miau! 1996–1999

miau! was a Spanish feminist punk fanzine from the 1990s, bound with staples and reproduced in black and white photocopies. It followed the line of riot grrrl fanzines, and discussed topics such as punk music, sexuality, and beauty. The creators of miau!, the sisters Lydia and Mabel Damunt Romero, stated in the manifesto published in the first issue (1996) that their goal was to provide readers with engaging material to counteract the boredom of existing publications. At the time, there were no fanzines in their city of Murcia, and the women’s magazines did not address the topics they identified with. Each issue contained articles and comics, although the editors avoided fixed sections as a feature of the zine. miau!, along with Fempunk, became a pioneering feminist punk publication and was one of the titles that helped launch the Ladyfest España festival. Lydia and Mabel also play in their 20-year-old band, Hello Cuca, which is an icon of the riot grrrl movement in Spain.