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Grassroots Media in Europe

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Femgeeks ...rrrebooting gender (Blog)

Location

Germany

Info:
German group blog about (feminist) geek culture, geek feminism, gender and net culture, technology and IT, science, gaming, science fiction, sexism/stereotypes, etc.

Statement:

Femgeeks ist ein deutschsprachiges Gemeinschaftsblog zu feministischen Geekthemen und geekigem Feminismus. Dieses Blog ist ein Ort, an dem sich Kreativität, Kritik, außergewöhnliche Interessen, Feminismus und Einblicke in Wissenschaft und Technologie treffen. Diskussionen, Ideen und Anregungen zum Thema sind erwünscht, Projekte außerhalb der Bloggerei bereits in Planung.

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side-glance (Blog, 2009-2012?)

Location

Germany

Info;
side-glance was a blog run by Melanie Niethammer, a computer engineering student, dealing with feminism and IT/technics, women in computing, women in technology/engineering, stereotypes, sexism, gender and net culture, net feminism, geek culture, etc. Melanie also wrote a guest blog for the German Missy Magazine (in Oct/Nov. 2011) and in July 2012 started together with some other activists the German geek feminist blog Femgeeks.

Statement:
Über mich:

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Sektor Ž (Radio)

Location

Ljubljana
Slovenia
46° 3' 5.1336" N, 14° 30' 21.4776" E

Info:
Feminist radio show putting a feminist perspective on society, politics, arts and culture. It gets broadcasted every 4th Saturday at 12:00 am via Radio Študent in Ljubljana

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Ptqk_blogzine

Location

Spain

Info:
Spanish blog by Maria Ptqk with an emphasis on cyberfeminism, technologies, art and artistic interventions, activism, etc.

Statement:
Ptqk_zine es un fanzine digital sobre artes experimentales, cibercultura crítica y activismo. Queremos dar a conocer diferentes puntos de vista sobre los temas que nos interesan y no siempre estamos de acuerdo con el contenido de los textos que recomendamos.

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Lezbično-feministična univerza (LFU) (Blog)

Location

Ljubljana
Slovenia
46° 3' 5.1336" N, 14° 30' 21.4776" E

Statement:
Lezbično-feministična univerza / Lesbian Feminist University (LFU) is an initiative set up in March 2010 as an autonomous space of educational, theoretic and artistic practices and actions for lesbians and women interested in lesbian feminism, antifascism and anticapitalism. The name “University” is meant to be ironic, as study methods are based on the principles of self-organization, autonomy, active participation and democratic decision-making of all the participants.

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Ka Comix (Comics, Illustrations)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 9.0156" N, 13° 24' 21.9276" E

Info:
Ka Schmitz is a German comic-artist, illustrator, Wen-Do trainer and also gives comic and other creative and empowering workshops. She is living in Berlin. In her comics she is dealing with issues like violence against women, self-defense, gender roles and stereotypes, LGBT and queer issues, feminist consciousness, empowerment, etc.

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Nrrrdz (Podcast)

Location

Hamburg
Germany
53° 33' 3.906" N, 9° 59' 37.2552" E

Info:
Nrrrdz is a queer-feminist podcast run by maj (Marlen from heiter scheitern) and ihdl/Kathrin Ganz (i heart digital life blog); emphasis on queer-feminist perspectives, nerd culture, net activism and politics, technics, net culture, etc.

Statement:
nrrrdz ist ein queer-feministisches, nerdiges Podcastprojekt. maj und ihdl unterhalten sich über Netzkultur, Technik, Gadgets, Netzpolitik und ihre Erfahrungen im Internet.

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i heart digital life (Blog)

Location

Hamburg
Germany
53° 33' 3.906" N, 9° 59' 37.2552" E

Info:
personal blog by Kathrin Ganz with an emphasis on queer perspectives/theory, feminism, digital life, Internet and net activism, gender/queer studies, activism, politics, ecomomics, anti-racism etc. Kathrin Ganz is also member of the AG Queer studies (which also runs a blog and radio/podcast) and together with maj/Marlen (from heiter scheitern podcast) runs the queer-feminist Nrrrdz podcast

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heiter scheitern (Podcast)

Location

Hamburg
Germany
53° 33' 3.906" N, 9° 59' 37.2552" E

Info:
Queer monthly podcast-radio produced since 2008 by Joke, Marlen and Steff from Hamburg, talking about their queer life, experiences with heteronormativity, LGBTI and queer issues, etc. Marlen (maj) together with Kathrin Ganz from the i heart digital life blog also runs the queer-feminist Nrrrdz podcast

Statement:
Joke, Marlen und Steff sind eine polyfidele Dreierbeziehung aus Hamburg und podcasten Anekdötchen aus den Untiefen ihres queeren Alltags.

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FRAZ - Frauenzeitung (newspaper, 1975 - 2009)

Location

Switzerland

Info:
founded 1975 by the FBB - Frauenbefreiungsbewegung and first published under the name Fraue-Zitig the quaterly newspaper was later published by the NPO Fraz Frauenzeitung, editorial work and all contributions have always been on a voluntary basis; emphasis on women's liberation, equality, discrimination etc. stoped publishing in 2009 due to a lack of resources and financing

Statement:
Die Frauenzeitung - die andere Zeitschrift für Frauen

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