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International Zine Month Day 5 / Zine Review: Am I Adulting Right?
Hello, and happy Friday, zine friends! Today I get to combine International Zine Month and my usual zine-posting schedule.
It’s zine review day!
So let’s get to it, shall we?
Am I Adulting Right?
Emma Charleston
https://www.emmacharleston.co.uk//
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/emmacharleston
Am I Adulting Right? is an A5 zine riso-printed in red and purple chock full of statistics on how we adult (and how we don’t).
“122 people were kind enough to anonymously fill out my survey to provide a data set that will give us all a better idea of each other’s behaviour. This will hopefully show that there is no right or wrong way of doing things, while giving us a guideline for things we’d always wondered about but never wanted to ask!”
Sometimes it’s better to let a zine introduce itself.
I’m someone who loves digging into census numbers, survey results, and pretty much any human statistics I can get my hands on. I’m so happy to have this zine in my collection.
Am I Adulting Right? opens with an introduction in numbers to the people who took the survey insofar as the usual ‘getting to know you’ age, etc types of questions. It was great to see ‘other/genderqueer’ on the options list, and I was also pleasantly surprised to see the age spread of the people involved (the majority being 30-40). I find a lot of modern polls focus mostly on the young crowds.
From there we find out responses to questions about taking care of things around the house, nicely sorted by area (eg the kitchen). We find out how often people changed their bed linens to what (if anything) they iron.
All of these stats are presented in clear, readable fonts with visually interesting layout and presentation to go along with the questions asked. I would have enjoyed the numbers on their own, but the way it’s all set up makes everything all the more enjoyable.
There’s even a comment section in the back where people share their additional thoughts on gender and housework, routines, and more.
This zine is a particular flavour of tea, but it’s a cup I think is well worth checking out. I think it’s fun as well as interesting.
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Others Joining In:
* Hadass: https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* Phoebe’s Zines: https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
* Feral Publication: https://youtu.be/trS6pVtjsjw
* Enter the Papernet: http://www.enterthepaper.net/
Let me know if/where you are joining in!
International Zine Month Day 4 – AmeriZine Day
Happy fourth of July, American zine friends!
Technically I’m still American as I still hold citizenship there, but I don’t really celebrate US holidays and haven’t for a long time. Let’s just say my Australian citizenship has taken over. Haha.
ANYWAY.
Welcome to day four of International Zine Month! Today is the day for exploring marginalised voices in America. Buy, share, and read zines about racial justice and zines written by American people of colour.
Today I’d like to share a zine I reviewed a while back called Queer Indigenous Girl by Se’mana Thompson. Queer Indigenous Girl is a full-colour perzine that covers topics like introductions, O’Otham culture, reading recommendations, and Se’mana’s experiences living with ADHD.
You can check out the review here.
I haven’t heard from/about Se’mana for a while, so I hope that they and their children are okay. If you know if they’re okay, I’d love to know.
Whose zines are you reading, buying, and/or sharing today? I would love to know.
Others Joining In:
* Hadass: https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* Phoebe’s Zines: https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
* Feral Publication: https://youtu.be/trS6pVtjsjw
* Enter the Papernet: http://www.enterthepaper.net/
Let me know if/where you are joining in!
PS. Zine reviews will resume next week!
International Zine Month Day 3 – Zine Teacher
Hello, and a happy mid-week wish for you, zine friends.
Today our activity is to spread the zine love but also the zine knowledge by teaching others about zines.
I must confess that in previous years, I have been a bit cheeky and used this site as the means by which I teach people about zines. If you don’t know, I have social anxiety disorder and, since moving to Murray Bridge, I don’t exactly have a lot of friends. (At least, not offline ones who don’t already know about zines.)
There is no cheeky bending of the rules this year, though, zine beans! This year, things just so happened to line up that I started counselling sessions, and so I introduced my psychologist to zines!
Zines are a massive part of my life – one might even go so far as to say they ARE my life – so I needed to show this new person in my life what my focus and passions are.
I’m very pleased to say that she thinks zines are absolutely brilliant, a great form of therapy for me, and a great time overall. Hehe!
Success!
I’m so pleased to have had the opportunity to share zines – and share myself, really – in a way that didn’t provoke my anxiety too much but that also had the potential to be spread to others.
So if today is a difficult day for YOU because of anxiety or other causes, believe you me when I write that I will be the last one to judge you if you want to bend the rules a bit or even substitute in a different activity. No stress here!
This is where I usually say ‘that’s it for me today’ but… I have a little bonus for you courtesy of my amazing friend Feral Publication:
Videos for International Zine Month made by the awesome Feral Publication!
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Enjoy, wonderful humans, and I’ll be back tomorrow.
Much love.
Others Joining In:
* Hadass: https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* Phoebe’s Zines: https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
* Feral Publication: https://youtu.be/trS6pVtjsjw
* Enter the Papernet: http://www.enterthepaper.net/
Let me know if/where you are joining in!
International Zine Month 2019 Day 2 – Zine Rewind
Hello, zine friends, and welcome to day two of International Zine Month.
Today we re-read our favourite zines and remember why we love them. Of course, this isn’t always an easy task. Haha. Especially if you’re like me and have a hard time sorting out favourites. However, my mind has been in a certain space lately, and this is the zine I have chosen to remember my zine love as well as soothe my soul.
Today I’m reading Pieces 13 by Nichole.
I’ve read a lot of zines and have had plenty of ‘me too’ variety light bulb moments, but the moment I experienced with this zine was a huge moment for me. It made a large part of my life suddenly make sense.
You can read my full review here.
What are you reading today? Let me know in the comments. 🙂
Until next time…
Others Joining In:
* https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
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International Zine Month Day 1 – CanaZine Day
Happy International Zine Month, zine friends!
And so we begin. Today marks the start of celebrating and spreading the zine love and enthusiasm. Of course, I’m right here, ready and excited to get the ball rolling.
Today we buy, read, and/or share zines from Canada for Canada Day. Happy Canada Day to Canadian zine friends!
When I saw today’s prompt, one zinemaker immediately popped into my mind: Crash Reynolds.
Crash is a zinemaker, sticker maker, artist, and also the creator of the calendar that hangs on my Wall of Sunshine.
(And I’ve just now realised that I need to flip it over to July!)
So it is my pleasure today, at the end of a long day, to crash in my comfy chair with my warm blanket (it’s winter here in Oz), and read this zine from Crash:
https://www.instagram.com/indeliblecrash/
https://utopiabycrash.wixsite.com/hello
Want to know what I think of this zine? My review will come later in the month…
And there we have it, dear zine friends! A lovely start to the month – a month which is just barely starting for some in other time zones. Haha. My best wishes to you all for the month to come.
Until next time…
Others Joining In:
* https://hadass420.wordpress.com/
* https://www.instagram.com/phoebeszines/
Let me know if/where you are joining in!
Happy Mail Monday – True Zine Marin & Crapandemic Edition
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Hello, wonderful zine friends, and happy International Zine Month! On today’s Happy Mail Monday, I have a tiny confession to make and plenty of fun goodies to share.
Thank you so much for watching.
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Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:
*True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/truezinemarin/
*Julia Eff – https://www.instagram.com/crapandemic/
*Crapandemic – http://crapandemic.storenvy.com/
*Latibule – https://linktr.ee/latibule_art
*The Grand Newsstand – https://www.instagram.com/thegrandnewsstand/
*International Zine Month – http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
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International Zine Month Eve
Hello, dear zine friends!
How is it the end of June already? I’m not ready! Haha. Well, I’m not prepared, but I am very excited for this year’s International Zine Month. We have a fresh daily prompts list, plenty to do, and a lot of lovely people already gearing up for the month ahead.
As part of the fun, I’ve made a series of images for each day of the month. 🙂
You’ll find them after the ‘more’ tag on this post. You should be able to click on and then save each image if you’d like to use them.
(Credit would be cool if you do decide to use them.)
That being said, now it’s time for me to have a good sleep before things really get going!
Zine Event: Perth Comic Arts Festival
The Perth Comic Arts Festival is back again for 2019!
Come and join us for the PCAF Festival Day on the 6th July at the ECU campus in Mount Lawley!
✧ Discover amazing comics and zines created by local and interstate talent at our MARKET HALL ✧
✧ Explore your own creativity in one of our wonderful all-ages COMIC MAKING WORKSHOPS✧
✧ Listen to our ARTIST TALKS for an insight into their passion ✧
✧ Experience two EXHIBITIONS that highlight the incredible variety of what comics can be! ✧
And the best thing about PCAF? Everything at the event is FREE to attend!
We have an onsite cafe to meet your caffeine and sustenance needs.
PCAF is a wheelchair accessible event.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page to stay up to date on PCAF as we announce more details!
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Photographs & film footage will be taken at this event for use in ECU promotional material, the ECU website & social media. Please notify event staff if you do not wish your image to be included.