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Postcolonial theory & perspectives (14)

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Spectra Speaks (afrofeminist media blog)

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Spectra is an award-winning Nigerian writer, women’s rights activist, new media consultant, and philanthropist. She is the voice behind the afrofeminist media blog, Spectra Speaks, which publishes news, opinions, and personal stories about gender, media, and diversity as they pertain to Africa and the Diaspora.

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Blog & Web 2.0
Topic: 
Anti-Imperialism
Global affairs & transnationalism
LGBT and queer issues
Migration & border issues
Postcolonial theory & perspectives
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
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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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Femminismo a Sud (Blog)

Location

Italy

Info:
self-definition: anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-specist collective blog; emphasis on discrimination/sexism/racism/machism, violence against women, sexism/anti-feminism on the internet (cyberstalking etc.), especially on facebook, activism, anti-racism/anti-fascism, migration, reproductive rights, homo/transphobia etc.; although they are very critical about facebook and other social media, there exists a support group which runs a Femminismo a Sud facebook-group; lot of links!

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Palabras (Magazine)

Location

Brussels
Belgium
50° 50' 46.6116" N, 4° 21' 17.0172" E

The magazine Palabras / Palabres broadcasts stories of concrete struggles of women, South and North, in a fresh perspective.

It disseminates stories of grassroots groups, living in Southern Europe, Latin America and francophone Africa.

The project gives voice to women's groups in southern and northern countries to tell and write about a specific action which illustrates social engagement.

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