Ladyfest Darmstadt 2012 will take place on 24th November 2012

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Ladyfest Darmstadt 2012 – still lovin’ feminism

Wir laden alle interessierten Menschen ganz herzlich zum dritten Darmstädter Ladyfest am Samstag, den 24.11.2012, in die Oetinger Villa ein.

WomCam are hosting this year's Gender Equality Festival! We have seven days of diverse and thought-provoking events lined up. Our events are open to people of all genders. Please see below for more details, and we hope to see you at one of our events! We will be updating this page as plans are finalised. If you have any questions, please email them to womensofficerousu [dot] org.

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What is this blog about?

This blog is about feminist poets, comedians, musicians, actors, dancers, cabaret and burlesque artists, and performers of all kinds. I’ll be reviewing and interviewing some of the many wonderful feminist performers out there. I’ll mostly focus on those who are not yet very well-known, because you can find out about the rest elsewhere.

As well as telling you the basics of who performs what and where, I’ll also explore questions such as:

The London Feminist Film Festival celebrates feminist films past and present. The first festival is 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2012.

The festival was set up as a response to the underrepresentation of women in the film industry, as well as to the lack of films addressing feminist issues and the fact that the representation of women on screen is often narrow and stereotypical.

The 6th Vox Feminae Festival takes place in Zagreb from Nov 21st to Nov 24th 2012

Šesto izdanje Vox Feminae Festivala održati će se od 21. do 24. studenog u Kinu Europa u Zagrebu.

The HTMlles is a feminist festival of media arts and digital culture produced in Montreal by Studio XX, a bilingual feminist artist-run centre for technological exploration, creation and critique. Initiated in 1997, the HTMlles is an international platform dedicated to the presentation of women’s, trans and gender non- conforming artists’ independent media artworks from all facets of contemporary technological creation.

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NIKK is a transnational resource- and information centre on gender research and gender equality in the Nordic countries and was established in 1995. Between 2000 and 2011 NIKK magasin was published 3 times a year, two issues in Nordic languages, one issue in English and all focused on a specific theme like violence, prostitution, power, religion, minorities, family politics, climate change etc. It presented new and current themes and perspectives on gender research and gender equality politics in the Nordic countries. Subscription were free and all issues still can be read and also get downloaded as pdf-files.