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- ↑ Laura Martisiute (December 28, 2015). "10 Cool Magazines From The Past You'll Want To Get Your Hands On". Listverse. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ Eric L. Haralson (January 21, 2014). Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-317-76322-2 . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Fuck You/A Magazine of the Arts" (PDF) (1). Retrieved June 28, 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "RealityStudio website: Fuck You Press Archive". Reality Studio. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
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