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La Choriza (zine, comics, blog)

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France
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Art
Grassroots media in Europe
Ladyfest
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Else zine

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German popfeminist zine with an emphasis on music, comics, pop culture, feminism(s), etc.; else #1 released in June 2008; #2 annonced for November 2008

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else.zine ist ein (pop)feministisches zine.
else ist nicht profit-orientiert.
else enthält berichte, geschichten, artikeln, musiktipps, comics und fotos.
else ist persönlich, subjektiv, schlau, lustig, dilettantisch, unterhaltsam, peinlich, nachdenklich, wütend, schön, seltsam.

else #1 ist im juni 2008 erschienen.
else #2 ist für november 2008 (ladyfest köln!) geplant.

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Germany
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Grassroots media in Europe
Pop culture
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cuntstunt (zine)

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Viennese zine; two issues have been published so far, issue #1 can get dowloaded; emphasis on arts/illustration, riot grrrl culture, popular culture, body & body politics, sexuality, etc.

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Vienna
Austria
48° 12' 29.4264" N, 16° 22' 25.7484" E
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Art
Grassroots media in Europe
Pop culture
Riot Grrrl
Sex and sexualities
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Clitocore zine (2005 - 2008?)

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Spanish feminist hardcore punk zine edited by Elena and Michelle; emphasis on women in punk and hardcore scene, music, popular culture, but also publishing articles about feminism(s), migration/antiracism, equality, feminist activism/news, festival/concert reviews, animal rights, violence, etc. Clitocore zine also ran/runs a distro; 5 issues have been published, #2, #3 and #5 also in an English version; the latest issue was published in 2008

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EL FANZINE:

Location

Barcelona
Spain
41° 23' 16.5012" N, 2° 10' 11.7084" E
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Grassroots media in Europe
Pop culture
Riot Grrrl
Youth culture
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chaosXgrrlz zine (2005? - 2007?)

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Polish riot grrrl zine: "chaoXgrrlz is a xgrrrlx zine for boys and girls, promoting femminist issues in hc/punk as well as good music, personal/politics and positive initiatives." 5 issues (?) have been published the 4th issue was published in English, all the other in Polish. The zine is made by Asia Bordowa (with external contributors) who also runs/ran together with three others the Revenge of the Nerds distro, and under the pseudonym Bordeauxxxx runs the xcute'n'pastex blog
it's hard to figure out when this zine was founded and if it still exists

Location

Warsaw
Poland
52° 13' 46.8336" N, 21° 0' 44.0244" E
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Grassroots media in Europe
Pop culture
Riot Grrrl
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bleck (1998 - 2003?)

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Swedish femzine founded 1998; in 2000 bleck became more magazine-like, but the last number was published in summer 2003 (still existing?); emphasis on popular culture, literature, sexuality/porn, feminist/queer theory, violence etc.

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bleck startades 1998. De åtta första numren kopierades och häftades. Dessa nummer är sedan länge slut - du kan inte beställa dem. Sedan nr 1/1999 trycks tidskriften. Nya nummer ges ut med ojämna mellanrum. bleck samarbetar inte med något förlag. Inte ens med Ordfront som det ibland påstås.

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Tungelsta
Sweden
59° 6' 25.8588" N, 18° 2' 40.452" E
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Art
Grassroots media in Europe
Pop culture
Queer feminism
Sex and sexualities
Sexual violence
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BLAU - femzine aus Berlin (1990 - 2002)

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femzine based in Berlin; 20 issues have been published in 12 years, issue #17-20 can be read online, issue #20 was published only as ezine. Emphasis on arts & culture, popular culture, feminist/queer theory, book reviews, lgbtiq perspectives etc.

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Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 24.258" N, 13° 24' 41.04" E
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Art
Gender studies
Grassroots media in Europe
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
Queer feminism
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Bloody Mary (zine and blog)

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Prague
Czech Republic
50° 5' 16.1196" N, 14° 25' 13.656" E
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Grassroots media in Europe
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
Riot Grrrl
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Bang Bang zine

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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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Geneva
Switzerland
46° 12' 13.716" N, 6° 8' 23.8524" E
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Grassroots media in Europe
LGBT and queer issues
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taking cultural production into our own hands

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This zine is a way to show how we can make the changes we want to see in our
culture, by ourselves.

-To inspire others
-To show how easy it can be
-To harness potentials
-To show DIY-in-action
-To show that we all have the potential to be creative producers and creative
consumers everyday
-To share tips
-To explore how and why we do the things we do
-To show creative alternatives to blind consumption of mainstream culture

Articles include:
Booking and Organising spoken-word tours, Curating Art Shows, Being a queer femme performance artist, Making Comics, Making poster artwork for gigs and events, Making your own animations, Making your own [documentary] films, Making Zines, Opening your own independent Gallery Space, Organising a Zine Fest, Organising Comedy Nights, Putting on Gigs, Putting on your own club night, Running a Magazine, Running a Zine Distro, Running your own record label, Recording Albums, Opening up your own Vegan Cafe, Screen printing, Setting up a Zine Library, Starting your own publishing house, Starting your own band, Starting your own theatre company, Writing and performing poetry, Writing and Publishing your own Book, Organising an Exhibition, Opening your own Shop, Opening your own Comic Shop.

Location

United Kingdom
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Do-It-Yourself