Zines

"This zine is adapted from my Masters research thesis, entitled '"I'm not waiting'. Doing it yrself, now: Challenging constructions of feminist activism and aesthetics in women's punk music communities". (Thesis now held at the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, England).

I wished to engage the activist community in which I am part, with the academic community in which my research was part of, and bring the two together in discussion of contemporary feminist activism.

This collective zine, which began as 'assess your weapons', a slogan from stella marrs (www.stellamars.com), is the offspring of the Leeds diy feminist group Manifesta.

Some RAYWs have special sections on different topics:
# 3: Confidence
# 4: Burn Out
# 5: Harrassment
# 7: Community, Collectivity and Communication
# 8: Independence
# 9: Recovery
#10: Boundaries

A zine looking at the links between feminism and queer, from a grassroots activist perspective.

Ladyfests, DIY, Craft Activism

issue #1:
sort of a feminist travel zine mixed with drawings, reports documenting “the scene” and craft enthusiasm. it includes texts on DIY feminism activism and my views on Ladyfest Amsterdam, Ladyfest Brussels, Ladies’ Room, Freak Out Fest, Up The Grrrls and more.

issue #2:
articles about autonomous media and craft activism. travel reports about the mini-Ladyfests in Brussels, Ladyfest Berlin 2007, Ladyfest Amsterdam 2008, queer fests and more. DIY how-tos about Audacity, cloth pads and recycling an old pairs of trousers to an apron/toolbelt.

Info:
Not Lady-Like is a travel zine by Nina Nijsten about her experiences at Ladyfest Berlin 2005. It's a combination of a travel journal, a long festival review, rants about the word lady, gender and "the Hooker incident", info about Berlin, with little portraits of some of the people she met, photos, recipes, drawings, tabs, DIY ideas, a few self-defense tips, a quiz, collages, etc. Nina has founded ECHO a "low-budget DIY feminist media, music and art production" label where she is publishing her various zines, tapes, etc. Not Lady-Like can get downloaded from this website; other zines: punk feminist, flapper gathering, Radix, (Different Wolrds) Same Heartbeats, Coma to Action

Radical Counter-Culture Art and Comix

Statement

Radix #1:
my first comic zine with drawings, cartoons, short and longer comics. stories about a storm, a queer squat punk fairy tale, being on tour, menstruation, music, feminists, and more. I admit I’m quite proud of it.

Radix#2:
second issue contains comics, drawings and collages about cats, squat evictions, harassment, gender, street-art, feminist herstory and more.

Info:
Belgian zine produced by Nina Nijsten; 6 issues have been published so far; emphasis on riot grrrl movement, anarchofeminism, DIY, zine culture, book and zine reviews, etc. Nina has founded the ECHO a "low-budget DIY feminist media, music and art production" label where she is publishing her various zines, tapes, etc. the first five issues can be downloaded frome this website; other zines: punk feminist, Not-Lady Like, Radix, (Different Wolrds) Same Heartbeats, Coma to Action,...

Exploring the connections between feminism and transgender