[A. E. Stallings]

Er, maybe. But what about Formal (form-friendly) Journals then? Doesn't the same argument apply? Isn't that a form of reverse discrimination or what have you to make up for the discrimination against form seen in many mainstream journals? Personally, I think they are a lot less necessary than they once were--and I'd encourage folks here to submit to mainstream journals as well--but thought I'd bring it up for the sake of argument.

If there is a readership/writership/subscribership for something (Formal, women's poetry, Asian poetry in translation, Flarf, what have you), why should it be a problem there is a journal for it?