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Interview

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"One person is never just one identity; it’s not necessarily a schizophrenic situation". An interview with Tea Hvala from Prepih Blog (Slovenia)

Topic: 
Grassroots media in Europe
Queer feminism
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Tea is a super creative activist from Ljubljana, Slovenia. She’s been involved in media projects for over a decade now — from zines and community radio, satirical newspapers and festivals, to blogs and freelance writing (not to mention her collaborative feminist sci-fi writing workshops.

Red caught up with her at the Civil Media Conference to hear about her influences, how feminist generations can get caught up in ‘queer’, and how writing can be a form of activism – despite what the anarchist boys might think.

Interviewee: 
Tea Hvala
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey
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Ladyfest Hamburg 2003: Ein Interview mit Chris Köver von Elke Zobl via Skype, Februar 2010 (gekürzte Version)

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Könntest du dich bitte kurz vorstellen?

Interviewee: 
Chris Köver
Interviewer: 
Elke Zobl
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“No Rent-A-Feminist”: An interview with Catherine Redfern from The F-Word (UK)

Topic: 
Activism
Girls and young women
Grassroots media in Europe
Internet & digital divide
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The F-Word: Contemporary UK Feminism is a phenomenally successful e-zine that has helped rejuvenate feminist networking in Britain and further afield. Red talked to founder Catherine Redfern about the site's history, emerging forms of feminist activism, and her exciting new book Reclaiming the F Word: The New Feminist Movement, co-written with Kristin Aune (Zed Books, 2010).

Interviewee: 
Catherine Redfern
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey
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Ladyfest Wien: Ein Interview mit Sushila Mesquita von Elke Zobl via Skype, Februar 2010 (gekürzte Version)

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Könntest du dich bitte kurz vorstellen?

Ich wohne in Wien, habe Philosophie und Geschlechterforschung studiert, unterrichte gerade an der Politikwissenschaft als Lehrbeauftragte und mache sonst relativ viele Projekte im popkulturellen Bereich. Ich habe gerade ein Radioprojekt für Mädchen laufen und bin bei dem queerfeministischen DJ-Kollektiv Quote dabei, habe in vielen Bands Bass und Schlagzeug gespielt und organisiere auch hin und wieder Veranstaltungsreihen im Archiv der Frauen- und Lesbenbewegung in Wien.

Interviewee: 
Sushila Mesquita
Interviewer: 
Elke Zobl
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Artist Cordelia Donohoe has work currently showing as part of a V Day photography exhibition 5th – 20th March 2010 at the New Players Theatre, Villiers Street. London.

Topic: 
Art
Gender studies
Girls and young women
Sex and sexualities
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Tell me about the work you have been doing.
My recent bodies of work are around the notion of the prostitute, they are part of a dialogue about what creating a sexualized identity and advertising on the internet might mean. I take apart the process of taking photographs, I also use text and collage to question what one is seeing and who is being addressed. It is also a personal journey about my own relationship to my womanliness.

How did you get into doing this?

Interviewee: 
Cordelia Donohoe
Interviewer: 
Christina Olivieri
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Feminism
art
photography
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La Mestiza: Making new feminisms. An interview with Raquel from Lima, Peru.

Topic: 
Activism
LGBT and queer issues
Social Work
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Can you introduce yourself?

Interviewee: 
Raquel Andrade
Interviewer: 
Elke Zobl and Rosa Reitsamer
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Interview with Manuela from "Ladyfest Amsterdam"

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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How would you describe the main idea and purpose of the Ladyfest?

Interviewee: 
Manuela U
Interviewer: 
Goda Klumbyte
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Ladyfest Tijuana: An interview with Ines Castillo, organizer from Ladyfest Tijuana

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Please introduce yourself.

My name is Ines Castillo and I am 29 years old. I dedicate most of my time doing literature, art or theater workshops for kids, although I also teach at a high school. I am also an activist- almost full time. Sometimes teaching at the high school gets in my way of doing activist projects. But, yes this is what I do.

Are you from here?

Yes I was born here in Tijuana.

How did you get involved in organizing Ladyfest Tijuana?

Interviewee: 
Ines Castillo
Interviewer: 
Haydeé Jimenez and Elke Zobl
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"Cultural revolution is an important weapon against all oppressions": An e-mail interview with Carla, Julie and Íris from Histérica Zine, Brazil

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Zine
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"We are three brazilian girls that made a paper zine using the internet. The Riot Grrrl Movement inspires us, the radical feminists of the 60's too, our personal expirience, [and] we try to put links between what's important for us. There's a lot of other things that are mixed in what we are doing and you can feel it reading the fanzine. It's all written in portuguese, our first issue was out on March 09 and we interviewed: Allison Wolfe (lead singer of seminal riot grrrl band Bratmobile and nowadays vocal fo Partyline) and the seminal punk feminist band from the brazilian riot grrrl: Dominatrix. Texts and artwork. Soon the second issue is done and you girls will probably heard about it. "

Interviewee: 
Carla, Julie and Íris
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey and Elke Zobl
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In Search of Forgotten Women Kings: An Email interview with Kvinnekongen, feminist blogger and mother (Norway)

Topic: 
Grassroots media in Europe
Parenting & motherhood
Sex and sexualities
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“Kvinnekongen refreshes parts of the brain that other blogs cannot reach”
(quote, reader of Kvinnekongen)

Jenny Gunnarsson Payne: Can you begin by telling me a bit about yourself?

Interviewee: 
Anne Aaby, a.k.a. Kvinnekongen
Interviewer: 
Jenny Gunnarsson Payne