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Michèle, Fränzi, Sus and Muda - Les Reines Prochaines - were at the Posthof at the end of October 2015 as part of the event "Feminism and Humor". Rosvita Kröll conducted an interview with the queens. They talked about their music, ageing and their project "Fremde Torten im falschen Paradies".

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Luise F. Pusch was also a guest at the "Feminism and Humor" event at the Posthof. There she read her glosses under the title "Die Männersprache als komische Alte". All according to the motto: "If we pay attention to men's language, it will soon look old, and funny anyway." The event series "Feminism and Humour" was organized by Forum Feministische Zukunft, Posthof and FIFTITU%.

Luise F. Pusch - "Men's language as a funny old woman" aud DORFTV

Luise F. Pusch - "The language of men as a funny old woman" on Radio FRO

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"Because it's 2015" - this is how the newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued his "motley" new government. Sarah Praschak and Erich Klinger have commented on this.

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A "Landtagspräsident_in" and nine "Landesrät_innen" passed new "laws" in the MÄNNER*lose Landtag session - from increasing the budget for MÄNNER*beratung to half-and-half in co-determination and representation in decision-making and supervisory bodies.

The March 8th Alliance held a parallel session of the Upper Austrian state parliament on November 19, 2015 at 9 a.m. in front of the state parliament building in Linz.

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Zülfukar Çetin, researcher and lecturer at the Alice Salomon University in Berlin, published the study "The dynamics of the queer movement in Turkey before and during the conservative AKP government" in November.

The following study presents the historical and current facts of the situation, demands and legal situation of the LGBTI community in Turkey. Çetin begins by analyzing the history of the queer movement since the 1970s and concludes the study with the representation of the queer movement in the political parties of local politics and in parliament.

Sub-chapters describe, for example, the relationship between the Turkish political parties and the queer movement.

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NEWS "5-2 Minutes"- feminist news

1. 15 maps on the topics of www.genderatlas.at are available at work, education, mobility, politics and society. These digital, interactive maps bring facets of female reality in Austria to life. For example, you can see how many female mayors there are in Austria right now: 141 municipalities in Austria are currently led by women, which corresponds to 5.9 percent of all municipalities.

2. Irish women have been tweeting their monthly cycle in detail since the beginning of November. The tweets are addressed to Prime Minister Enda Kenny and are a protest against the restrictive abortion laws in Ireland. The complete ban on abortion was last relaxed in Ireland in 2013 solely in cases where the life of the mother is threatened by the pregnancy. In May, 62.1 percent of voters in the referendum voted in favor of allowing lesbians and gays to marry. In the country, which was previously considered to be strictly Catholic, this positive result has once again prompted voices to rethink abortion.

Comedian Grainne Maguire tweeted: "Women in Ireland! Your vagina is their business!"

3. Amal al-Kubaisi is the first female speaker of parliament of the Arab Emirates. She has been in parliament since 2006. In October, more than 220,000 selected citizens helped elect the Federation Council. It was only the third time that members of parliament were elected in the oil-rich Gulf Emirates. The voters decided on 20 seats, the remaining 20 parliamentarians were appointed by the emirs. Nine of the members of parliament are women. One was elected, the others appointed by the rulers.

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1 The Marianne.von.Willemer.2015 - Women.Literature.Prize will take place on November 30, 2015 at 7 pm in the Old Town Hall.

2. on December 8, Feminism and Riot is organizing a DJ protest lab. DJ training will take place from 4pm to 7pm and open decks from 7pm to midnight at KUBA // Wienerstraße 127 // Linz //. DJ training and open decks are reserved for women*, but the dancefloor and meeting are open to everyone. www.feminismus-krawall.at

The music in the show is by Les Reines Prochaines from their concert on October 23, 2015 // Posthof.

Image: © Les Reines Prochaines