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September 2010

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Lynn Hershman, Director of !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION, in conversation with Charlotte Cook.

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When I first heard about ! Women Art Revolution – A Secret History, I thought that a film had been made about the Guerrilla Girls and that era and was thrilled as it was a period of history crying out for a documentary. The film starts out quite ambiguously, introducing some of the characters, and then asks women through vox pops to name female artists – and my reaction as a viewer, and someone who went to art school, was of shock that people weren’t listing the likes of Jenny Saville, Sam Taylor-Wood, Gillian Wearing, Julie Doucet or even Tracy Emin straight off the bat.

Interviewee: 
Lynn Hershman
Interviewer: 
Charlotte Cook
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Mädchenmannschaft

Location

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

Willkommen Feministinnen, Feministen und alle, die es werden wollen! Die Mannschaft liebt den Feminismus und notiert hier Dinge und Nachrichten, die fröhlich machen oder uns die Nackenhaare aufstellen.

Unser Blog soll Forum sein und Spielwiese, für alle, die sich eine bessere und gerechte Gesellschaft wünschen.

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German collaborative weblog published since 2007. Emphasis on feminist theory & activism, feminist news, popular culture, body politics, media & networking, sexism etc.

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Mädchenblog

Location

Germany

das mädchenblog ist ein offenes feministisches gemeinschaftsprojekt, in antwort auf das, was „normale“ jugend- oder mädchenzeitschriften immer predigen. hier ist platz, um themen wie körper, beziehungen, sexualität und freundschaft, psychologie, pop- und subkultur, politik, schule und ausbildung zu verhandeln und in ein neues licht zu stellen. außerdem werden hier formen von sexismus sichtbar gemacht, kritisiert und diskutiert, die sich im netz und der offline-welt leider noch allzu oft vorfinden lassen.

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Genderblog

Location

Germany

Das Genderblog ist das derzeit größte kollaborative, feministische Weblog zu Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Geschlechterfragen und -politik im deutschsprachigen Raum.

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CLARA magazine

Location

Paris
France
48° 51' 24.0012" N, 2° 21' 3.5532" E

CLARA magazine édité pour Femmes solidaires, est le journal de l’actualité féminine et féministe en France et dans le monde avec des dossiers complets. Il donne la parole aux femmes, formule des propositions et fournit des repères concrets pour l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.

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CLARA magazine is the bi-monthly periodical of the French association Femmes Solidaires (former UFF - Union des Femmes Françaises). Emphasis on women's rights, equality, feminist news, solidarity among women, international perspectives etc.

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Chroma: A Queer Literary Journal (2004-2010)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

Chroma was founded in 2004 by writer Shaun Levin to create a platform for international queer writing in the UK.

Published twice a year, the journal promoted edgy, lyrical, and challenging prose, poetry and artwork by lesbian, gay, bi and trans writers and artists from around the world.

‘the premier print magazine for gay and lesbian prose writers, poets and artists’ (Richard Labonte, Bookmarks)

In July 2010 the last issue (#11) was published.

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CITY OF WOMEN: 16. Intern. Festival of Contemporary Arts – 8 - 17. Oct 2010 Ljubljana/Slovenia

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Ljubljana
Slovenia
46° 3' 5.1336" N, 14° 30' 21.4776" E

This year's edition of the City of Women Festival http://www.cityofwomen.org/ will address the topic Between Past & Future. The conceptual background relates to the eponymous book by Hannah Arendt who, back in the 1960s, argued that the condition of human existence, robbed of the traditional, transcendental, religious and moral standards employed to bridge the abyss between past and future, lost direction.

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Causette - Magazine féminin

Location

Paris
France
48° 51' 24.0012" N, 2° 21' 3.5532" E

From the Editorial of Causette #1:

Vous ne m'attendiez pas et, pourtant, je vous manquais

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Bang Bang zine

Location

Geneva
Switzerland
46° 12' 13.716" N, 6° 8' 23.8524" E

Bang-Bang est un produit de La Croisière. Sa naissance a été programmée pendant La Croisière II. C’est venu d’une envie commune de faire exister un bulletin de liaison entre les Croisières permettant de continuer les discussions. Mais c’est aussi l’envie de faire participer toutEs les copines et copains à nos discussions et nos réflexions.Comme La Croisière, ce zine est un produit pur pédé, il s’adresse toutefoisà toutes les lectrices et à tous les lecteurs qui voudront bien y jeter un coup d’yeux.

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De Tweede Sekse Blog: An interview with Evie.

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Activism
Do-It-Yourself
LGBT and queer issues
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Evie, please could you shortly introduce yourself?
My name is Evie. I have been a feminist for several years and an antiracist, gender and transgender activist before that as well. I've studied computer science before, and right now I'm studying psychology. I'm a member of several feminist groups in Belgium; I'm writing for a magazine and doing activist work in Ghent and I started the De Tweede Sekse feminist blog http://tweedesekse.wordpress.com/ at the end of 2008.

How did you come to feminism?

Interviewee: 
Evie
Interviewer: 
Rosa Reitsamer