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Verena Reygers, Redakteurin bei maedchenmannschaft.net, im Gespräch mit Rosa Reitsamer

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Activism
Do-It-Yourself
Girls and young women
Grassroots media in Europe
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Mädchenmannschaft.net (http://maedchenmannschaft.net/) wurde von Susanne Klingner, Meredith Haaf und Barbara Streidl, den Autorinnen des Buches „Wir Alphamädchen. Warum Feminsmus das Leben schöner macht“ (2008) gegründet und besteht derzeit aus etwa einem Dutzend Autor_innen, die regelmässig Artikel und News schreiben. Eine der Redakteurinnen ist Verena Reygers. Sie verabredete sich mit Rosa Reitsamer am 8. März 2010, dem internationalen Frauentag, zu einem Skype-Interview.

Verena, kannst du dich bitte kurz vorstellen?

Interviewee: 
Verena Reygers
Interviewer: 
Rosa Reitsamer




Girls Rock Camp und Ladyfest Graz 2010

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"GIRLS ROCK CAMP GRAZ
ein Projekt des Doku Graz

Das Girls Rock Camp wird von 25. Juli bis 1. August 2010 im Jugendkulturzentrum Explosiv Graz stattfinden.

Es richtet sich an alle Mädchen und junge Frauen, die Interesse an alternativer Musik haben (Rock, Punk, Metal, Indie,...) und gerne mehr in diesem Bereich machen würden!
Dabei ist es egal, ob Du schon ein Instrument spielst, in einer Band aktiv bist oder noch keine Vorerfahrungen hast.

Location

Graz
Austria
47° 3' 21.2508" N, 15° 25' 29.298" E
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Girls and young women
Ladyfest




Breaking the Waves: Cardiff Feminist Festival

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“Breaking the Waves” is a grassroots, non-profit, innovative festival exploring diverse expressions of feminism through a vibrant weekend-long programme of events in Cardiff, including speakers, arts, music, discussions, and loads more!

The festival will take place in March 2011 as part of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. It will be open to all and will stimulate intergenerational dialogue between all who are, or have been, working towards gender equality.

With an ethos of empowerment, inclusion and innovation, we hope to break down perceived or real generational divides, build supportive networks for future anti-sexist work in Cardiff, and ultimately seek new ways of defining what it means to be a feminist today.

Type of project: 
Festival
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Older woman




“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




"Reclaiming the F Word" Book

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In today's 'post-feminist' society, women and men are considered equal. For younger women and men, feminism is often portrayed as unfashionable and irrelevant. But since the beginning of the new millennium a revitalised feminist movement has emerged to challenge these assumptions and assert a vibrant new agenda. This groundbreaking book reveals the what, why and how of the new feminist movement and what it has to say about women's lives in today's society.

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W
Topic: 
Activism
Girls and young women
Grassroots media in Europe




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
Tags: 
Feminism
art
photography




"Girl Power Fest" 2009

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Girl Power, a festival of women's creativity

Location

Koprivnica
Croatia
Topic: 
Girls and young women




freiTräume – DIY-Camp für Mädchen und junge Frauen in Salzburg (Austria) 26.-27. September 2009

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Einladung zum
freiTräume – DIY-Camp für Mädchen und junge Frauen
26. und 27. September 2009
Insel, Haus der Jugend, Franz-Hinterholzer-Kai 8, 5020 Salzburg

Nach dem erfolgreichen ersten freiTräume-DIY-Camp Ende August im Pinzgau sind am 26. und 27. September alle Mädchen und jungen Frauen aus Salzburg und Umgebung herzlich eingeladen, ein Wochenende lang Neues auszuprobieren, kreativ, stark und in Bewegung zu sein!

Location

Salzburg
Austria
47° 48' 1.7964" N, 13° 2' 39.876" E
Topic: 
Girls and young women




Ladyfest: Books, Articles and Websites

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Zines
Heather Crabtree and Melanie Maddison,UK Ladyfest Artwork 2001-2008: The Collected Interviews. Leeds: Self-published zine, 2007 (free to download from the zine archive on this site).

Articles
Elke Zobl, "Grrrl and Lady Style Revolution, Now!", Peace Review. A Journal for Social Justice, 16(4), 2004, pp. 445-452.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Ladyfest




Feminist / Grrrl / Zines: Books, Articles and Websites

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Websites
Grrrl Zine Network, (there is an extensive zine related bibliography here, http://www.grrrlzines.net/writingonzines.htm)

Books
V. Vale, Zines!,Vol. I and II. San Francisco: ReSearch, 1996/1997.

Karen Green and Tristan Taormino (eds), A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Stephen Duncombe, Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture . New York: Verso, 1997.

Type of Resource: 
Books & Articles
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Zine