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Digital_Archives

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Ženska soba - Ženski glas (Blog)

Location

Zagreb
Croatia

Info:
blog run by Ženska soba – Centar za seksualna prava (Women's Room - Center for Sexual Rights), a Croatian non-profit feminist NGO that works to empower women and raise awareness about sexual violence and sexual rights through education, research, lobbying and public work, and providing direct and indirect assistance and support to victims of sexual violence (founded in November 2002; based in Zagreb). blog emphasis on women's rights, sexual violence, women's sexuality, LGBTIQ etc.

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Svobodna - свободна (Blog & zine)

Location

Ukraine

Info:
blog of an Ukrainian anarcha-feminist collective; emphasis on feminist theory, activism, protest, discrimination, stereotypes, lgbtq, homophobia, anarcha-feminism, women's rights, equality, anti-capitalism, violence, sexism (in media, advertising, everyday life, but also in anarchist/activist movements), body politics (abortion, reproductive rights), feminist comics/flyers/stickers/visual material, DIY, arts, etc. They work a lot with feminist/lgbtq/anti-homophobia visual material/comics, distributing it in the DIY section of their blog. In 2010 they have published a special issue print zine dealing with the problem of power structures, domination, sexism and violence in activism and especially in the anarchist movement, but also including a section about feminist self-defense.

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SROM - Separatystyczne Rewolucyjne Oddziały Maciczne ("Separatist Revolutionary Uterine Troops") (Blog, 2010)

Location

Lodz
Poland
51° 45' 33.2964" N, 19° 27' 21.5388" E

Info:
blog of the SROM collective based in Lodz (Poland) and fighting for reproductive rights and against the restrictive abortion laws in Poland; emphasis on abortion, reproductive rights, body politics, women's rights, activism/own activities, etc. Their last activity on the blog dates back in 2010

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Siren (Magazine)

Location

Dublin
Ireland
53° 20' 57.9948" N, 6° 15' 36.2988" W

Info:
Siren is a new Irish feminist women's magazine launched on the 8th March 2012 to celebrate International Women's Day and made by a group of students from The Trinity College, Dublin. Emphasis on gender equality, LGBT and queer issues, art/culture/music, fashion and popular culture, politics, reproductive rights, etc.

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Siréna (2001-2002)

Location

Czech Republic

Info:Anarchofeministická skupina between 2001 and 2002 (7 issues, almost all of them can get downloaded or read on the website); emphasis on anarchist/anarcho-feminist activism, news/reports of manifestations/activism/activities/protest, antifascism, reproductive rights, sexism, stereotypes, anti-militarism etc. The group also published another zine, Přímá cesta.

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Přímá cesta (zine, 2001-2006)

Location

Czech Republic

Info:
Přímá cesta ("The Direct Way") was a zine published by the Czech anarcha-feminist group Anarchofeministická skupina between 2001 and 2006 (8 issues); each issue is based on a specific topic; emphasis on anarcha-feminist history/theory/activism, globalisation/economic alternatives/anarchism, family/parenting, language/media, antifascism, patriarchy, pornography, sexuality/LGBTIQ, violence/women in conflict, book/zine reviews/literature, culture/film/music, translations of theoretical texts (mostly about anarcha-feminism) etc. Almost all issues can get downloaded from their website!!! Anarchofeministická skupina also published another bulletin: SIRENA.

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Pełnym Głosem (Magazine, 1993-1997)

Location

Krakow
Poland
50° 3' 52.74" N, 19° 56' 41.928" E

Info:
Pełnym Głosem was the first Polish feminist periodical published after the transition 1989, written by writers, activists, students, researchers, poets etc.; emphasis on literary critique, feminist writing, feminist theory/philosophy, lesbian perspectives, Polish feminism, violence, sexuality etc. 5 issues were published, some of them still can get ordered from the eFKa Foundation which since 1999 also publishs the magazine Zadra

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Pecs & Ongles (zine, 2008 - 2009?)

Location

Paris
France
48° 51' 23.8104" N, 2° 21' 7.9992" E

Info:
zine published by the Parisian group Les Panthères Roses, a trans-lesbian-gay queer-feminist activist group (other Pink Panther groups are based in Nancy (France), Portugal and in Montréal); three issues have been published so far (all in 2008/2009) and all of them can get downloaded from the website; emphasis on LGBTIQ, trans/homophobia, equality, rights, health, etc.

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Ostrov - Остров ("Island", zine)

Location

Moscow
Russia
55° 45' 4.4712" N, 37° 37' 6.3192" E

Info:
Russian radical feminist lesbian literature/art/culture zine founded and edited by Olga Gert; it publishes feminist/lesbian literature, poetry, short stories and texts as well as interviews, literary essays, book/film reviews and texts reflecting about lesbian themes in literature/art/film/culture and about lesbian/LGBTIQ and feminist issues in general; in addition to the zine several literary supplements were published containing texts by lesbian/feminist authors; emphasis on feminist/lesbian literature, art, culture, LGBTIQ perspectives, feminist theory, etc.

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Opzij (Magazine)

Location

Amsterdam
Netherlands
52° 22' 12.7776" N, 4° 53' 42.6048" E

Info:
Opzij began in 1972 as a radical feminist magazine, but turned soon into a more "mainstream"/moderate newsmagazine for women. The magazine calls itself the "only opinion magazine for women," and considers itself feminist and a part of the women's movement. Content: (women's perspective on) culture, politics, society, health, but also a lifestyle section. Integrated into the website are several blogs and columns by different authors (including a reader's column); they also publish women's/feminist news on their website