a woman you can still read it.
It's funny because it's well written, and has jokes in. We don't sell space to advertising, mainly because adverts are SHIT but also because we are not motivated by money, we are motivated by magazines like Cosmopolitan, Heat and the rest of the shit rags that pass for women's media. They motivate us by spouting unbearable, exclamation mark entrenched bollocks that makes us die a little on the inside. We at KB know that they are missing the mark, and so here we are, putting the mark into print for your viewing pleasure.
It used to be free, but that was when the editor lived in her parents house and had a well paid job. Unfortunately she moved out and went freelance so now if you want it we want you to go to paypal and give us some money, there's a donate button on this very page. It doesn't have to be much, but you know, a token couple of quid for the effort. If you don't want to, we will still send it to you but only if you say please and mean it. I suppose if we were like other magazines we would have stockists, but we are not like other magazines and when we do have stockists they only have stock for a couple of minutes then they have to wait another two weeks for one of us to get our arses in gear and carry a load more there so it's a bit slap dash really.
The issue on the shelves at the moment is KB Well-Dressed, it's still A5, it's 2 colour throughout and dammit if its not still top notch KBism, some say it's the best one yet, we say it's not a competition, but it's good to know.The issue we're working on now, although let's not get excited because we don't really do deadlines as they're traditionally understood, is the Vice issue. Not Vice as in self-congratulating vehicle for American Apparel adverts gratuitously gory with occasional spattering of funny free magazine kind of Vice mind, vice as in naughty things people do. If you would like to contribute, keep it under 600 words, make it funny, to the point and spell checked and whang it at Hilary Hazard ([email protected]). Be warned, if you send a five thousand word social commentary about serious feminist issues she will probably kindly request that you fuck off, she hasn't got all day and she doesn't care about your feelings, which is why we like her.
If, however, you want a diplomatic response to a proper question, contact Marie Berry ([email protected]) who will probably not swear at you.
The website will have more succinct contributor guidelines soon, as well as a home page that makes sense and some useful information that hasn't already expired by the time it's been uploaded. So look out for that.
In the meantime...
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