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CfP: MUSIC, GENDER & DIFFERENCE Intersectional and postcolonial perspectives on musical fields (Vienna, 10 - 12 Oct 2013)

Date: Thursday, 10 October 2013 to Saturday, 12 October 2013
Venue: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
Submission Deadline: 31 January 2013

Topic: 
Gender studies
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
Postcolonial theory & perspectives
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
Representation of women
Youth culture
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Ostrov - Остров ("Island", zine)

Location

Moscow
Russia
55° 45' 4.4712" N, 37° 37' 6.3192" E

Info:
Russian radical feminist lesbian literature/art/culture zine founded and edited by Olga Gert; it publishes feminist/lesbian literature, poetry, short stories and texts as well as interviews, literary essays, book/film reviews and texts reflecting about lesbian themes in literature/art/film/culture and about lesbian/LGBTIQ and feminist issues in general; in addition to the zine several literary supplements were published containing texts by lesbian/feminist authors; emphasis on feminist/lesbian literature, art, culture, LGBTIQ perspectives, feminist theory, etc.

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Spectra Speaks (afrofeminist media blog)

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Spectra is an award-winning Nigerian writer, women’s rights activist, new media consultant, and philanthropist. She is the voice behind the afrofeminist media blog, Spectra Speaks, which publishes news, opinions, and personal stories about gender, media, and diversity as they pertain to Africa and the Diaspora.

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Blog & Web 2.0
Topic: 
Anti-Imperialism
Global affairs & transnationalism
LGBT and queer issues
Migration & border issues
Postcolonial theory & perspectives
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
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LadDIYfest Sheffield 2012

Location

Sheffield
United Kingdom
53° 22' 52.0644" N, 1° 28' 12.306" W

LaDIYfest Sheffield 2012 took place from 2nd to 4th November 2012

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Sheffield’s feminist festival LaDIYfest returns for its second year this November, taking over venues across the city for a weekend of practical activities, discussion workshops, spoken word and live music. Events run from 2nd – 4th November with all funds raised going to local women’s charities.

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Antifee 2012: Festival für feministische Gesellschaftskritik

Location

UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

The Antifee Festival 2012 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 15 - 16 June 2012

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Antifee 2010: Festival gegen Sexismus und Nationalismus - Feiern für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben

Location

UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

The Antifee Festival 2010 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 4 - 5 June 2010

Statement:
Wir leben in einer patriarchal und nationalstaatlich organisierten Gesellschaft voller Ausgrenzungsmechanismen. Sexismus, Nationalismus und andere diskriminierende Strukturen sorgen für permanente Gewalt sowie Benachteiligungen und stehen damit der freien Entfaltung von Individuen im Weg. So weit, so schlecht.

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Antifee 2009: Festival gegen Sexismus und Nationalismus - Feiern für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben

Location

UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

The Antifee Festival 2009 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 4 - 5 June 2009

Statement:

Das Antifee-Festival soll ein sicht- und hörbares Signal gegen die sexistischen und nationalistischen Tendenzen sein, die sich in der Gesellschaft zunehmend breit machen. Es soll ein Raum geschaffen werden, der möglichst frei von diesen und anderen Herrschaftsmechanismen ist. Dazu sollen politische Inhalte musikalisch und in Form von Workshops und Vorträgen vermittelt werden.

Für ein Festival ohne Sexismus und Mackerattitüde!

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Antifee 2007: Feiern gegen Sexismus und Nationalismus - für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben

Location

UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

The Antifee Festival 2007 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 15 to 16 June 2007.

For more info see Festival Reader (pdf file)

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Feminist Performers - Interviews, reviews and profiles of feminist performers (Blog)

Location

Oxford
United Kingdom
51° 45' 6.2064" N, 1° 15' 19.026" W

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What is this blog about?

This blog is about feminist poets, comedians, musicians, actors, dancers, cabaret and burlesque artists, and performers of all kinds. I’ll be reviewing and interviewing some of the many wonderful feminist performers out there. I’ll mostly focus on those who are not yet very well-known, because you can find out about the rest elsewhere.

As well as telling you the basics of who performs what and where, I’ll also explore questions such as:

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Call: Camera Club Girls Film Festival 2013 (Deadline: 31st Dec 2012)

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After the success of our PinUp PlayBack film night in The Medway Towns, we are so excited to finally be presenting our very own festival! Camera Club Girls 2013 is part of the PinUp PayBack campaign, SisterHood Watch. We want to champion young women and girls and celebrate gender, cultural difference and sexuality while representing issues we face in the 21st century.We are not complicit with the narrow representation and exploitation of women in today’s media. We want to make our own!

Topic: 
Art
Girls and young women
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
Representation of women
Sex and sexualities
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