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As Tavi Gevinson announces the closure of her website for teen girls, Polyester Zine's founding editor, Ione Gamble, explores its impact on DIY culture and amplifying the voices of young women.

They’re holding an event this Sunday in support of black feminist organisation Imkaan, dedicated to addressing violence against black and minority ethnic women and girls.

Save the date.

Forming a "creative community filled with incredible women of colour,” website and collective gal-dem has captured the hearts and minds of many WOC who felt excluded by the whitewashed mainstream media.

The all-female creative collective curate London’s most inspiring IWD events that you shouldn’t flake on

No Friday night plans? No worries, gal-dem have got you covered.

As the inaugural issue celebrating girlhood, female friendship and growing up hits shelves, we share Grace Barber-Plentie’s discussion of how early noughties music videos filled the blanks of her black girlhood...

Tune into gal-dem radio live from Bristol’s Arnolfini Gallery on Saturday and Sunday, with the girls discussing all things punk.

Frustrated by a whitewashed mainstream media, Liv Little and Leyla Reynolds are two of the girls behind gal-dem, an online creative space championing ethnically diverse narratives and news.

Presenting a diverse range of fascinating women, considering topics from gender and identity politics to music industry classism and climate change, The Naked Issue is the zine you need now.