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Happy Mail Monday – Catching Up Edition

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Hello, and Happy Mail Monday, friends! I’ve had some health difficulties lately, so I haven’t been able to open mail for a couple weeks. But I’m back now to show you some amazing zines and other goodies from around the world.

Thank you so much for watching.

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Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*Life Update Vlog – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHWliu-lw7E

* 4:05 – Shelley/True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/shellbobmv/
*Stolen Sharpie Revolution – https://portlandbuttonworks.com/
*Pioneer’s Press – https://pioneerspress.com/

* 10:44 – Witch Mom – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/WITCHMOMHI

* 12:44 – God Save the Queer – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/GodSaveTheQueer
*Scorpio Moon – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/MartianLetters
*The Pressure to Be Happy – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/StaticCloud
*Static Zine – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/StaticCloud

* 18:57 – Zappix Art – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/ZappixArt
*Zappix Art on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/zappixart/

* 22:43 – Kristyna Baczynski – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/kriski

* 26:08 – Jason Rogers

* 29:21 – Paperback Junky – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa_Bj_lFQ5nCbM6flBlKhYA
*Weird Mask – http://weirdmask.com/

* 32:40 – Nina Echozina – https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
* 36:00 – Ellen – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/LettersToAnIsland

* 39:13 – Still Poly/Not Poly – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/foreverincomplete
*Review of Poly/Not Poly – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-poly-not-poly-adventures-in-relationship-structure-ambivalence/
*Pen Fight Distro – https://penfightdistro.com/

* 40:50 – Hattie – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/dogsnotdiets

* 43:20 – Don Leach – http://notmovingpictures.blogspot.com/

* 46:57 – Anna – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/StoriesWithScissors

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My PO Box:

Jaime Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

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You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines

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Vlog: Health Update / PCOS Diaries 2

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Hello, hello, hello. It has been a while since I have posted a video, and I wanted to share what’s been going on with my health especially with the focus I’ve had on PCOS complications lately. If you want to know more about what’s up, this is the video for you. 🙂

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*Warglitter – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIhWqEQQ5lHcuG4cJOz3O9g

*PCOS Diaries 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczgKA7m6lQ

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My PO Box:

Jaime Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

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You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines

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Call for Submissions: Infidelity Zine

Infidelity Zine open call

Do you have a story to tell about infidelity? Perhaps you’ve experienced it because you were the person doing it. Maybe the person you’re with has done it whilst with you or in the past with other partners. Perhaps you witnessed your parents working through it. I’m looking to collect these into a zine to show the diverse spectrum of this part of human life. Please get in touch either by sending an email to sophie.a.w.sherwood@gmail.com or leave your story on the Sarahah page anonymously.

This is open to all ages, races, sexes, genders, and doesn’t exclude people in the polyamorous community.

Google says:

infidelity
/ɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/Submit
noun
1.The action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner.
“her infidelity continued after her marriage”
synonyms: unfaithfulness, adultery, unchastity, cuckoldry, extramarital relations, extramarital sex; faithlessness, disloyalty, falseness, breach of trust, treachery, double-dealing, duplicity, deceit, perfidy, perfidiousness; affair, liaison, intrigue, amour; informalfooling around, playing around, playing the field, cheating, two-timing, hanky-panky, a bit on the side; formalfornication
“her husband never knew of her infidelity”

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Guest Zine Review: Oishii Expressions (Reviewed by J.E.M. Hast)

Oishii Expressions
Creepy Cheese

https://www.instagram.com/thecreepycheese/
https://linktr.ee/thecreepycheese

Oishii Expressions is a A7 one-page folded and thrice stapled mini containing a fun selection of Japanese phrases for when things aren’t going your way.

I picked up this zine at Festival of the Photocopier in February. I love bilingual zines and have a particular soft spot for Japanese. More importantly, I couldn’t resist the cheeky smile of the soy sauce fish!

Each of the six pages has a phrase written in hiragana, Japanese script, with the romaji (or Roman characters) transliteration. I thought this was a really cool feature which makes the zine accessible and useful for people with different levels of Japanese. As someone who understands hiragana, I enjoyed being able to read the zine in the original language as well.

The English translation is beneath my favourite part: the full colour illustrations of highly expressive sushi. The faces these critters pull demonstrate the meaning of the phrase just as well as the text. These sushi pals aren’t just your standard California roll either – I was really happy to see an onigiri rice ball!

If you’re keen on languages or adorable sushi characters, nab yourself a copy of Oishii Expressions.

This has been a guest zine review by J.E.M. Hast!

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Zine Review: How to Pat Cats: A Guide to Being a Feline Friend

How to Pat Cats: A Guide to Being a Feline Friend
Rebecca Sheedy
http://mildscribblingzine.tumblr.com/
https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/rebeccasaurusrex

How to P at Cats: A Guide to Being a Feline Friend is an about 16cm x 7.5cm (a bit over 6 inches x 3 inches) full-colour comic about being a Feline Friend at the Animal Welfare League.

On four pages – each with three panels – Rebecca gives us a glimpse into being a Feline Friend volunteer at AWL. (The Animal Welfare League https://awl.org.au/ is an animal welfare and care provider.) From taking care of new arrivals to wanting to adopt cats every time they are volunteering, Rebecca packs a lot in their usual fun art style. A super cute style with the perfect amount of detail.

This is a lovely zine that makes me smile and feel good. What’s more is it also makes me want to check out local shelters to possibly volunteer at. I would absolutely love it if Rebecca made another zine on this topic with even more details about the ins and outs of volunteering at an animal shelter.

Grab a copy.

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What’s Happening?

Oh dear.

Oh dear, dear, dear.

This has not been the ideal first part of Mini-Zine March.

Hello, wonderful zine friends. After two weeks with no Happy Mail Monday, few posts, and not much else, you’re probably wondering what’s happening. (If you don’t follow me on other social media, anyway.)

Here’s a little explainer:

On March 4th, I had a day procedure at the hospital. I’ve had this procedure before, so I expected a day or two of rest to recover, and then things would be right back to normal. Unfortunately, this time has been complicated, creating a need for a lot of rest. (I think I’ve been sleeping more than I’ve been awake this month.)

The good news is that I’m really lucky to have great doctors in my life who really listen to me, so I am recovering. It’s just taken a lot longer than expected.

The other good news is that things should be back to normal now as far as posting goes. One good thing about being stuck in a chair for most of the day is that, when I am awake, I have zines to read and review. 🙂

So here’s to health and getting Mini-Zine March going properly!

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Call for Submissions: The Rock N’ Roll Horror Zine

The Rock N’ Roll Horror Zine
Submissions Now Open

Looking for rock, metal and punk themed horror, sci-fi, pulp and bizarro fiction submissions up to 2,500 words. Also interested in visual art submissions that are on theme, especially cover art.

Accepted submissions receive $5 and a contributor copy.

Email submissions to doomgoat666@gmail.com

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Call for Calls for Submissions: Spread the Word About Your Zine/Distro/Library!

Zine Calls for Submissions

Share your call for submissions, let people know about your distro or zine library, announce your newest zine, let people know you are crowdfunding a zine project…

If you have an announcement to make that has to do with zines, do it here! Sea Green Zines wants to be your megaphone. Even better? It’s an automatic shout out on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr when your call is posted here.

Big fuzzy love hearts to those who have a .jpg call for subs, but all are welcome. Get in touch by emailing seagreenzines[at]gmail.com or comment below.