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The article is an editorial,analyzing feminism and its political identity in the media. The article also gives an overview of the issues dealt with in the current issue. It refers to the early portrayal of sex roles in media, a conservative, "nationalist feminism" mobilised in the interests of US cultural and political system, the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and homophobia. The author applying a transnational, cultural studies approach, argues that representations of women are constantly renegotiated through discussions of nationalism. The author also examines liberal feminism and gay/lesbian liberation. According to the author, feminist commitment continues to question the difference, authority, and power as the only violence against"honour killings" of Turkish women seems to be consistently condemned in the press.

This article introduces the topics featured in the July 2004 issue of "Feminist Media Studies." The issue begins with two articles that in very different ways examine how the media have been used, firstly in sub-Saharan Africa and secondly in Palestine, in order to promote progressive-feminist political agenda. Both papers argue for the importance of small-scale, alternative to the mainstream, grassroots media as being best suited to ensuring that their messages reach particular audiences.