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Ladyfest spawns multiple summer festivals
18 January 2001

Last year’s very successful first-ever Ladyfest Celebration of Women’s Music, Art, and Politics held in Olympia, Washington has now spawned no fewer than three follow-on festivals for this summer. Scheduled and seeking artists and speakers are Ladyfest East, set for 2-5 August in Easthampton, Massachussets; Ladyfest Scotland, 12-14 August in Glasgow; and Ladyfest Midwest, 16-19 August in Chicago.
The original Ladyfest was motivated in part by the resurgence of misogyny in pop music (e.g. Eminem, Limp Bizkit) and human rights tragedies such as the 1999 Woodstock festival, which saw multiple rapes committed. Event publicist Tristin Laughter of indie label Lookout! Records told SonicNet last year “The triumphant cock-rock reality of 1999... has really pushed the boundaries back to where they were before the early ’90s... before riot grrrl.”
For more information on any of the festivals, check out their Web sites and mailing lists:

Festival	Web site	mailing list
Ladyfest East 2-5 Aug 2001 Easthampton, MA	www.ladyfesteast.org	send a blank email to eastcoastGRRRLfest- subscribe@egroups.com
Ladyfest Scotland 12-14 Aug 2001 Glasgow, Scotland	www.ladyfest.co.uk	www.egroups.com/ group/ladyfestscotland
Ladyfest Midwest 16-19 Aug 2001 Chicago, IL	www.ladyfestmidwest.org	not set up yet
Original Ladyfest	www.ladyfest.org	www.onelist.com/ subscribe/ladyfest

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