About
The International Girl Gang Underground Zine is co-edited by Kate Wadkins and Stacy Konkiel. We are two white girls living on opposite coasts. We have a passion for DIY feminist cultural activism, but we grapple with the whiteness and exclusivity implicit in "punk rock", "riot grrrl", and "DIY feminism". We believe in the importance of plural feminisms. We think that grassroots and DIY feminist ethics and modes of production are useful for combating oppressive mainstream culture, and we want to know about your experiences working within or outside of these frameworks. Have punk rock, riot grrrl, queer feminist subcultures, and/or DIY feminisms been helpful to you? Have they hurt you? Do you work with them or against them? Do you fit somewhere in between? What do your feminisms look like? The heart of this project is dialogue, and we want your voice to be present.
About Kate Wadkins
Kate Wadkins is an artist and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently pursuing an MA in Women’s History at Sarah Lawrence College, after getting her BFA in Printmaking & Drawing at Purchase College’s School of Art + Design, as well as a BA in Women’s Studies. Kate is the Web Editor of RE/VISIONIST. She has written for Maximum Rocknroll, For the Birds, Feminist Review, and various zine projects such as Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf and I Stopped Talking an Hour Ago.
When Kate is not writing, she draws album covers for her friends’ bands or books shows and other creative feminist cultural events with For the Birds Collective + Distro. She played bass in Cheeky and Carnal Knowledge, and just started a band called Very Okay with three of her favorite people. On the weekends, she can be found at STOREFRONT, gallery sitting. More info is available at her blog, WISDOM TOOTH.
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About Stacy Konkiel
From 9 to 5, Stacy Konkiel is a Marketing Associate at a San Francisco non-profit. From 5 to 9, she is a social media consultant, bicycling enthusiast, loud-mouthed feminist Jew and queer music blogger for SoulPonies.com. She has been involved with booking and promoting within the queercore music scene since 2000.