I’ve been reading the Muchacha zine by Daisy Salinas for almost five years, but I just recently got around to reading issue #5 titled Brown Queen: Latina Voices of… Read more “A Review of Muchacha Zine Issue #5: Brown Queen”
Category: Zine reviews
A Review of the zine Laid
Sarah Rose’s mini-zine Laid: Stuff I Wish I’d Known about Sex Before I Started Having It is a brief document that summarizes concepts of sex positivity, self-love, consent, and… Read more “A Review of the zine Laid”
Every Thug Is a Lady: Adventures Without Gender by Julia Eff
Julia Eff is awesome. I recently bought a bunch of their zines, and will soon go back for more, because Julia already feels like a favorite hang-out… Read more “Every Thug Is a Lady: Adventures Without Gender by Julia Eff”
4 Mini-Zines by Julia Eff
I’ve wanted to pick up Julia Eff’s zines for a while now. Pioneers Press are always mentioning Julia (they published Julia’s poetry chapbook Wastelands, which I also can’t… Read more “4 Mini-Zines by Julia Eff”
A review of feminist horror anthology zine Final Girl
I’m not sure exactly when Final Girl #1 came out, as the tumblr for the zine has precious little information about said zine, but it doesn’t really matter.… Read more “A review of feminist horror anthology zine Final Girl”
I Don’t Know How to Help You
I Don’t Know How to Help You is a zine about depression and how we keep each other afloat in the middle of it. Edited by Pioneers… Read more “I Don’t Know How to Help You”
The Vellum Underground, Number 3
On a recent trip to Quimby’s, I picked up the third issue of a zine called The Vellum Underground (along with a pile of others). It’s thick as… Read more “The Vellum Underground, Number 3”
How To Be A Good Zine Citizen by Carrie Colpitts and Liz Mason
I have loved and respected the idea of zines for a long time, but to be honest I’ve always kind of felt like I was an outsider… Read more “How To Be A Good Zine Citizen by Carrie Colpitts and Liz Mason”
The Hard Fifty Farm: Finding Home by Jessie Duke & Adam Gnade
I grew up in the country. Actually, I grew up first in a shitty trailer park at the edge of a small town in Indiana, then in… Read more “The Hard Fifty Farm: Finding Home by Jessie Duke & Adam Gnade”
Friends, Get Wayward
“You can romanticize America and you can romanticize leaving but you can’t romanticize the Kansas City Greyhound.” – Friends, Get Wayward, page 16 I recently discovered (late… Read more “Friends, Get Wayward”
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