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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

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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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Fair Play (Magazine, 1997-2002/2005)

Location

Sofia
Bulgaria

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Fair play was an English magazine published by the Bulgarian WAD as member of the KARAT coalition (a network organisation of various women's rights NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, based in Warsaw/Poland); emphasis on women's rights and situation of women in Central and Eastern European countries, equality, development, economic equality, violence, feminist news, art/literature, info about Women's organisations in various countries etc. WAD also published a Bulgarian magazine called Жарава - Zharava

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Vox Feminae (portal, ezine)

Location

Zagreb
Croatia

Info:
Vox Feminae is an annual Ladyfest taking place in Zagreb since 2007. In 2010 the website has been restructured and since 21 Dec. 2010 this webportal is online, comprising also the cunterview ezine. Emphasis on arts and culture, politics, media, etc. publishing reviews but also articles about and interviews with artists, activists, theorists etc.

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Femminismi (blog-network)

Location

Italy

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network linking together over 30 Italian blogs, websites and media projects with a feminist, antisexist, antiracist/antifascist emphasis

Statement:
Questo è uno spazio che aggrega blog e siti r-esistenti, femministi, antisessisti, antirazzisti, antifascisti. Praticare la condivisione, metterci in rete, questo è quello che è sempre più utile e che ci piace fare.

Se volete che i vostri siti o blog (muniti di url rss) siano inclusi in questo spazio inviate una mail a: femminismiatgrrlz [dot] net Buona lotta a tutt*!

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Server Donne (E-zine, network, server)

Location

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

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Libere Tutte (Florence, blog)

Location

Florence
Italy
43° 46' 7.4352" N, 11° 15' 24.8436" E

Info:
blog by a feminist network linking various feminist groups, women's organisations and individuals based in Florence and fighting for self-determination, women's liberation and equal rights. The blog exists since 2008, the network even longer. Blog's emphasis on body politics, reproductive rights, sexism (in media), stereotypes, violence, networking, feminist activism, news about campaigns, petitions, demonstrations etc., anti-racism, international perspectives, 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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Girls Can Blog (Blog)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 27.3648" N, 13° 24' 22.644" E

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blog which presents other female bloggers (most of them German) in a portrait series, publishes interviews with them and provides lots of links

Statement:
Girls Blog, Too, You Know
Dear bloggers and blog readers,

when it came to my attention that women are underrepresented in most blog charts, I wondered why. Certainly, there are many intelligent and outspoken girls and women out there who have been active in the blogosphere. Where are they, though? How come that, as of February 2010, we only know a fraction of them?

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Genres Pluriels (Blog, platform)

Location

Brussels
Belgium
50° 51' 1.224" N, 4° 21' 6.156" E

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gender_by (Blog)

Location

Belarus

Info:
Belarusian LJ-community-blog with at the moment 179 members who all can publish articles on the blog which has an emphasis on discrimination, equality, women's rights, stereotypes, feminist news, education, relationship, body politics, violence and power, etc. the blog's moderator (petra_leleka = Jeanna Krömer (Yamaykina)) is also editor of the Belarusian e-zine Amphi

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