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Prepih (Blog)

Location

Slovenia

Queer, feminism, diy culture, critique, and sci-fi related writings from the entirely brilliant Tea Hvala

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I'm not waiting. Doin' it yrself, now (zine)

Location

Leeds
United Kingdom
53° 47' 58.6932" N, 1° 32' 56.796" W

"This zine is adapted from my Masters research thesis, entitled '"I'm not waiting'. Doing it yrself, now: Challenging constructions of feminist activism and aesthetics in women's punk music communities". (Thesis now held at the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, England).

I wished to engage the activist community in which I am part, with the academic community in which my research was part of, and bring the two together in discussion of contemporary feminist activism.

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Reassess Your Weapons (zine)

Location

Leeds
United Kingdom
53° 47' 58.6932" N, 1° 32' 56.796" W

This collective zine, which began as 'assess your weapons', a slogan from stella marrs (www.stellamars.com), is the offspring of the Leeds diy feminist group Manifesta.

Some RAYWs have special sections on different topics:
# 3: Confidence
# 4: Burn Out
# 5: Harrassment
# 7: Community, Collectivity and Communication
# 8: Independence
# 9: Recovery
#10: Boundaries

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rampenfiber: feministisches musikfestival in Vienna (Austria) 24.-27.September 2009

Location

Wien
Austria
48° 12' 33.1416" N, 16° 22' 22.0008" E

"Ausgehend von der Lust an einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit Popkultur – am Musik hören und am Musik machen – veranstaltet die Zeitschrift fiber. werkstoff für feminismus und popkultur die zweite Auflage von rampenfiber. feministisches musikfestival, eine Diskussions-, Workshop-, Film- und Konzertveranstaltungsreihe mit den Schwerpunkten „Musik und Performance“. Dafür werden von 24.09. bis 27.09.2009 Frauen*, die im musikalischen Umfeld tätig sind, in Wien zusammenkommen.

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The Small Science Collective (Zine library)

An online zine library of small science zines (downloadable as pdfs)! These can be used or produced yourself with kids and youth! I think it would be a great workshop to make a science zine with girls, let me know if you do one. Right now they are having the Zine-a-thon Contest 2009, so join in, make a science zine! The zines will be read by a panel of scientists, artists, and students from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History.

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Zine
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Do-It-Yourself
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Third Wave/ New/ DIY Feminisms: Books, Articles, Websites

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Books
Barbara Smith (ed), Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology. New York: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1983.

Rebecca Walker (ed), To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism , New York: Anchor, 1995.

Barbara Findlen (ed), Listen Up: Voices From The Next Feminist Generation , Seattle: Seal Press, 1995.

Kathy Bail (ed), DIY Feminism , St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1996.

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Reading Lists
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Girls and young women
Youth culture
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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.

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“A Badass Veiled Girl”: E-mail Interview with Guerrilla Artist Princess Hijab

Topic: 
Activism
Anti-Imperialism
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Migration & border issues
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Jenny Gunnarsson Payne: For how long have ‘Princess Hijab’ been around? How and why did the project start?

Princess Hijab: I created a personality in 2006. She is the synthesis of my own maturation, work, and introspection. I started doing collage, drawing, video, and fashion design, all of which were gradually absorbed by Princess, a veiled young girl, pure by day and wicked by night.

JGP: What are the main aims of your project? What are you hoping to achieve?

Interviewee: 
Princess Hijab
Interviewer: 
Jenny Gunnarsson Payne
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