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Grassroots media in Europe (468)

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"One person is never just one identity; it’s not necessarily a schizophrenic situation". An interview with Tea Hvala from Prepih Blog (Slovenia)

Topic: 
Grassroots media in Europe
Queer feminism
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Tea is a super creative activist from Ljubljana, Slovenia. She’s been involved in media projects for over a decade now — from zines and community radio, satirical newspapers and festivals, to blogs and freelance writing (not to mention her collaborative feminist sci-fi writing workshops.

Red caught up with her at the Civil Media Conference to hear about her influences, how feminist generations can get caught up in ‘queer’, and how writing can be a form of activism – despite what the anarchist boys might think.

Interviewee: 
Tea Hvala
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey
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NOC WALPURGII / VALPURGIS NIGHT FESTIVAL

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Noc Walpurgii festival started in 1996 in Warsaw, Poland and is organized every two years.

It's a pioneering event in Poland taking struggle against sexism and homophobia and promoting girl-fronted bands and activities.

These issues are often not taken seriously inside of the punk, DIY or antifascist scenes and we felt the importance to show that most forms of discrimination like racism, sexism, homophobia are linked and that fighting against these forms of oppression is basic for antifascist, leftist, anarchist and hardcore/punk movements.

Type of project: 
Festival
Video & Film
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Grassroots media in Europe
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“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
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Reclaiming the F Word (Book)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

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.

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ArtFem.TV

Location

Vienna
Austria
48° 12' 29.9988" N, 16° 22' 23.0016" E

ArtFem.TV is an online television programming presenting Art and Feminism. The aim of ArtFem.TV is to foster Women in the Arts, their art works and projects, to create an international online television screen for the creativity, images and voices of Women. ArtFem.TV is a non-profit artist run ITV and media art portal about Art and Feminism.

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Zadra (Magazine)

Location

Cracow
Poland
50° 3' 52.74" N, 19° 56' 41.928" E

"Zadra" ("Splinter") is a feminist quarterly published in Cracow by eFKA since autumn 1999.

"Zadra" is a feminist magazine meant not only for feminists. The circle of its readers is far-reaching. It includes not only people involved in feminism, pursuing gender studies and those well-acquainted with the subject, but also those who refuse to think in stereotypes and are interested in feminism.

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FemAdLib Kolektiv (Blog)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

We are artists making feminist noise from a grass-roots level. FemAdLib is not just an exhibition, it's activism. It's creating a space for explicit political feminist art...and a challenge to all sexist, heteronormative art/artists/collectors/curators out there.

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Feminish (Blog)

Location

United Kingdom

feminish
a 21st Century meditating feminist on life, the universe and everything

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HarpyMarx (Blog)

Location

United Kingdom

Harpy Marx is the alter-ego of Louise Whittle. Socialist feminist. Photographer. Politico. Depressive in a kinda cheery way. Who believes it is her duty to experiment. Rock ‘n roll comrades!

Member of the LP, LRC and Labour Briefing. Anti-war and anti-imperialist. Prefers cats to dogs, likes strawberry ice cream and staring blankly at ‘puter screens….and watching too much telly.

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BlogHer (Bloggers Webportal)

Location

United States

Welcome to BlogHer, the leading participatory news, entertainment and information network for women online.

Founded in February 2005 as a labor of love by three bloggers, BlogHer's mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community and economic empowerment.

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