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Ka Comix (Comics, Illustrations)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 9.0156" N, 13° 24' 21.9276" E

Info:
Ka Schmitz is a German comic-artist, illustrator, Wen-Do trainer and also gives comic and other creative and empowering workshops. She is living in Berlin. In her comics she is dealing with issues like violence against women, self-defense, gender roles and stereotypes, LGBT and queer issues, feminist consciousness, empowerment, etc.

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The F-Word Media Collective

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We are a grassroots feminist media collective operating out of Vancouver BC. The F Word Radio Show has been on air since 2007.

We operate from the following principles and values:

* We seek to facilitate feminist dialogue in the community and use media as a foundation for positive social change
* We acknowledge media as a primary mode of cultural communication and we hope to open a space for alternative feminist dialogue that does not exist in mainstream media

Type of project: 
Blog & Web 2.0
Group/Network
Radio
Workshop
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Art
LGBT and queer issues
Networking & community building
Pop culture
Race & ethnicity
Representation of women
Sexual violence
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Feminist Media Project (2007-2009)

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The Feminist Media Project was started by a group of concerned academics and journalists focused on a feminist intervention in media depictions of missing and murdered women, and the related trial of Robert Pickton in Vancouver, British Columbia, for 26 charges of first-degree murder in the slayings of women.

Type of project: 
Blog & Web 2.0
Topic: 
Gender studies
Representation of women
Sexual violence
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Zharava - Жарава (Magazine, 1997-2000)

Location

Sofia
Bulgaria

Info:
Zharava - Жарава was a monthly magazine of the Bulgarian NGO WAD - Women's Alliance for Development covering a wide range of topics with emphasis on women's rights, equality, economic justice, development, power, violence, women and conflict/war, women and career/education/labour, family/motherhood, environment, health, literature/culture etc. WAD also published the English magazine Fair Play for the KARAT coalition

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Mujeres Libres Bologna (blog)

Location

Bologna
Italy
44° 29' 39.084" N, 11° 20' 47.4684" E

Info:
blog of the Italian feminist collective Mujeres Libres based in Bologna and founded by students and precarious workers; emphasis on reproductive rights (contraception, abortion) and body politics, violence, activism and political participation, LGBTIQ, sexuality, (precarious) work, sexism/stereotypes and representation of women, etc.

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liberetutte (Perugia, blog)

Location

Perugia
Italy
43° 6' 38.5236" N, 12° 23' 21.0192" E

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blog of the feminist collective Sommosse Perugia (founded in 2008) with an antisexist, antiracist, antifascist, queer agenda; blog's emphasis on activism, news about events, manifestations,etc., violence and power, equality, sexuality, body, etc. In 2009 they also have been part of the video/research project Safety or Security? Quale genere disicurezza per la mia città dealing with gendered violence-city-security.

Statement:
Blog del Collettivo Femminista Sommosse Perugia.

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Le Ribellule (blog)

Location

Rome
Italy
41° 53' 25.872" N, 12° 29' 39.2964" E

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Le Ribellule are an antifascist, antiracist, anti-clerical/Vatican feminist collective founded in 2006 by some students (in Rome); the blog exists since 2007 and puts an emphasis on body and body politics, violence & power, resistance, patriachal structures, sexism, machismo, inequality, etc.

Statement from 2007:

Le Ribellule nascono un anno fa dalla voglia di sperimentare un tipo di riunione e incontro politico differente, costruire modalità di confronto accessibili a tutte e scoprire nuove forme di comunicazione.

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Feministinn (Blog)

Location

Reykjavík
Iceland

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blog of the Icelandic Feminist Association (Femínistafélags Íslands) which was founded in 2003 and which "is a free and independent forum with the goal to foster critical and feminist discussion in all areas of Icelandic society." most of the time the blog is publishing news about feminist events and the association's meetings/events, but also feminist news about petititions, politics, events, violence against women, gender equality, discrimination etc.

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Têtes hautes et Regards droits! (Blog)

Location

France

Info:
feminist-lesbian, women-only blog with an emphasis on feminist news, activism, lesbianism/homosexuality, lesbophobia, (sexual) violence, feminist/lesbian history, culture, anti-fascism, international perspectives/migration, etc.

Statement:
Têtes hautes et Regards droits

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Lilith, Martine et les Autres (Radio)

Location

Lyon
France
45° 45' 50.5548" N, 4° 50' 8.3724" E

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feminist radio programm from Lyon that gets broadcasted every two weeks (Friday 17:00-18:00) on Radio Canut 102.2 alternating with On est pas des cadeaux! L'émission Transpédégouine et féministe (lgbtiq show); emphasis on feminist news, feminism(s), sexism, culture, feminist activism and protest, but also migration (sans papières), racism, violence, body politics, sexuality, etc. Some of the shows also get broadcasted via Radiorageuses and all of them can be found on their blog

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