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June 2010

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Echo

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ECHO is...

a low-budget DIY feminist media, music and art production project started in 2001

ECHO produces...

- the zines Flapper Gathering, Same Heartbeats, Not Lady-Like, Coma To Action...
- the comix Radix
- pamphlets about anarcha-feminism, riot grrrl...
- the compilation tapes Echoholic, Riots in the Benelux...
- crafts
- artwork
+ more

Type of project: 
Comics
Crafts
Illustration
Music
Zine
Topic: 
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Grassroots media in Europe
Zine
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HUGS & KISSES: Tender To All Gender. Christiane Stephan, Gründerin von Hugs & Kisses, im Gespräch mit Rosa Reitsamer.

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Art
Do-It-Yourself
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
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Kannst du dich bitte kurz vorstellen?
Ich bin Christiane 42 Jahre alt, arbeite als Fotografin und bin seit 2001 in der linken Subkultur unterwegs. Ich veranstalte sehr gern Konzerte und Parties, sehr gern auch mit mehreren Menschen zusammen wie z. B. das Ladyfest 2003 in Hamburg.

Wie bist du zum Feminismus gekommen?

Interviewee: 
Christiane Stephan
Interviewer: 
Rosa Reitsamer
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Artmix: The advantage of a diversity of feminisms. Iza Kowalczyk, the editor of the net-magazine Artmix, in conversation with Rosa Reitsamer.

Topic: 
Art
Gender studies
Grassroots media in Europe
Women's Liberation Movement
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Please can you shortly introduce yourself?

Interviewee: 
Izabela Kowalczyk
Interviewer: 
Rosa Reitsamer
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WIFP - Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press

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The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt research, education, and publishing organization. Our organization was founded in 1972, by Dr. Donna Allen, to increase communication among women and reach the public with our experience, perspectives, and opinions. Women's contributions to society must be heard and be taken into account if democracy is to function and the world's political decisions are to be viable.

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Networks and Associations
Topic: 
Networking & community building
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Ladyfest Trier 2010

Location

Trier
Germany
49° 45' 13.4712" N, 6° 38' 46.5036" E

"Lady..was?! Ladyfest!

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Join the femmepop revolution

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Type of project: 
Music
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Pop culture
Representation of women
Riot Grrrl
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taking cultural production into our own hands

Location

United Kingdom

This zine is a way to show how we can make the changes we want to see in our
culture, by ourselves.

-To inspire others
-To show how easy it can be
-To harness potentials
-To show DIY-in-action
-To show that we all have the potential to be creative producers and creative
consumers everyday
-To share tips
-To explore how and why we do the things we do
-To show creative alternatives to blind consumption of mainstream culture

Articles include:
Booking and Organising spoken-word tours, Curating Art Shows, Being a queer femme performance artist, Making Comics, Making poster artwork for gigs and events, Making your own animations, Making your own [documentary] films, Making Zines, Opening your own independent Gallery Space, Organising a Zine Fest, Organising Comedy Nights, Putting on Gigs, Putting on your own club night, Running a Magazine, Running a Zine Distro, Running your own record label, Recording Albums, Opening up your own Vegan Cafe, Screen printing, Setting up a Zine Library, Starting your own publishing house, Starting your own band, Starting your own theatre company, Writing and performing poetry, Writing and Publishing your own Book, Organising an Exhibition, Opening your own Shop, Opening your own Comic Shop.

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Web 2.0, Blogs & Gender: Literature (in German)

Carstensen, Tanja: „Das Internet“ als Effekt diskursiver Bedeutungskämpfe. In: kommunikation@gesellschaft, Jg. 7, Beitrag 5. http://www.soz.uni-frankfurt.de/K.G/B5_2006_Carstensen.pdf.

Carstensen, Tanja: Gender Trouble im Web 2.0 : Sexismus, Homophobie, Antifeminismus und Heteronormativität im neuen alten Internet. http://www.feministisches-institut.de/web2/

Type of Resource: 
Reading Lists
Topic: 
Gender studies
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Ladyfest München 2010: Ein Interview mit der Designerin Momo Stall

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Könntest du dich bitte kurz vorstellen?

Ich bin die Momo, ich komme aus München und ich mache hauptberuflich Modedesign, hauptsächlich Mützen. Und hier auf dem Ladyfest biete ich Mützen an, die man sich selber nähen kann und Mützen, die man kaufen kann.

Ist das dein erstes Ladyfest?

Ja, ich habe vorher noch nie etwas darüber gehört. Mich hat eine Freundin darauf aufmerksam gemacht, die mir dann Flyer gegeben hat.

Was sagst du zu diesem Ladyfest, zu dieser Idee, zu diesem Konzept?

Interviewee: 
Momo Stall
Interviewer: 
Anita Hammer
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Ladyfest DIY