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Do-It-Yourself (98)

type=interview

“Is Ladyfest a politics to settle down to?”: A conversation with Maaike from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Ladyfest
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
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Maaike helped organize Ladyfest Amsterdam 08 and played the final night with her band Dusty Blinds. Red interviewed her on her birthday about Ladyfests, whiteness, and coming up with a Ladyfest trademark plan.

Interviewee: 
Maaike, Ladyfest Amsterdam 08 organiser and musician
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey
type=digital_archives

Trouble X comixs (Zines, Comics, Posters etc.)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 24.528" N, 13° 24' 41.3784" E

Info:
Trouble X produces queer-feminist zines, comics, posters, and other DIY stuff dealing with LGBTIQ issues and radical queer topics, left/queer activism, gender trouble/fun, DIY etc.

type=digital_archives

Erinyen Zine

Location

Germany

Although anarchism is, in theory, inherently feminist, the reality is often quite different. Erinyen was created out of a need to bring issues of dominance, alienation, lack of control and masked hierarchy more into the anarchist sphere as well as for creating a place to share information, struggles and ideas. We hope with this platform and the magazine we contribute to more solidarity, understanding and change on all levels, regardless of gender, sex, age, ethnicity ... and so on.

type=project

Punkrock Feminism Zine

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Das Punkrock Feminism Zineist ein deutschsprachiges Fanzine für Punkrock Grrrls. Wir sind kein typisches Riot Grrrl/Feminism Zine sondern verbinden wichtige(!) Aspekte des Feminismus mit Musik Politik, DIY, Sex und Lifestyle. Wir bieten kreativen Grrrls eine Plattform um ihren Stuff zu supporten und veröffentlichen in Bild und Text ihre Projekte.

Type of project: 
Zine
Topic: 
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Riot Grrrl
Zine
type=interview

"Making valuable DIY theory and herstory through zines". An email interview with Nina, from Belgium

Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Grassroots media in Europe
Zine
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Interviewee: 
Nina, zine maker
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey and Elke Zobl
type=project

Ladyfest Vilnius (Lithuania) 2009

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The theme of the Festival is “Rewritten stories”. The Festival consists of six parts: concert, exhibition, conference, film review, creative workshops and action.

The concert of rock groups of girls will turn Vilnius into the centre of alternative culture and the place of meeting of different styles of music venue. Rock groups of girls from different countries of Europe are invited to the concert: La Fraction (France), Las Revolettes (Italy), Ex-Boyfriends (Finland) and Zimbabwe (Lithuania).

Type of project: 
Festival
Topic: 
Activism
Do-It-Yourself
Ladyfest
Queer feminism
type=project

Drunk Granny/ Husbands Split 7" Release on Local Kid/ F.A.G club

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homo punk heart & granny powrrr combined on a precious slice of wax. 2 Years in the making, finally to be released into the world!

Grab yr very own copy from Bristol based, DIY queer feminist record label, Local Kid.

http://www.localkid.co.uk/news.htm

Track Listing:

Husbands side:

A: Hidden Hands
B: Knit to Kneedle
C: I'm a fan

Drunk Granny side:

1. Queers on the TV
2. Tranny in a red dress
3. the bristol song

We will be touring Europe in the Autumn, so look out for us....

Type of project: 
Music
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Queer feminism
type=interview

“Ladyfest: Play if you feel like it, not for the money”: An email interview with Melissa from Auckland, New Zealand.

Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Ladyfest
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
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Melissa discusses DIY, why white Ladyfest organizers need to mind being "inclusive", and the importance of the festival as a queer event.

Interviewee: 
Melissa
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
type=digital_archives
type=project

10. FESTIVAL RDEČE ZORE / Red Dawns / Die Rote Zora Festival

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International feminist and queer festival; March 5th – 8th 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Red Dawns will rise for the 10th time! Over the years, the festival has transformed and grown under the influence of all the people that participated, debated, reacted and witnessed our ravagings. What used to be a women's fest turned into an eclectic feminist-queer celebration that cares less about adjectives and more about adverbs, asking: How? When? Why?

Type of project: 
Festival
Topic: 
Activism
Do-It-Yourself
Networking & community building
Queer feminism
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