2010

14 March

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Two new Riot Grrrl zine projects to get excited about by Kate

One’s a perzine looking at awkwardness, jealousy and related behaviour amongst scene girls and the other’s called the International Girl Gang Underground Zine (enough said). For more details, check out the Rock and the Single Girl blog

01 March

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Events Feminist Webs launch tomorrow at the Women's Library by Kate

Feminist Webs is an online ‘women and girls work space’, aiming to be both an archive and an active resource for those involved in youth and community work with young women. The national launch is being held at the Women’s Library on the 2nd March 2010.

You can browse the stories and resources or submit your own at feministwebs.com.

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Books A reading wishlist for rainy day by Kate

There are quite a few book reviews that have caught my eye this week. Feminist Review have recently covered Alison Piepmeier’s Girl Zines- Making Media, Doing Feminism, which has been on my wishlist since it came out late last year. [On a side note, Feminist Review is currently seeking donations to keep afloat. Be generous if you can].

Writing for Comics is an anthology of Alan Moore’s writing about .. well.. writing that was originally printed in a zine back in 1985 and has now been published by Avatar Press with a brand new essay.

And according to the Guardian , the Legend of Koizumi is the ultimate contemporary Japanese novel. Or, in the very least, a package tour into Japan’s psyche.

28 January

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Comics Comics blog The Beat to relocate by Kate

Comics blog The Beat have announced they will be moving off the Publishers Weekly site to a home all of their own. The new website, www.comicsbeat.com will go live “over the next few weeks”. This shift is largely down to the bigger changes happening at PW, including an imminent change of ownership. The full story here

10 January

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Geek Programming for Womin: An interview by Kate

Chickpea and Yossarian are two of the organisers behind a series of free programming classes for womin being held at Library House, a social centre in south London. They were kind enough to answer some questions about the origins of the project, technicalities and their future plans.

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2009

13 December

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Film Do-It-Yourself Empowerment - the short but great IPRC Documentary by Kate

Do-It-Yourself Empowerment: The IPRC is a 10 minute introduction to the Independent Publishing Resource Centre in Portland (US). The center has been running since 1998 and, like many great things, it all started with a photocopier. Now the IPRC holds workshops in media analysis and creation as well as providing an exensive zine library and zine-making facilities.

And if you’re feeling inspired after watching the documentary but find yourself on the wrong side of the Atlantic to get involved, the zine library at the 56a Infoshop in London is a similarly rad space.

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02 December

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Books New Last Hours books and other last orders for Xmas by Kate

The folks at Last Hours have two new books out; an anthology of Morgenmuffel zine called Diary of a Miscreant and Excessive Force, a comic anthology about police brutality. And you only have a few days left if you want to make absolute sure your Last Hours merchandise arrives in time for xmas (including all their other zines and comics, like Hey Monkey Riot and Last Hours).

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17 November

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Comics Webcomic recommendations from Feministe by Kate

Chally from Feministe has recommended ten (feminist-friendly) webcomics for those new to webcomics as well as those of us just looking for something new to read. I especially like Girls With Slingshots (it has a Q&A with creator Danielle Corsetto) and Cat and Girl which gets a mention in the comments.

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03 November

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Comics 'Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption' exhibition opens this weekend by Kate

It’s a free exhibition looking at political comic art and you can find it at the Lazarides Gallery in London until 30 November.

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26 October

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New Media The end of Geocities: 26th Oct 2009 by Kate

Geocities has gone forever, and taken with it a bit of the sparkle of the web (and undoubtedly more than a few rainbox animated GIFs too).

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