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Festivals: Ladyfest and Queer-Feminist (20)

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“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
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Fempunk Zine & Ladyfest Spain: An interview with Mabel and Maria from Madrid, Spain

Topic: 
Ladyfest
Riot Grrrl
Zine
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“We need more girl references and more girl heroes”
– Mabel

Interviewee: 
Mabel & Maria
Interviewer: 
Elke Zobl and Jenny Gunnarsson Payne
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“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
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“Ladyfest: We need to rip it up and start again”. An email interview with Terese from London, UK

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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An interview with Ladyfest organizer Terese on the limitations of the Ladyfest format.

Interviewee: 
Terese, Ladyfest London 08 organizer
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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“Ladyfest is something anyone can do”. An email interview with Nina from Hasselt, Belgium.

Topic: 
Ladyfest
Riot Grrrl
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Nina is a prolific DIY creator, making zines, illustration, and music. Here she talks about Ladyfest as a temporary community and a much-needed place to renew your energy and creativity.

Interviewee: 
Nina, Ladyfest Belgium organizer
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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“Ladyfest as a ‘now’ kind of action”. An email interview with Melanie Maddison from Leeds, UK.

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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The ever wonderful, and busy, Melanie chats about finding your allies, accessing your creativity, and whether Ladyfest needs to start getting political again.

Interviewee: 
Melanie Maddison
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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"New Kids on the Block: Performing as a Boy Band at Ladyfest". An interview with Tina and Melita at Ladyfest Amsterdam

Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Ladyfest
Queer feminism
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Ladyfest is a festival mainly by women, for women. And sometimes those women come as boys. Hark the wonder of New Kids on the Block at Ladyfest Amsterdam 2008. Tina and Melita discuss queer feminism, DIY, and looking hot in leather jackets.

Interviewee: 
Tina & Melita
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Debi Withers
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“Ladyfest: The ideas we want in a festival”. An interview with Fege from Pavia, Italy.

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Fege talks about the real meaning of girl power in this day and age.

Interviewee: 
Fege, Ladyfest Pavia organizer
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Debi Withers
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“Ladyfest: I need to feel friction in the activism I do”. An email interview with Debi from Bristol, UK

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Debi, from the self-identified 'post-ladyfest' band Drunk Granny, discusses activist home-comings, the need for feminist space, and the problem of nostalgic tendencies in Ladyfest organizing.

Interviewee: 
debi, Ladyfest Cardiff organiser
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey & Elke Zobl
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“Ladyfest: Sisters instead of rivals”: An email interview with Carr from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Topic: 
Ladyfest
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Carr, a punk rock musician, discusses gender-free feminism, creative empowerment, and creating a culture of helping each other out.

Interviewee: 
Carr
Interviewer: 
Red Chidgey and Elke Zobl
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