Fat is Beautiful Crystal Hartman https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/crystal_hartman crystal_hartman@hotmail.com Fat is Beautiful is one of those zines that made me punch my fist into air and say, “Yes!” I try not to let myself riled up about these things, but if I hear ‘it’s all calories in, calories out’ one more time… If was all just calories, …
Before I get into any of this, I want to say a the most heartfelt thank you to everyone who read and responded to Love From Adelaide Part Two. When I wrote that, I was utterly exhausted, completely stressed with all the numbers, signatures, and such needed just to get things started in the hopes …
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All in Your Head is a traditional cut-and-paste style zine with a focus on LGBTQIA neurodivergent and disabled activists, zinesters, artists, and authors. Our zine operates on the following *principles: 1.) social inequality and injustice exists [racism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, cissexism to name a few]; 2.) disability, neurodiversity can be understood as a viable form …
All in Your Head is a traditional cut-and-paste style zine with a focus on LGBTQIA neurodivergent and disabled activists, zinesters, artists, and authors. Our zine operates on the following *principles: 1.) social inequality and injustice exists [racism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, cissexism to name a few]; 2.) disability, neurodiversity can be understood as a viable form …
There is No Relief or Release From Sorrow Philip Dearest & Others PhilipDearest.tumblr.com If the name sounds familiar, Philip Dearest This Has All Been Too Much For Me Today, I Think I’ll Go Back to Bed, another zine of mental illness-inspired art. By its own description, There is No Relief or Release From Sorrow is …
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Bloomurder #1 Laura www.facebook.com/bloomzine https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BLOOMURDER My 101st zine review. Wow. I feel like I have a clean slate and greater expectations all at the same time. Haha. To give my anxieties a bit of a relax and my brain box some enjoyment, I figured Bloomurder #1 would be the way to go… Bloomurder is a …
“I know what I can do,” I thought. “How about a zine awards thingy?” This may or may not have been fuelled by Australia’s Logies and the zine world’s Golden Stapler Awards. As it turns out, the fun part was dumping out all of my zines onto my bed and sifting through them, remembering all …
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‘Postcards From The Mind Palace’ wants your real life stories. Everyone has interesting stories to tell- weird dating tales, holiday adventures that went awry, new jobs that didn’t go as planned, eventful family visits, drunken shenanigans, whatever. I’m looking for your interesting/entertaining stories from your past of whatever type. Just nothing too harrowing/disturbing please. Up …
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A Visitor In Myself #2 Nichole www.collectingwords.etsy.com This is one of those zines where there are so many things I want to talk about that I feel like I have to control myself lest I leave no surprises for potential readers. Haha. A Visitor In Myself #2 is a zine written by the same Nichole …
I’m partly sharing this because she is featured holding Don’t Call Me Cupcake (squee!), but it’s also a great article featuring someone who built a zine space from nothing in New Zealand. Ultimate freedom, self-expression, and creating books about anything in the universe sums up the Featherston Zine Club, which is having its first meeting …
