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Towanda! Rivista lesbica (Magazine, 1994-2006?)

Location

Milan
Italy
45° 27' 55.6344" N, 9° 11' 11.4576" E

Info:
Towanda! was (?) an Italian lesbian magazine based in Milan; every issue had a special topic with an emphasis on lesbian culture and politics, lesbian movement and history, queer politics and theory, women's rights /lgbtq rights, homophobia, etc. The magazine was published by Il Dito e La Luna Edizioni in Milan which is specialised in lesbien/gay/queer and feminist literature and publications; the last issue seems to be from 2006, unfortunately neither the magazine's website nor the publisher's website work anylonger

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Stichwort (Newsletter, Archive)

Location

Gusshausstraße 20/1A+B
Vienna, 1040
Austria
48° 11' 49.056" N, 16° 22' 13.3068" E

Info:
printed newsletter of the Vienna based archive/library STICHWORT - Archives of the Women's and Lesbian's Movement. It gets published twice a year and presents book reviews of new and old books from the library, feminist news, events, conference reviews, feminist research and Gender studies, arts and literature, portraits, women's and lesbian's movement etc.

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Queer.hr (Newsportal)

Location

Zagreb
Croatia

Info:
Queer.hr is a newsportal run by the Zagreb based organisation Queer Zagreb / Domino; emphasis on queer culture, politics, international perspectives, news about queer events, queer rights, LGBT issues, homophobia, lifestyle, popular culture etc. Queer Zagreb / Domino also published the monthly Queer List zine (2008-2010)

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Queer List (zine, 2008-2010)

Location

Zagreb
Croatia

Info:
Queer List was the monthly bulletin/zine of the Zagreb based organisations Queer Zagreb and Domino. 23 issues were published between 2008 and 2010; emphasis on queer culture, LGBT, homophobia, sexuality, film and popular culture, events etc.; all issues can get downloaded from the Queer Zagreb website

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Treća (Magazine)

Location

Zagreb
Croatia

Info:
Croatian magazine published by the Centre for women's studies in Zagreb since 1998 (two issues/year); every issue is based on a specific topic: emphasis on art/culture/book reviews/feminist art in Central and Eastern Europe, body politics, feminist theology, feminist theory and gender studies, ecofeminism, violence and power, sexuality/pornography, media, identity, ethics, politics etc.

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Tűsarok - Az autonóm nők lapja (Magazine 2003-2004; E-Zine since 2004)

Location

Budapest
Hungary
47° 29' 52.4832" N, 19° 2' 24.846" E

Info:
Tűsarok - Az autonóm nők lapja ("Spike heels - The autonomous women's page") is an Hungarian feminist web-magazine founded in 2004; before that a printed version of Tüsarok was distributed in the Hungarian liberal weekly magazine Magyar Narancs (14 issues in 2003/04); emphasis on politics, culture, media, family/motherhood, equal opportunities, violence, dicrimination, women in EU, minorities (Roma) etc. Until 05/2010 the e-zine was updated quite every day/two days but since then only gets unregularly updated. Nevertheless, until the beginning of 2013 there was a very lively forum and the website also offered a database to search for links to organisations, data on women's issues, legislation, etc. At the moment the website doesn't work (still existing???)

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Trzy Kolory - sabatnik boginiczno-feministyczny / Three Colours - goddess-feminist sabbathZine (E-Zine)

Location

Poland

Info:
Polish spiritual, feminist webmagazine with an emphasis on (female) spirituality/religion, but also ecology, alternative ways of living, book reviews, poems/short stories/comics/illustration, (feminist) collectivism and activism, health/alternative + herbal remedies, skill sharing, body, etc. The magazine is published quaterly (on every Sabbath) and can get downloaded from the website.

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Seksualność Kobiet (E-Zine)

Location

Poland

Info:
Polish feminist e-zine/online portal about women's sexuality; emphasis on sex and sexuality, female sexuality, women's body, menstruation, masturbation, contraception, sexism, stereotypes, lgbtq, pregnancy and motherhood, reproductive rights, sexual violence, women's health, book reviews/culture, etc.

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Lysistrata's Path - Путь Лисистраты (E-Zine)

Location

Russia

Info:
Russian radical feminist information portal with an emphasis on radical feminist theory, lesbian culture, lgbtq, feminist news, culture, violence and power, politics, feminist activism, news etc. The website also provides a kind of ressource page that announces, presents and links to other feminist groups, websites and material about feminism on the www (especially Russian sites/feminist movement in Russia) and also provides a forum and a gallery (both accessible only as registered user) => lot of links!!!

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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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