About this and us (2)

Grassroots Feminism subscribes (like The Queer Zine Archive Project http://www.qzap.org) to the belief that what we do as archivists constitutes "Fair Use" under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107:

Red Chidgey (UK) is a feminist activist historian and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Life History Research and a MA in Critical Theory at the University of Sussex, England. Zines and queers rock her world. With a grant from the Austrian Science Fund on feminist media production in Europe, she is currently drip-feeding her habit of interviewing feminist media producers and being endlessly inspired by the visions, working practices and generousity of all the feminists that she meets. www.redchidgey.net

She can be reached at: mailredchidgey [dot] net

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Elke Zobl, Austria, created the Grrrl Zine Network - A resource site for international grrrl, lady, queer and trans folk zines, distros and DIY projects (www.grrrlzines.net) in 2001. The web site currently lists around 2000 zines from 43 countries. The Grrrl Zine Network site hosts information on zine distros, comics, magazines, connected organizations, resources and writings on zines; Zobl has also conducted more than 100 interviews with feminist zine editors and distributors in 34 countries.

The site is organized and maintained by Elke Zobl from Salzburg, Austria, in collaboration with Red Chidgey, England, and Jenny Gunnarsson Payne, Sweden/England.

CREDIT IMAGES:
Header images "Reclaim" and "Read" from Nikki McClure (www.nikkimcclure.com). Used with permission. Copyright Nikki McClure.
Thanks a lot, Nikki!

DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING:
Design by Ingrid Sapp, Salzburg, Austria. http://sapp.at
Programming by www.roiders.net: Gerhard and Herbert Roider, Salzburg, Austria

FUNDING:
The set up of the special archive for Ladyfests/festivals and the programming of this project has been supported by the Austrian Science Fund (www.fwf.ac.at) within the project "Young women as producers of new cultural spaces" (P: T360-G12, 2007-2010), based at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (www.akbild.ac.at), Austria. The “Grassroots Media in Europe Archive” has been established by the web site team within the research project "Feminist Media Production in Europe" (funded as well by the Austrian Science Fund, 2008-2010) .

CONCEPT:
Elke Zobl with Red Chidgey

MANY THANKS TO:
Everyone who has supported work on this site with input, suggestions, feedback and information!

Grassroots Feminism: Establishing a transnational community platform and living history archive

The preconception of youth, and in particular of girls and young women, as culturally unproductive and as passive consumers of mass culture and media is still very much ingrained today. However, girls and young women are capable cultural producers who create a wide variety of their own films, music, media, and festivals. To gain insight into and to document the cultural spaces girls and young women create and the meaning they have, it is vital to look closely at their own cultural spaces - and not only at media produced for them (which is done more frequently).