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MigraZine- online magazine by and for migrant women

Location

Linz
Austria
48° 18' 21.8664" N, 14° 17' 10.6548" E

Verein MAIZ is a self-organisation by and for migrant women. Through our work we attempt to create space for migrant women to articulate themselves as protagonists. „MigraZine“ is a project for an online magazine by and for migrant women and as such, is intended to contribute to the participation of migrant women. The motivations for this project are manifold:

* We refuse to be perceived solely in the role of victim or as offender. We are producers who can and want to speak for ourselves.
* Migrant women’s access to print and online media is limited and one-sided. The intention of the project is to provide the possibility to decide throughout the whole process - starting from the idea to its form and its design.
* Furthermore, with regards to their participation in the media, migrant women are confronted with a lack of technical knowledge, a scarcity of resources and insufficient knowledge of German and English, the dominant languages.
* An online magazine, the medium of choice for this task, is, among other things due to the low costs involved.
* This project will be carried out for a limited period of time. However, we understand it as a first step with leaving the option open to further develop it.
* A feminist and at the same time an anti-racist publication.

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There's Nowt As Queer As Feminism zine

Location

Cardiff
United Kingdom
51° 28' 52.7052" N, 3° 10' 49.7928" W

A zine looking at the links between feminism and queer, from a grassroots activist perspective.

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Ta det röda pillret (Blog)

Location

Sweden

Take the Red Pill--Face the World Problems (Queerfeminist blog by Alexander Alvina Chamberland)

Description: Activist, mainly within feminism, hbt/queer and animal's rights. Leading motifs are intersectionality and anarchofeminism! Am gay, byt rather 'dykey'. Studying Gender Studies in Lund. Columnist for the magazines ETC and Efter Arbetet [After Work].
(Freely translated from Swedish)

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Morgenmuffel Comic

Location

Brighton
United Kingdom
50° 49' 10.9776" N, 0° 8' 11.6592" W
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Bird of Paradox (Blog)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 26.406" N, 0° 7' 39.6588" W

About Bird of Paradox blog:
I write about issues that interest and affect me as a transsexual woman: the civil, social and legal rights of transsexual women in particular – “the politics of being trans” – is a subject which motivates me more as I get further into my transition. As the saying goes: “Women may be second-class citizens, but trans women are second-class women”.

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KnockBack (Magazine)

Location

United Kingdom

KnockBack Magazine, or KB to our friends, is our A5 antidote to the guff that passes for women’s media. After enduring an issue of Cosmopolitan on a particularly slow day in the office, Marie Berry and friends decided to provide an alternative, a literary nod to the girls we know and love whose lives are not governed by shopping, dieting and celebrity culture. Because we are women who make sense, who work, play and write hard. Because the women you read about in other magazines are not like us, we are not represented, so we choose to represent ourselves, and you, if you are one of us.

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Subtext (Magazine, 2006-2010)

Location

Nottingham
United Kingdom
52° 57' 18.3888" N, 1° 8' 57.516" W

Feminism, politics and culture magazine.

Subtext is written and managed entirely by volunteers on a not-for-profit basis.

We're here to provide an alternative to mainstream women's glossies - a space that's challenging, supportive and engaging. There'll be plenty of much needed feminist critique too.

Subtext is a place where women can voice their opinions, sound off and promote the great things that they're doing or that they respect in others. Men are welcome to join the fun too.

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Different Worlds, Same Heartbeats

Location

Belgium

Ladyfests, DIY, Craft Activism

issue #1:
sort of a feminist travel zine mixed with drawings, reports documenting “the scene” and craft enthusiasm. it includes texts on DIY feminism activism and my views on Ladyfest Amsterdam, Ladyfest Brussels, Ladies’ Room, Freak Out Fest, Up The Grrrls and more.

issue #2:
articles about autonomous media and craft activism. travel reports about the mini-Ladyfests in Brussels, Ladyfest Berlin 2007, Ladyfest Amsterdam 2008, queer fests and more. DIY how-tos about Audacity, cloth pads and recycling an old pairs of trousers to an apron/toolbelt.

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Not Lady-Like

Location

Hasselt
Belgium
50° 55' 50.484" N, 5° 19' 56.928" E

Info:
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

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Radix

Location

Belgium

Radical Counter-Culture Art and Comix

Statement

Radix #1:
my first comic zine with drawings, cartoons, short and longer comics. stories about a storm, a queer squat punk fairy tale, being on tour, menstruation, music, feminists, and more. I admit I’m quite proud of it.

Radix#2:
second issue contains comics, drawings and collages about cats, squat evictions, harassment, gender, street-art, feminist herstory and more.