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International Zine Month 2018 – Day 3 – Zine Teaching

Hello, zine friends! How is it going? It’s already nearing the end of Tuesday here in Oz, and I feel like it’s nearing the end of the day on Thursday. Yep, it’s been a busy week already.

The beat goes on with this beautiful month, and it’s time for day 3 of International Zine Month.

Today’s prompt is:

Teach a friend or family member about zines

In previous years, I have held little workshops with friends to introduce them to zines and later to have fun working on zines in ‘workshop’ sessions.

I think most, if not all, of my friends already know about zines now either through my introducing them to zines or from them asking me what I spend so much time doing. Haha. It probably sounds a little sad, but I haven’t really made a lot of new friends here in Murray Bridge, so…

I’ve decided for today to share my YouTube playlist: Zine Goodness

I have recently added a few videos (and am absolutely open to suggestions for more videos to add), so you can check that video list out for tutorials, zine haul videos, and even short documentaries.

Check it out, let me know what you think, and apologies for a bit of a ‘cheat’ day. (This won’t be the last. 😉 )

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List of activities: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/

Others Joining In :

*Echo Publishing – https://echopublishing.wordpress.com
*Feral Publications – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dA2HTUon0
*You?

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International Zine Month 2018 – Day 2 – Zine Rewind!

Hello, zine friends! I can already tell that this month is going to go by fast as. Hehe.

Today’s prompt is:

Zine Rewind! Re-read your favourite zines.

Favourite zines? All of them? In one day? Eep.

It’s hard to make zine reading decisions when you go throwing around words like ‘favourite’. Haha. However, I figured with it being IZM and all, I would jump in and reread a couple of my favourite zines about zines.

Meta Zine – Review here

Xerography Debt – Review for #34 here

What are you reading? I’d love to know what people’s favourite zines are.

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List of activities: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/

Others Joining In :

*Echo Publishing –
*You?

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Happy Mail Monday – International Zine Month Edition

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEGeA2DacRM&w=560&h=315]

Video contains a wee bit of adult language. ^_^

Happy Mail Monday!

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Thank you to the wonderful people who sent me mail:

*Nina Echozina – https://echopublishing.wordpress.com
*Nina’s Art – https://drawingsbynina.wordpress.com
*Jolie Ruin – https://www.instagram.com/jolieruin/
*Riot Grrrl Press/The Escape Artist – https://www.etsy.com/shop/theescapistartist
*Solansh (Weirdo Brigade) – https://www.instagram.com/weirdobrigade/
*Iggy ShitSux – https://www.instagram.com/shitsux/
*Ro

Other Mentions:

*Johnnie B Baker – https://www.instagram.com/johnniebbaker/
*Fat Positivity Belgium – http://www.facebook.com/fatpositivitybelgium

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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

Sea Green Zines: https://seagreenzines.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeaGreenZines/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seagreenzines/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zineninja
Etsy: https://www.seagreenzines.etsy.com
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seagreenzines

Want to listen to The Zine Collector Podcast? Find me at: https://shows.pippa.io/thezinecollector

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Surprise Podcast! Happy International Zine Month – The Zine Collector Episode 011

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0npK6GQGCw&w=560&h=315]

Surprise podcast! Happy International Zine Month, zine friends! Today I have a surprise podcast for you. This episode I chat about upcoming events in the zine world, what International Zine Month is, and how you can join in. This year I will be joining in and doing something I have never done before…

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People/Places/Zines Mentioned This Episode:

*Pippa.io – http://pippa.io
*The Zine Collector Episode 10: Community Episode – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8UOpyg6Pm8&t=19s
*Alex Wrekk – https://twitter.com/alexwrekk
*Stolen Sharpie Revolution – https://portlandbuttonworks.com/zines-book-comics/books-en/stolen-sharpie-revolution-a-diy-resource-for-zines-and-zine-culture
*International Zine Month Activity List – http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
*July is International Zine Month – https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/
*International Zine Month WordPress (not updated) – https://internationalzinemonth.wordpress.com
*Little Acorns by Maranda Elizabeth – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/schoolformaps
*24 Hour Zine Thing – http://24hourzines.com
*Self-Care for Zinesters Review – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-self-care-for-zinesters/
*Self-Care for Zinesters Blog Post – https://marandaelizabeth.com/2013/01/03/self-care-for-zinesters/

*@Fanzines: https://twitter.com/fanzines
*Zine World Calendar: http://bit.ly/2lAVSYK

You Can Find Me At:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeaGreenZines/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seagreenzines/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zineninja
Etsy: https://www.seagreenzines.etsy.com
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seagreenzines
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzyDIb85hSvcwPsDQIP4Qg

Want to listen to the podcast? Find me at: https://shows.pippa.io/thezinecollector

Also on:
Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/
Pocket Casts https://play.pocketcasts.com
Cast Box https://castbox.fm

My PO Box:

Jaime Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

Spanish Summer by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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International Zine Month 2018 – Day 1 – CANAzine Day!

Happy International Zine Month! Today is the first day of activities, so let’s get rolling!

Today’s prompt is:

CanaZine Day! Buy, read, or share zines from Canada

Woo! I have loved the list of prompts in the past, of course, but I love that we have a fresh list of new activities for this year. For today’s prompt, I am wrapping myself up nice and warm (winter here in the land of Oz) and enjoying a read of these two zines:

Little Acorns is a series by Canadian zinemaker Maranda Elizabeth. (I reviewed their zine ‘Self-Care for Zinesters’ recently.) I’m not sure what they are about, but my awesome friend LP sent them, and I trust LP’s taste in zines. ^_^

That’s me for today… or is it? Hehe. Don’t forget to let me know if you’re joining in IZM 2018!

List of activities: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/internationalzinemonth/

Others Joining In:

*Echo Publishing: https://echopublishing.wordpress.com
*You?

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Happy International Zine Month 2018!

Hello, wonderful zine friends!

It is that gorgeous time of the year when we have an entire month to get our zine on and celebrate the lovely handmade bits of magic that are zines. Hehe. Woo!

Even better? Even better?

There is a brand new shiny list of daily activities from Alex Wrekk!

*happy dance*

This is a month I love more and more each year I join in. You can look in the ‘International Zine Month’ category if you’d like to see what I’ve done in past years.

This year I will be posting daily (yep – more posts to come today!) as well as doing my very first (ee!) 24 hour zine challenge.

Something else I like to do with these events is have a running list of people who are joining in. So if you are joining in, let me know where you are posting (blog, Instagram, etc) so I can add your link to the list.

There’s definitely more to come later today. Happy IZM!

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Queer Collaborations 2018: National Australian Queer Student Conference

Photography/design Tayla Lauren Ralph

Queer Collaborations (QC) is the national Australian queer student conference. This year it will be hosted at UQ in Brisbane from 1st – 7th July 2018!

QC is a platform for queer student leaders to come together and collaborate on advocacy projects and campaigns, share knowledge and resources and devise national policy with the aim to help connect queer students across Australia. Traditionally it is hosted at a different university each year in July over the mid-year holiday break for many universities.

UQ Union (UQU) Queer Department successfully won the bid to host in 2018 and therefore the QC Organising Committee (QCOC) is made up of volunteer members from UQ Union’s Queer Collective (UQUQC) with support from the University of Queensland and the Australian Queer Student Network – the national peak body for queer students across Australia.

The conference is governed by it’s own Standing Orders as well as Safer Spaces Agreement. On average there are 200 student participants and invitations are sent to the wider queer community to attend as observers for specific events during the conference week. This year we are introducing new events to connect people in different ways including a guest plenary presentation, formal seminars, welcome luncheon, Brisbane queer culture and history tour and a national awards night!

For further information regarding the conference, please contact the QC Organising Committee at: qc2018brisbane@gmail.com

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Call for Submissions: Weird Mask Zine

“Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari”
D 1919/20
R.: Robert Wiene
Conrad Veidt

Weird Mask Zine is open for submissions!

Looking for: Stories that are 1k-3k words – the weirder the better. Genre fiction is a plus!

Payment: Contributor copy

Deadline: June 30th

Send submissions to: paperbackjunkymick@gmail.com

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Zine Review: Self-Care for Zinesters

Self-Care for Zinesters
Maranda Elizabeth
https://marandaelizabeth.com

Self-Care for Zinesters is a black and white A6 size zines about self-care for zinesters at zine events, on the road, and at home.

I feel a little weird reviewing this zine because I remember reading the related blog post (https://marandaelizabeth.com/2013/01/03/self-care-for-zinesters/) before I went to my very first zine fest, and it feels like reviewing something that’s famous. Alas, here we go.

Self-Care for Zinesters opens with an intro by Maranda in which they talk about their labels (mental health, etc). I had just started thinking, “This is especially important in a zine like this so you know where they are coming from” and Maranda actually writes:

“I’m prefacing all this with a bunch of labels I’ve applied to myself so you have an idea of where I’m coming from, and what my experiences might be like.”

If that’s not a good start, I don’t know what is. Haha.

Maranda goes on to discuss ‘zinester life’ and how many zinemakers feel overwhelmed and overstimulated at zine events (me, too!). From there, they go into self-care tips for zinesters on the road, at zine events, and zinesters at home. With tips like finding out what the coffee situation is and writing things down, I kept finding myself nodding along and thinking, “Yes! That’s so important!”

I feel like the blog post came into my life at just the right time, and now this zine has done the same. The zine had more than I thought it would be, and many of the things – especially self-care at home – struck a chord with me.

Writing for friendship was an especially sweet section in which Maranda writes about intimidation – a feeling many of us have felt even in the zine world with people who seem more ___ than you/your zines. Maranda recommended making friends with those who intimidate you. I actually ended up taking that advice and have been delighted with the friendships that have emerged.

All up, this is a great zine, and I highly recommend it.

PS. I hope no one is intimidated by me! You can always say hello.