Self-defense

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e-zine with an emphasis on violence against women/gender violence run by a network of Spanish feminist NGOs; beside news, they also publish documents, comments and other material/texts on various aspects of violence/power like sexism in media, abuse, prostitution and human trafficking, economic inequalities etc. as well as statistics indicating the number of victims of gender based violence every year in Spain

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blog of an Ukrainian anarcha-feminist collective; emphasis on feminist theory, activism, protest, discrimination, stereotypes, lgbtq, homophobia, anarcha-feminism, women's rights, equality, anti-capitalism, violence, sexism (in media, advertising, everyday life, but also in anarchist/activist movements), body politics (abortion, reproductive rights), feminist comics/flyers/stickers/visual material, DIY, arts, etc. They work a lot with feminist/lgbtq/anti-homophobia visual material/comics, distributing it in the DIY section of their blog. In 2010 they have published a special issue print zine dealing with the problem of power structures, domination, sexism and violence in activism and especially in the anarchist movement, but also including a section about feminist self-defense.

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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.

The Ladyfest Leipzig 2012 will take place on June 8 - 10 2012

illustration: Katharina Zimmerhackl

Program:

Bands/Künstlerinnen

Bell's Roar
She Said Destroy
Slux
Sookee
Cat'N'Guyen
Damn It Janet

Workshops

Sexualität und Sport
Selbstverteidigungstraining
Schweißen
Radical Cheerleading
Queer Burlesque
Schlagzeug-Tonabnehmer-Workshop (E-Drumkit-Selbstbau)
Bloggen
porNo/pornyes
Sextoy

Vorträge und Diskussionen

Feminismus in der Ukraine

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Dumbles = Donne = Women; Friulian Women's group based in Udine; emphasis on ecofeminism, violence, sexual abuse, abortion etc. the new blog has been started in February 2010; older entries can be read on their old "ecofemminismo"-site/newsblog

Statement:
Nel secolo della globalizzazione del collasso degli ecosistemi delle catastrofi climatiche; nella spirale perversa e inarrestabile delle biotecnologie; nell'epoca della comunicazione universale
le donne ...!!!???

Le donne - soggetto tanto nomade da essersi perso?

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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