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Grassroots media in Europe (468)

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MFLA - Martedì autogestito da femministe e lesbiche (Radio)

Location

Rome
Italy
41° 53' 25.872" N, 12° 29' 39.2964" E

Info:
MFLA is a loose collective and a spazio radiofonico which gets broadcasted by the free Radio Onda Rossa 87,9 (Rome) since 1995 every Tuesday from 17:00 to 23:00; the programm consists of various feminist and lesbian radio shows produced by different people and groups within the collective; MFLA wants to be a political space where feminist and lesbian/queer ideas are discussed and disseminated; the programm also has a strong emphasis on anti-racism/anti-fascism/migration and postcolonial theory besides topics ranging from arts/ (popular) culture / music/ literature by women and lesbians to feminist news, feminist ideas, theory and activism, lgbtiq, violence etc.

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Server Donne (E-zine, network, server)

Location

Bologna
Italy
44° 29' 39.084" N, 11° 20' 47.4684" E

Info:

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Libere Tutte (Florence, blog)

Location

Florence
Italy
43° 46' 7.4352" N, 11° 15' 24.8436" E

Info:
blog by a feminist network linking various feminist groups, women's organisations and individuals based in Florence and fighting for self-determination, women's liberation and equal rights. The blog exists since 2008, the network even longer. Blog's emphasis on body politics, reproductive rights, sexism (in media), stereotypes, violence, networking, feminist activism, news about campaigns, petitions, demonstrations etc., anti-racism, international perspectives, etc.

Statement:

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liberetutte (Perugia, blog)

Location

Perugia
Italy
43° 6' 38.5236" N, 12° 23' 21.0192" E

Info:
blog of the feminist collective Sommosse Perugia (founded in 2008) with an antisexist, antiracist, antifascist, queer agenda; blog's emphasis on activism, news about events, manifestations,etc., violence and power, equality, sexuality, body, etc. In 2009 they also have been part of the video/research project Safety or Security? Quale genere disicurezza per la mia città dealing with gendered violence-city-security.

Statement:
Blog del Collettivo Femminista Sommosse Perugia.

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Le Ribellule (blog)

Location

Rome
Italy
41° 53' 25.872" N, 12° 29' 39.2964" E

Info:
Le Ribellule are an antifascist, antiracist, anti-clerical/Vatican feminist collective founded in 2006 by some students (in Rome); the blog exists since 2007 and puts an emphasis on body and body politics, violence & power, resistance, patriachal structures, sexism, machismo, inequality, etc.

Statement from 2007:

Le Ribellule nascono un anno fa dalla voglia di sperimentare un tipo di riunione e incontro politico differente, costruire modalità di confronto accessibili a tutte e scoprire nuove forme di comunicazione.

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Cin Ayşe zine (zine + blog)

Location

Istanbul
Turkey
41° 0' 18.972" N, 28° 58' 37.056" E

Info:
Turkish cultural zine publishing texts and visual material of Turkish but also translations of international writers, artists and feminist theoreticians. Since 2007 Cin Ayşe zine is published twice a year, in october and on the 8th of March. Every issue is based on a specific topic, e.g. #5: women and Art Brut, #4 women of the Beat generation, #3 Body, #2 women and Dada; some of the articles are also published on the blog

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Frauen in der Musik (Radio, 2010-2011?)

Location

Graz
Austria
47° 4' 14.5704" N, 15° 26' 22.2144" E

Info:
Radio program organised by the University of Music Graz (Kunstuniversität Graz), produced and presented by Livia Sellin; emphasis on women (especially local women) in music and broadcasted via Radio Helsinki - Freies Radio Graz 92.6 (last show: 20.03.2011)

Statement:
Frauen in der Musik
Livia Sellin

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LoRa Frauenredaktion (Radio)

Location

Zurich
Switzerland
47° 22' 7.14" N, 8° 32' 21.0588" E

Info:

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Girls Can Blog (Blog)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 27.3648" N, 13° 24' 22.644" E

Info:
blog which presents other female bloggers (most of them German) in a portrait series, publishes interviews with them and provides lots of links

Statement:
Girls Blog, Too, You Know
Dear bloggers and blog readers,

when it came to my attention that women are underrepresented in most blog charts, I wondered why. Certainly, there are many intelligent and outspoken girls and women out there who have been active in the blogosphere. Where are they, though? How come that, as of February 2010, we only know a fraction of them?

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Genres Pluriels (Blog, platform)

Location

Brussels
Belgium
50° 51' 1.224" N, 4° 21' 6.156" E

Info:

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