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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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Ladyfest Bristol 2003

Location

Bristol
United Kingdom
51° 27' 14.4252" N, 2° 36' 53.0856" W

"L a d y f e s t Bristol
mANIFESTO

• We are feminists and we embrace the diversity that has evolved within the feminist identity

• We are not for profit

• We are anti-corporate and anti-exploitation

• We are not into competitive, partriarchal, misogynist, hierarchical bullshit

• We will not apologise but be proud and honest about how we feel

• We are non-discriminate of gender and sexual identity

WE EXIST FOR THESE REASONS:

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Ladyfest Manchester 2003

Location

Manchester
United Kingdom
53° 28' 41.6604" N, 2° 14' 8.5848" W

Ladyfest Manchester 2003 happened 4-7 September, England.

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Ladyfest London 2008

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 29' 59.1612" N, 0° 7' 36.0696" W

"Ladyfest London is an arts festival which celebrates female creativity in all its many forms. We aim to provide a platform for women’s talents in music, art, comedy, photography, film, debate, written and spoken word, etc. Ladyfests have been taking place all over the world in the past few years and Ladyfest London will be taking place from 9th- 11th May 2008.

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Ladyfest Cardiff

Location

Cardiff
United Kingdom
51° 28' 40.6632" N, 3° 11' 9.726" W

Ladyfest Cardiff 2006 happened 29 June-2 July 2006, Wales.

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Ladyfest Brighton 2005

Location

Brighton
United Kingdom
50° 50' 3.1848" N, 0° 8' 34.1592" W

Ladyfest Brighton 2005 happened 19th-23rd October 2005, England.

It raised £6,000 for several local, national, and international women's organizations: Brighton Women's Refuge, Truth About Rape, RAWA (Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan), and Threshold (local mental health provider for women).

Workshops included: Dealing with Street Harrasment, Class Backgrounds: where and what "feels like home", Computer Music Production, Confronting White Privilege, and many more.

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Opportunity to participate in an international women’s correspondent program and network

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Just wanted to pass this on (from http://www.worldpulse.com/pulsewire/programs/world-pulse-voices-of-our-f...
). Deadline is April 15, 2009:

World Pulse Voices of Our Future

World Pulse Media is thrilled to announce a call for applicants for an exciting new international women’s correspondent program and network. World Pulse will choose up to 30 applicants who will learn to use new media to speak for ourselves to the world, transform our communities, and change our lives.

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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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