Femmes to the Front is a feminist zine which encourages equality through artistic illustrations, and diverse literary offerings. 

The first edition's profits will benefit Femmes United in a Rhythmic Yell (FURY), an organisation that encourages women to get involved with the music industry. 

Friends Bianca Jagoe and Jaine Scollard co-created the zine.

A zine is usually a relatively small, lo-fi, self-published publication reproduced by a photocopier. 

The pair enjoy giving the zine format exposure, and diverting from the modern online norm by creating a tactile manifestation of their message.

Their friendship and shared values inspired the publication’s inception. 

“We both love zines and it's such a fun, cheap medium," Ms Scollard said. 

“It's meant to be pretty light-hearted,” she said. 

“It's a pretty important issue for us personally."

Ms Jagoe said “talking about women's issues, feminist issues, and going, "where do we put these?"” with one another helped generate the idea that underpinned the initial zine. 

Surprised by the success and interest generated by their initial output, Ms Scollard and Ms Jagoe have a second edition in the works.

They’re already brainstorming ideas for a third.

“I think we just kind of rocked up to the FURY gig with 20 or 30 zines printed and were like ‘oh cool, we've done this’,” Ms Scollard said.

 “Then Bianca put them online and it just kind of went from there."

“We weren't expecting it," Ms Jagoe said. 

The eight-page issue, sold for $3 online, went on to attract interstate and international buyers.

It was featured in popular magazine Frankie. 

The second edition of Femmes to the Front is due to be released in May, and profits will support Launceston women’s shelter Magnolia Place. 

Additional creatives will contribute content to the second edition. 

The pair said the publication aims to destigmatise feminism, and reinforce that the movement’s essence concerns equality. 

"Just seeing more feminist content become mainstream...stories are accessible, our generation is now redefining the way that it is - what it means to be a feminist,” Ms Scollard said. 

“It's a movement that's constantly going to change over time, but I feel like we're making it about not being perfect and being flawed."

"Everyone should be [a feminist], it's for the better of mankind," Ms Jagoe said.

"They're really hesitant to use the word or identify with it, but they'll happily say they believe in equality."