Grassroots Media in Europe (405)

Leeds Animation Workshop is a not-for-profit, cooperative company, which produces and distributes animated films and films on social and educational issues.

The organisation began in 1976 as a group of women friends who came together to make a film about the need for pre-school childcare. After completing WHO NEEDS NURSERIES? - WE DO! the group was formally established in 1978 as Leeds Animation Workshop. Since the mid-1980's the Workshop has been run by five women, who between them carry out all stages of the production process, from initial research to final distribution.

A blog from an exited prostitute and survivor of child sexual abuse. This blog may be triggering to survivors.

Penny Red is...
A socialist, feminist, deviant, reprobate, queer, journalist, aspiring author, freelance copywriter and sometime blogger. She lives with toast-eating pagans in a little house somewhere in London, smoking and drinking and plotting to subtly re-arrange the world to suit her ideals. Consumes too much tea. Regrets nothing.

womensphere: global women’s news, views and issues

Women in London's news and announcements blog

Feminists write about mental health

Transpunk is a UK-based webzine for those interested in queercore, genderfuck, punk, poetry, photography, street art and the like.

German lesbian-feminist history site, including biographical sketches and a list of German-language films with lesbian actors in the cast or showing relationships between women.

"Every social group needs access to its own history. Knowledge of our past gives us a cultural roots and a heritage with models and experiences to learn from and emulate or choose not to follow. Lesbians have been deprived of virtually all knowledge of our past. This is deliberate since it keeps us invisible, isolated and powerless. [...] the suppression of lesbianism extends beyond the control of contemporary images and information to include control of historical knowledge [...]."2

WIRES- Women's Information and Referral Enquiry Service

"Set up at the Manchester National WLM conference to collect and pass on info about the WLM [Women's Liberation Movement], operate an information service for women, and produce a twice monthly n/l. Initially a collective in Leeds took it in, and it was based in Leeds for over 2 years. Has been based in York since Xmas '77. Duplicated publication, circul. 600-700, extra copies produced for conferences, but has a wider readership.

reAXIE is a newsletter made by the Riot Grrrl Collectief based in the region Limburg in Belgium. The first issue came out on March 8th 2008 and it has since then been published every season. The newsletters contain short articles and reports, vegan recipes, (mostly local/belgian) news and an agenda for DIY/feminist/activist activities. They are written in Dutch and can be downloaded and printed from http://www.rgcollectief.110mb.com/publicaties.html. The word "reaxie" comes from "reactie" which means "reaction" in Dutch. "Axie", normally written as "actie" means "action".

A DVD-publication edited my María José Belbel and Rosa Reitsamer, funded by Arteleku (Diputación de Gipuzkoa, Donostia/San Sebastian, Basque Country)

Popular music expresses our deepest wishes and political flights, our imaginary bright sides of life. It is a token of love, of post/adolescent wishes, of possible sexualities and genders. It's functions as a field of research and as a ground for feminist and anti-racist networking.