Illustration © Nikki McClure

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Emma (Magazine)

Location

Germany

Statement:
Since their first appearance on 26 January 1977 is more than just a magazine EMMA: It is the best friend of her readers, a national women's information bureau, and - a synonym for the cause. The cause of women. Just a few weeks after the appearance of Power Girl got the nickname of "Emma") misses (or "Alice", according to the EMMA-founder.

EMMA has not only broken taboos and over again, it has also made policy. By not only informed and argued, but, if necessary, act, too. EMMA-initiated inter alia:

In 1977 the first protests against Clitoris mutilation

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Uplift (E-Zine, Magazine)

Location

United Kingdom

Uplift is a non profit making, independent women’s online magazine which acts as a place to showcase many women’s voices.

Uplift exists as an alternative to all the women’s magazines out there that put down and patronise. We want to show women that they’re not alone if they find features such as ‘the starvation tips of top models’ mind numbing. Uplift encourages intelligent engagement with the pop culture that surrounds us and offers women a platform to have their say, share ideas and get creative. All opinions expressed within Uplift are those of the individual authors.

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Vi som aldrig sa sexist: Normen styr inte dig - du styr normen (Blog)

Location

Sweden

Vi som aldrig sa sexist är en diskussions-/dialogblogg vars huvudsakliga fokus är frågeställningar som rör normer, relationer och genus. Projektet är en vidareutveckling av de så kallade feministfrukostmötena på Café Edenborg hösten 2007. Vi skriver för att synliggöra, problematisera och stegvis närma oss hållbara strategier för att leva med normer, relationer och genus, eftersom ett med alltid förutsätter ett mot.

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Isis International Bulletin (1976-1983)

Location

Switzerland

The story begins with a group of inspired feminists, many brilliant ideas and a good typewriter to put them together with... From the setting up of a feminist information and communications collective in 1974, to the first published bulletin that Isis put out in 1976, and all the way through to the present, Isis has been blessed with the courage, creativity and vision of the many women who committed to realising the organisation's vision for social transformation and women's empowerment.

type=interview

Hallongrottan/Hallon TV: An Interview with Bitte Andersson

Topic: 
Disabilities
Do-It-Yourself
Grassroots media in Europe
LGBT and queer issues
Queer feminism
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Jenny: Can you introduce yourself?

Interviewee: 
Bitte Andersson
Interviewer: 
Jenny Gunnarsson Payne
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Hardqueer (Blog)

Location

Sweden

Ett intersektionellt icke-nätverk med rosa drömmar och hårda nävar. (An intersectional non-network with pink dreams and hard fists.)

type=project

Grrrl Fest Berlin: July 3-5, 2009

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Grrrl Fest Berlin in den Räumen des Subversiv e.V und der Scherer 8

Programm:
Freitag, 3.Juli 2009
in den Räumen der SCHERER 8 (Schererstr. 8 / U & S Wedding)

Einlass: 19:30 Uhr

# Film: Itty Bitty Titty Committee (87min.)
# Konzert: Ex Best Friends (Postpunkheldinnen/Bln.), Totally Stressed (Art Rock/Bln.) & Respect My Fist (NRW-ScreamOh!/Bln.)
# Aftershowparty

Zines Zines Zines!
there’s gonna be one or more zine distros all over grrrl fest berlin 09, too, as well as a zine library that needs YOU!

Type of project: 
Event
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Networking & community building
Zine
type=project

Queerscapes - Zürich. June 5-7, 2009

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Queerscapes − The Flow of Dunes and the Green Shimmer of the Oasis on the Horizon
An ephemeral collective exhibition spanning three days on a walk all in one breath across two spaces and more. Do−it−yourself from archives to everyday life art practices, providing a dense web of insights, approaches, positions, views, perspectives. More than that: аnd a library, movie program, live performances, talks, discussions, art pieces.

Type of project: 
Exhibit
Topic: 
LGBT and queer issues
Queer feminism
type=project

off_pride - The Alternative Queer Festival, June 5 - 7, Zurich (Switzerland)

off_pride. The Alternative Queer Festival June 5 - 7, 2009, Zurich (Switzerland)

off_pride is the creative alternative to the official europride program: For all alterna-lesbians, non-designer gays, genderqueer free spirits and all of you who break the mold in some way or other. off_pride questions dominant gender and sexual norms. It offers a refreshingly uncanny platform for you to explore queer/trans*-lifestyles beyond consumption, conformity and commercialization.

Type of project: 
Event
Topic: 
LGBT and queer issues
type=project

Reclaim The Night - East Midlands

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Reclaim The Night - East Midlands

When : Saturday 24th October 2009
Time : 6:00pm onwards.

Reclaim The Night marches give women a voice and a chance to reclaim the streets at night on a safe and empowering event. We aim to put the issue of our safety on the agenda for this night and every day.

This is going to be a hugely inspirational event being held in Nottingham but we want it to represent the entire of the East Midlands. This will be a rally through the centre of Nottingham and then there will be speakers and acts (TBC) afterwards.

Type of project: 
Demonstration
Event
Topic: 
Activism
Representation of women
Self-defense