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Clitocore zine (2005 - 2008?)

Location

Barcelona
Spain
41° 23' 16.5012" N, 2° 10' 11.7084" E

Info:
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

Statement:
EL FANZINE:

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chaosXgrrlz zine (2005? - 2007?)

Location

Warsaw
Poland
52° 13' 46.8336" N, 21° 0' 44.0244" E

Info:
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

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bleck (1998 - 2003?)

Location

Tungelsta
Sweden
59° 6' 25.8588" N, 18° 2' 40.452" E

Info:
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.

Statement:
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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BLAU - femzine aus Berlin (1990 - 2002)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 24.258" N, 13° 24' 41.04" E

Info:
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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Bloody Mary (zine and blog)

Location

Prague
Czech Republic
50° 5' 16.1196" N, 14° 25' 13.656" E

Info:

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Bang Bang zine

Location

Geneva
Switzerland
46° 12' 13.716" N, 6° 8' 23.8524" E

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.

Info:

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taking cultural production into our own hands

Location

United Kingdom

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.

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La Mestiza Colectiva

Location

Lima
Peru
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At Sea With Sexists

Sometimes giving the time of day to a sexist isn’t the best way of dealing with them. But sometimes… sometimes… you’re at sea with them and there’s no getting off the boat, you just need some quick answers to the biggest sexist jibes, to right it and stand up straight again. This ‘zine will give a bit of that.

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what the fuck is anarcha-feminism anyway? (zine)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W
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