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Activism (188)

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Medusa zine + lookism.info (zine + website)

Location

Germany

Info:
Medusa is a zine by Projekt L, a collective/group fighting lookism and also maintaining their info website lookism.info; emphasis on body images and beauty norms / myths, (anti)lookism, representation of women, queer perspectives, sexism, etc. two zines have been published so far, they contain texts published on the lookism.info website as well as comics, illustrations, art works, etc. and can get downloaded from the website

Statement:

Zum Selbstverstaendniss von “Medusa” hier ein Text aus dem ersten Zine:

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THE BRING IN TAKE OUT LIVING ARCHIVE - VBKOE EDITION ( 7-21 October, Vienna)

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THE BRING IN TAKE OUT LIVING ARCHIVE – VBKOE Edition: Workshop and Exhibition
http://bringintakeout.wordpress.com

Workshop, October 7, 12am-5pm
Exhibition Opening, October 11, 7pm

WORKSHOP Sunday, October 7, 12am-2pm, 3-5pm*
The Bring In Take Out Living Archive (LA) – LA Reading Room workshop on Feminist Archiving Methods
with/by Red Min(e)d

Type of project: 
Art
Event
Exhibit
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Anti-Imperialism
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Gender studies
History & memory
Migration & border issues
Political participation
Representation of women
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CITY OF WOMEN: 18th International Festival of Contemporary Arts (4 - 13 Oct 2012, Ljubljana/Slovenia)

Location

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

The 18th International Festival of Contemporary Arts - City of Women will take place in Ljublana/Slovenia from 4 - 13 October 2012. This year's edition of City of Women Festival will adress the topic of Aging / Staranje

Excerpts from the concept of Mara Vujić (artistic director of City of women 2012):

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DIE VIELEN ARCHIVE!, 22.9.2012, 20h, VBKOE

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Sekretariat für Geister, Archivpolitiken und Lücken: Die vielen Archive!

102 Jahre nach ihrer Gründung eröffnet die VBKÖ das "Sekretariat für Geister, Archivpolitiken und Lücken". Mit dem neuen Sekretariat soll eine kritische Auseinandersetzung und Aufarbeitung der eigenen Vereinsgeschichte strukturell verankert werden. Dabei werden insbesondere die Rolle der VBKÖ während der Zeit des Austrofaschismus und Nationalsozialismus sowie ihre klassenspezifischen und kolonialen Verstrickungen thematisiert.

Type of project: 
Art
Conference
Exhibit
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Art
Gender studies
History & memory
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Gender Fuck Fest

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An international DIY queer-feminist festival. Three days of workshops, presentations, discussions, performances and theatre, and music. Come and discuss and learn more about polyamory, BDSM, being gender-queer and raising your kids, or intersection of queer and other social stigmas:)
September 14-16, Prague
more info www.genderfuck.cz or at genderfuckatriseup [dot] net

Type of project: 
Art
Crafts
Festival
Music
Performance & theatre play
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Gender studies
LGBT and queer issues
Queer feminism
Self-defense
Sex and sexualities
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Killed By Beauty (zine, 2001 - ???)

Location

Sweden

Info:
Swedish DIY feminist zine about feminism(s), feminist activism, sisterhood, feminist media in Sweden, equality, sexuality, music, riot grrrl etc. unfortunatelly their website doesn't work anymore (still existing???)

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LES Online (Onlinejournal)

Location

Portugal

Info:
Portuguese online journal on lesbian issues; articles get published in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French and can get downloaded as pdf-files from the website.

Statement:
LES Online aims to contribute to the study of lesbian issues and to promote actions that improve lesbian equal opportunities and civil rights. This is a multi-language publication. Papers may be presented in Portuguese, Spanish, English or French.

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Labris (Newspaper + E-Zine)

Location

Belgrade
Serbia
44° 49' 14.0016" N, 20° 27' 43.9992" E

Info:

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Konsola (E-Zine)

Location

Poznan
Poland
52° 24' 22.9464" N, 16° 55' 30.6048" E

Info:
Konsola is a women's association based in Poznan (founded 1999) and aims to promote equality and feminist thinking, to combate discrimination and violence against women, to disseminate information about women's rights and to work for the empowerment of women. Since the relaunch of the website in April 2010 it works like a news portal, distributing information about feminist/lgbtq events in Poznan and Wielkopolska, campaigns, activities of Konsola but also of other organisations etc. Emphasis on feminist news, equality, violence, lgbtq, culture etc.

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Ptqk_blogzine

Location

Spain

Info:
Spanish blog by Maria Ptqk with an emphasis on cyberfeminism, technologies, art and artistic interventions, activism, etc.

Statement:
Ptqk_zine es un fanzine digital sobre artes experimentales, cibercultura crítica y activismo. Queremos dar a conocer diferentes puntos de vista sobre los temas que nos interesan y no siempre estamos de acuerdo con el contenido de los textos que recomendamos.

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