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| I Dreamed I Was Assertive #11 |
| Celia's first ever hand-written zine is packed to the brim! She shares her obsession with Alice B. Toklas, getting used to being a new mother and sorting through the belongings of her recently deceased father in order to try and learn something new about him. |
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| I Dreamed I Was Assertive #12 |
| Celia busts out another handwritten issue that invited us into her personal life as a rad 37 year-old mother. She shares memories of her grandmother, makes a list of things she wants to do before she turns 38, and puts a positive spin on life when witnessing an aggressive mother on the train. Oh! And a brownie recipe for your reading and eating pleasure! |
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| I Dreamed I Was Assertive #9 |
| Celia gives us a really descriptive account of giving birth to her son, Emiliano, and the new fears associated with being a mother. And then a few months later she is faced with the unexpected death of her father. She also includes her patented reading log that makes me think I should start turning pages as fast as she does. |
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| Ideas in Pictures #5 |
| The fifth issue of Ideas in Pictures uses amazing original art to illustrate the every day transactions in business, leisure, and warfare. Colin invites some contributors to add their words and drawings to this beautifully constructed art zine that blows me away every time. You need this zine if you doubt that art can be a medium for social change. |
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| If I Could Live in Hope: Sexual Abuse and Survival |
| Kisha (of Terrible, Horrible..) bravely accounts her sexual abuse as a child and how it has affected everything from her current relationships, interaction with her family members, and her own self-perceptions. She learns to stop blaming herself after living for many years in silence and writes this zine as a way to boldly declare that it was NOT her fault. *****This zine might be triggering***** |
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| Imaginary Windows #4 |
| This zine is about a love affair between a girl and her stolen bike. Erin and her bicycle, Petal, find ways to fabulously express her femme identity through bike wear and maintenance. But, this is about love, loss and recovery. It is about wanting to remember the stories of other's as it creates a history of community. Oh, and you'll love the surprise ending to this charming issue! |
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| Intovert #6 |
| Nicole opens her heart in this issue to discuss the emotionally raw experience of losing her baby nephew to SIDS. It took a long time for Nicole to be able to write about such taxing experiences as supporting her family, attending his funeral, and thinking about having a child of her own. This was a brave zine to write and hopefully helpful for those who have tragically lost loved ones. |
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| It's Not the End of the World: Building a Life with Limp Wrists |
| A homemade manual to fighting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for those of us who aren't bourgeoie or white-collar! Ocean complied a list of ways to stretch and support your embattled wrists for occupations such as zinester, pizza delivery person, and dishwasher. It's technical and understandable, and definitely worth a read to ease your achey wrists! |
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| Keep Loving Keep Fighting #7/ I Hate This Part of Texas #7 |
| There’s something indescribable about Hope and John’s joint effort to portray their lives before and after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I can truly say that this zine is gorgeous, not in reference to some cutesy layout or crafty flair, but from the emotions, the honesty, the sadness, the strength and the hope that come together in their writings and almost brought me to tears multiple times. Each of them illustrates the trauma, the loss, and their struggles to survive every day in the city that they love. In a city that they know will never be the same. In a city that is haunted by the emptiness of the evacuees, murdered friends and those that have moved to someplace safer and easier. In a city whose plight has essentially been forgotten by the rest of the world, John and Hope need to tell their stories and you better listen. This is by far one of the best zines I have read. Ever. |
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| Keep Loving Keep Fighting #8 |
| Sadly, this is the last issue of one of my all time favorite zines! Hope eventually leaves her love New Orleans, and her zine must remain with the city that inspired and abused her for so long. Hope writes about Post Traumatic Stress issues that erupt every time it rains heavily due to the trauma she endured during Hurricane Katrina. There are frustrations, the loss of lives, the fear, but also the possibilities of life, love, and the ability to never give up. I always find Hope's zines so inspiring and this last issue is no exception. I am very grateful for Hope's writing, and I will truly miss this zine. |
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| Kiss Off #13 |
| Trying to get to know friends. Trying to get to know towns. Trying to get to know lovers. Sometimes coming up short and sometimes hitting the mark, Chris takes us on a journey through his life over the past year or years. It doesn't even matter. Each story is fluid, bridging the gap between finding community and trying to find yourself. Each snippet shows us whiskey rattled punk shows, radio programs, broken bikes, a trip to South Africa and broken hearts. All compiled seamlessly into a well-written piece of art. |
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| Letters I Will Never Send To You #2 |
| This zine is a real gem to look at and read! You can see that Morgan painstakingly constructed every age with found photos, old postcards, fortunes, scraps of paper, recipes, handwritten confessions and even locks of hair! It is like walking through a maze of her life, learning about her pack pain, ice cream choices, and birthday wishes. |
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| List #13 |
| Ramsey details the highs and lows of her new life in Chicago with a series of assorted lists. Each list takes us further into her world as a newly-heartbroken-vegan-nanny-Baltimore-transplant. This is about forging a home in a new and sometimes cold (in temperature and attitude) city and finding ways to overcome heart ache. Nice drawings and just plain cute! |
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| Love Letters to Monsters #1/ Up the Logic Punks! #1 |
| Wait, wait, wait...are you serious? Puzzles and a rad zine...all in one?! Holy crap! Ciara confounds us all with her ability to write honest and emotional material for her first issue of Love Letters to Monsters. She deals with a lot, from the death of a parent to the misdiagnosis of a serious mental illness. But on top of that she combines it with Up the Logic Punks!, her zine of all home made logic puzzles that make us bite our pencils in intellectual frustration. I don't know how she does it but I hope that she never stops! Get this! |
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| Love Letters to Monsters #2 |
| Growing older but staying fierce, Ciara has once again put together sweet-ass zine! This issue is jammed pack with stories about her abortion experience, a monogamous radical relationship, letting go of youthful know-it-all attitudes and critiquing the cult of consent. Everyone of Ciara's zines are crammed full of text and thoughtful personal analysis of pertinent issues. And each cover is beautifully hand colored. Oh, yeah! |
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