Illustration © Nikki McClure

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See Red Women's Workshop, UK (1974 - 1990s)

Location

United Kingdom

See Red Women's Workshop was a screen-print workshop run as a women's collective between c 1974 and the early 1990s. It was a radical campaigning and publicising organisation fully committed to the ideals of the second wave feminist movement.

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Fempunk Zine & Ladyfest Spain: An interview with Mabel and Maria from Madrid, Spain

Topic: 
Ladyfest
Riot Grrrl
Zine
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“We need more girl references and more girl heroes”
– Mabel

Interviewee: 
Mabel & Maria
Interviewer: 
Elke Zobl and Jenny Gunnarsson Payne
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“Ladyfest: Play if you feel like it, not for the money”: An email interview with Melissa from Auckland, New Zealand.

Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Ladyfest
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
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Melissa discusses DIY, why white Ladyfest organizers need to mind being "inclusive", and the importance of the festival as a queer event.

Interviewee: 
Melissa
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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“Ladyfest: We need to rip it up and start again”. An email interview with Terese from London, UK

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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An interview with Ladyfest organizer Terese on the limitations of the Ladyfest format.

Interviewee: 
Terese, Ladyfest London 08 organizer
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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Morgenmuffel. An email interview with Isy from Brighton, UK

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Zine
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Interview with Isy from the rad autobiographical comic zine Morgenmuffel about "contributing to the downfall of the existing order in some way" and creating community. Her comics are also available to view and download at http://www.morgenmuffel.co.uk

Interviewee: 
Isy Morgenmuffel
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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Mama Sez No War. An email interview with Vikki Law from New York, United States

Topic: 
Activism
Parenting & motherhood
Peace
Zine
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Vikki Law is a writer, photographer and mother who has been working on a survey of anarchist mothers for the past two years. She also put out the zine Mama Sez No War , a compilation of mothers' experiences and activism against the U.S. war on Iraq. Check out this interview about mamma, zines, supporting families in your activist community, and protest!

Interviewee: 
Vikki Law
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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Tenacious: Art and Writing from Women in Prison. An interview with Vikki Law from New York, United States

Topic: 
Prisoner Support
Zine
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Tenacious zine started in 2003 after Vikki Law was approached as an outside publisher and co-editor by women incarcerated in Oregon; they needed a self-determined forum for female prisoners' voices after the mainstream media kept ignoring their proposals. Vikki wrote a piece called "Incarcerated Women Create Their Own Media" for the feminist magazine, Off Our Backs, detailing this background, and recently published a book entitled Resistance Behind Bars from her involvement in prisoner support and incarcerated women's struggles. An interview with Vikki on the role that zines play in movements for social change, and the importance of striving for liberation for all in freedom, not equality for some in injustice.

Off Our Back article, ""Incarcerated Women Create Their Own Media", http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3693/is_200701/ai_n19512053

Interviewee: 
Vikki Law
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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Ladyfest in the press (Archive)

This is a compendium of general press pieces on Ladyfest - from the mainstream and alternative media (specific press articles also accompany each festival entry).

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Ladyfest Edinburgh 2008

Location

Edinburgh
United Kingdom
55° 56' 57.12" N, 3° 13' 47.928" W

Ladyfest Edinburgh 2008 happened 4-31 May 2008, Scotland.

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Ladyfest Goldsmiths 2008

Location

Goldsmith
United Kingdom
51° 28' 26.2848" N, 0° 2' 13.4844" W

Ladyfest Goldsmith 2008 happened 22 February, London, UK

Proceeds were donated to The Poppy Project, a sheltered housing scheme for the victims of sex trafficking.