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BUILDING A TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST COMMUNITY TOWARDS A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: This is our aim! To do so, please upload your projects, interviews you have done, resources you find interesting and join the grassroots feminist community! If you have questions, please email me (Elke Zobl) at elke.zobl(at)sbg.ac.at.
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Womens Erotic Art

Submitted by Womens Erotic Art on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 13:37
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We have launched and International Competition for Women's Erotic Art.
The first prize will be £300 and a solo show, in London Uk, Dates: September 28th-October 28th, 2013.

The winner and runners up will also be given a review from the judges Susana Medina and Joanna Pocock.

Closing date May 5th 2013.

*If the winning artist can not make the dates for the solo show it will be passed on to a runner up.

link: http://www.womenseroticart.com/competition.php

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AMIW video lounge @ Brotherton Library (University of Leeds, 8th March - 8th April 2013)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 13:54
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All MY INDEPENDENT WOMEN video lounge

8th March - 8th April
Special Collections, Brotherton Library
University of Leeds

Month long exhibition of video art by artists from the feminist network All My Independent Women

Special Guest: Feminist Archive North

exhibiting artists:

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Art
Video & Film
Topic: 
Art 
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Ausserirdische Körper, queere Welten und transgalaktische Netzwerke / Extraterrestrial bodies, Queer worlds and Trans-galactic networks (VBKÖ, Vienna 21/03/2013, 7pm)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 13:45
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Ausserirdische Körper, queere Welten und transgalaktische Netzwerke

Ein Performanceabend der durch migrantische/postkoloniale und queere Körper und Netzwerke zeitgenössische Debatten über Intersektionalität und Privilegien erkundet.

Donnerstag 21.03.2013
Ab 19h

VBKÖ
Maysedergasse 2, 4ter Stock
1010 Wien

Die VBKÖ wurde in einen intergalaktischen Hafen für vertriebene Körper verwandelt.

Type of project: 
Art
Performance & theatre play
Topic: 
Art
LGBT and queer issues
Postcolonial theory & perspectives 
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Wolverette (Zine)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 13:48
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Zines

Location

Germany

Info:
Wolverette is a grrrl zine with an emphasis on riot grrrls, popular culture, literature, sexuality, body politics, etc. The first issue was published in 2007; the zine was founded and gets edited by Dodo B. Every issues is based on a specific topic and for every issue a call for contributions gets organised. So far five issues have been published

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Virginia - FrauenBuchKritik (Magazine)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 13:25
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Grassroots Media in Europe

Location

Germany

Info:
Virginia FrauenBuchKritik was founded in 1986, gets published twice a year and reviews books (literature as well as non-fiction) by women and feminist authors, books on women's biographies, women's/gender studies and feminist theory, presents biographies of women authors and feminists etc.

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Tulva (Magazine)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 01:49
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Grassroots Media in Europe

Location

Helsinki
Finland
60° 10' 11.442" N, 24° 56' 18.7836" E

Info:
Tulva is a Finnish feminist magazine on popular culture, politics, culture and entertainment. It gets published quarterly by the Non-Profit association Naisasialiitto Unioni ry (Women's Union).

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Trabajadora (Magazine)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 13:46
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Grassroots Media in Europe

Location

Spain

Info:
Trabajadora is the magazine of La Secretaría confederal de la Mujer (Confederate Women's Secretary) of the Spanish labor union CCOO. The magazine was founded in 1984 and now gets published quarterly; emphasis on women and work, discrimination, equality, women's rights, etc. All issues since 2001 can get downloaded as pdf-files for free.

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International Womens Day Activism, Womens Erotic Art

Submitted by Womens Erotic Art on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 12:33

Today 8th March, International Women's Day. There is a new web site called Womens Erotic Art,
artists are invited to upload their work on this web site: Womens Erotic Art. The aim is to create an on line community that seeks to find new ways to articulate what it means to be a women in relation to art and sexuality. If sexuality used to be a place where real people had a real connection…Using the power of aesthetics. We are now here to readdress the balance
www.womenseroticart.com

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WAM! It Yourself (13 - 24 March 2013, USA/Canada)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 01:39
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WAM! It Yourself takes place from 13 - 24 March 2013 in various cities in the US and Canada (Austin, Boston, Camden NJ, Washington DC, Los Angeles, NYC, Ottawa, Vancouver) and also encompasses two online events.

Announcement:
Do you care about creating gender justice in media? Want to connect with folks in your area who share your concerns, and join an international community of activists, journalists, academics, artists and media-makers, all taking action at the same time? Then you want WAM! It Yourself, a decentralized version of our annual Women, Action & the Media (WAM!) conference. This year, instead of everyone who cares about gender justice in media gathering in one place for WAM!, WAM! is happening exactly where you are.

Type of project: 
Conference
Festival
Video & Film
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Education
Internet & digital divide
Representation of women 
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WOW - Women of the World Festival (London, 6 - 10 March 2013)

Submitted by stefiegruenangerl on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 22:35
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WOW - Women of the World Festival takes place from 6-10 March 2013 at Southbank Centre, London.

Announcement:
WOW is our annual global festival where women and men of all ages and backgrounds celebrate women’s achievements and discuss the obstacles they face across the world.

Join us from Wednesday 6 March to Sunday 10 March for a diverse programme of keynote talks, performances, concerts, talks, gigs, debates and free music. Visit our marketplace, exhibitions and workshops. Take part in speed-mentoring, networking opportunities and more.

Type of project: 
Conference
Event
Festival
Music
Topic: 
Art
Global affairs & transnationalism
Pop culture
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