This week in zine cataloging, I'm still catching up with the zines our beloved Keight Bergmann bestowed upon us. It could take me all summer.
From Keight's Flickr stream.
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Zine Cataloging Report: June 7, 2013
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Refashioning Race, Gender, and Economy
On June 25th, join MOCA and the A/P/A Institute at NYU for a conversation about the power of social media and other technologies to create platforms for alternative aesthetics and challenge inequitable structures of production. The event features zinester and author Mimi Thi Nguyen with other highly regarded activists.
More info here.
What: Conversation features Minh-ha Pham (Threadbared; Of Another Fashion; Cornell University), Ashley Mears (Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model; Boston University), Mimi Thi Nguyen (Threadbared; The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), and Sharon Lee (New York University).
When: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 7-8:30p.m.
Where: Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013
Admission: $12, $7 for members. RSVP via email.
Find Then Online: http://www.mocanyc.org
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Release Party for Guillotine #4: Punk
Speaking of Mimi Thi Nguyen, she'll be doing a zine reading the day after Refashioning Race, Gender, and Economy. Info on her zine reading can be found here.
Celebrate the release of Guillotine #4 with readings from Mimi Thi Nguyen and Jenny Zhang, followed by both writers in conversation. Mimi Thi Nguyen is the author of The Gift of Freedom and has made zines since 1991, including Slander and the compilation zine Race Riot, the first zine by and for punks of color to comprehensively address race and racisms in punk and riot grrrl. Jenny Zhang is the author of the poetry collection Dear Jenny, We Are All Find, and writes for Rookie magazine.
GUILLOTINE is a chapbook series dedicated to revolutionary nonfiction, edited and published by Sarah McCarry.
Facebook RSVP encouraged, but not required.
Word Bookstore
126 Franklin St.
Brooklyn, New York
11222-2002
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Welcome, University of Saskatchewan Feminists!
Marie Lovrod, from the University of Saskatchewan is bringing her Representation, Embodiment and the City women's studies students to the Barnard Zine Library for some zine handling!
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Hello, Pre-College Program Documenting the Present class!
We are excited to host Sara Marcus's Pre-College Program class "Documenting the Present: the Art of Attention."
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Reading the Body
I know I've expressed excitement about the first two zine classes I worked with this week, but I've still got lots enthusiasm left for Laura Ciolkowski of IRWAG's "Reading the Body" students. It's great collaborating with our girl friends across the street!
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The Best of Zine Catalog Entries
I've been adding zines to the library's online system and sometimes labelling and describing them leads to some pretty hilarious entries in the database. Here are a few of my favorites...
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Insurance Awareness Day Cataloging Report 2013
And now for something completely different, I'm cataloging zines from Keight Bergmann's personal collection, plus a few from through the transom and the internet.
Also, today is Insurance Awareness Day, apparently. Insert derisive comment on the health insurance industry and US healthcare here.
Keight Zines
Buttons by Astrid (Stefanie?) Le Jeunesse with pictures by Tim Le Jeunesse, early 2000s?
I wish I could figure out more about this one. Keight thinks she bought it from a third party, so not much help there.
Sorry for the blurry cell-phone photo. If you can make the image out, can you place it in time or space?
I'm in Love Again by Suzen Green, 2002.
"The most important things in my life right now include getting a good night's sleep, eating relatively healthy, doing well in school, and remembering to breathe."
In Transition (It Doesn't Mean I Will Grow Up) by Lauren Fardig, 2002.
"One morning I became whole with myself again--I remembered where I need to live, that I am always in the home of the spaces between."
Jar of Pennies by Kalah Allen, 1999.
Cover photo from Hic + Hoc.
Kickstand #s 5, 7-10 by Arianne Foulks, 1996-1998.
Cover from ZineWiki
Kimagure na Dowa no Hon (a storybook of whimsy) by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler, 2006.
"I wanted to photocopy my notebook for you in color. No, strike that: I wanted to sit down with you and put your hands on it, page by page."
Cover from Gloomy Sundays
Lightningbug Zine #s 2, 4 & 7 by Kirstin Munro, 2001.
"While we never 'played house' in the traditional sense of the term, my sister and I liked to pretend we were 20-something single women living on our own; sometimes we would pretend to be rich, but most of hte time we were struggleing to get by as aspiring actresses who had to forage in the woods for food."
Looks Yellow Tastes Red #21 by Colette, 2001.
Pixiebitch #s 5 & 7 by Zoë.
"Hello Kitty rant #3,246. Ok folx--here's my latest complaint: the riot grrrl movement (yes it's still a movement, fucker!) is virtually keeping the fucking Sanrio corporation alive. The little mutant has no mouth & she's the sappiest drippiest most irritating cute in the world. I don't get it!! What does all that have to do with strong powerful womon??"
Places & Things by Teri Vlassopoulos, 2010.
Cover from Teri's site.
Promise on Everything #s 4, 5 & 7 by Suzanne Coady, 1999-2000?
Red-Hooded Sweatshirt #1 by Marissa Falco, 1998.
In which Marissa shares her zine history, considers the straightedge label, and gives directions for shortening your tube socks and reattaching the stripes.
Zines we got from the authors
Ker-bloom! #101 by artnoose, 2013.
"For one, it is impossible [as a single parent of an infant] to maintain my overachieving lifestyle. Sheer will just doesn't cut it."
Cover from artnoose's Etsy shop
Take Good Care: a Zine About Recognizing and Asking for the Health Care That We Want, Need and Deserve by Jude Vachon and Lizzie Anderson, 2013.
Library of Congress Subject Heading Highlights
Loneliness--Comic books, strips, etc.
Self-care, Health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Women artists--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
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Independence Day zine cataloging report, 2013
I have the day off from work, so I'm getting started on tomorrow's cataloging a little early. What better way to celebrate freedom from tyranny than spending the day with radical, independent self-publications by girls and women?
Webpage screenshot of an online exhibitMelissa Jones made based on an installation by Julie Turley.
Moar zines from Keight Bergmann
Communique by Summer Jean (I think), 1997.
Daffodil #18 by Emily Lyon, 1999.
I am a Camera #4 by Vanessa Berry, 2001.
Jehovah's Witnesses to Vanessa, when she answers the door wearing a too-small slip: Did we wake you?
Vanessa: No, I'm just with a customer.
She didn't really say that, it's what she said she should have replied. Indeed!
I Kicked a Boy #2 by Leah, 1995?
Looks Yellow Tastes Red #14 split with Mary Is Reckless #6, 1997.
"After a while I realized one of the most profound affects of publishing a zine and writing to other people all over the world was that it showed me I wasn't alone, that we have similar experiences. And I thought that maybe, by being honest, about myself, mostly, so not to hurt anyone, by being honest gently sometimes, and by being reassuring, I could give back some of what I've gotten out of this, some of that reassurance, some of that empowerment. Some of that knowing that I am not the only one who feels pain and I am not the only one who feels alone and some people do car, for real." -Colette
Photo from Atomic Books.
Looks Yellow Tastes Red #20 by Colette, 2000.
Love Letter Zine #3 by Thara Harris, 2001.
Lovesongs #3 by Laura Faulds, 2002.
Maaike's Little Holiday Diary by Maaike Hartjes, 1997.
Cover photo from Catawiki.
Make Out Club, by Ginger Brooks, 1996.
Disambiguation: there are two zines called Make Out Club! Actually one is The Make Out Club, but in case you didn't know, librarians don't think much of initial articles like "the."
Mary Is Reckless #s 10 & 11 by Johanna M., 2000.
Melt the Snow #10 by Teri Vlassopoulos, 2000.
Middle Name #7 by Alli Picard, 2002.
My Stupid Heart by Sarah Evans, 2002?
Napcore #5 by Rebecca Gilbert, 2006.
Features contributions from current and past PDX zine luminaries Chloe Eudaly, Sarah McCarry& Greig Means.
Operation Kitty Kitty zine distro catalog #5 by Katrina, 2002.
Oppress This #s 7-9 by Erin, 1998 & 1999.
Panacea #5 by Summer Jean, July 4, 1998.
"i used a lot of white-out on this page.
"this allows
"me to be perfectly imperfect."
The Speak Easy #1 by Kimberley, 1999?
This Anatomy Is Music #1 by Jess *O* Rama, 1990s.
To Win Your Heart in Chess & Cards by Nicole W., 2001.
Verboslammed #s 8 &10 by Rebecca, 1996 & 2002.
Vitaphobia #7 by Shari, early 2000s?
Vortex 5.0 Sketches from Street Level by Amanda Wood, 2010.
Photo from author's Flickr account.
Purchased from the Author
Ella Funt #1 by Ciara Xyerra, 2013.
"i would transform from a sloppy weirdo who doesn't stop wearing her jeans even after they get holes in the crotch, who ties her hair up with newspaper rubber bands she finds in the gutter, who doesn't have a problem smoking discarded cigarettes off the sidewalk, who won't eat artichokes because 'they're just not worth the effort' into this content, balanced earth mama."
Cover photo from Marching Stars zine distro.
Skinned Heart #4 by Nyky Gomez, 2012.
Cover photo from POC Zine Project spotlight.
New-to-us and Highlighted Subject Headings
Housesitting--Comic books, strips, etc.
Naps (Sleep)--Comic books, strips, etc.
Naps (Sleep)--Miscellanea.
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Virago #2
--A zine is something I do because I have something to say and I don't care who sees it as long as it's out there.
--Being a feminist has nothing to do with my armpits or my sexuality (both are fine, thanks for asking).
--Being a feminist is NOT man-bashing. Got that? (Though I wonder if so many people ask me that because male-oriented things are usually so ferociously unfriendly and demeaning to women. Don't judge me by the boys' rules, okay? I'm a human, treat me that way.) It's working for pesky things like equal pay for equal work, abortion access, helping battered women, affirmative action, welfare rights, birth control, daycare, ending racism, healing rape victims -- there's no fucking time for man-bashing. Don't I wish there was.
Sarah Manvel. Virago #2. July 1996. Page 3.
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International Zine Library Day
In collaboration with the POC Zine Project.
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24-Hour Zine Spree
Booklyn Artists Alliance is having a 24-Hour Zine Event starting Saturday, July 27th! Described as an "OVERNIGHT ZINE FACTORY / SLUMBER PARTY / MEDIA JAM," this is one party that you don't want to miss!
You can find Booklyn Artists Alliance online and here:
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#bcZineDay
We're having a belated Zine Library Day event here at Barnard Library on Wednesday, July 31st from 11-5.
There will be a Zine Reading at 2:00, and Zinedora (like Pandora, but for zines) recommendation booths all day. The event is held in colaboration with the POC Zine Project.
Come get some vegan snax and make zines with us. And keep an eye out for our neon colored posters! You literally can't miss them.
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Quarrel Zine
To celebrate our zine making event coming up on Wednesday, July 31, we're going to be profiling a few zines here at the library to get you excited!
Today, I'd like to draw your attention to the zine Quarrel. It's a new arrival here, so we don't have it on our shelves yet, but you can read it online at the POC Zine Project's website. We are super excited to be working with POCZP at our event Wednesday!
Quarrel is a compilation zine about confronting rapists in radical communities. There is a particularly strong section about a community's reaction to a white man who posed as a person of color in radical activist groups for several years in order to date women of color. There are also personal stories about gendered harrassment in the Occupy Wall Street and struggles associated with removing assaulters from community spaces. I really reccomend this zine.
[From Quarrel's website] QUARREL was a Bay Area affinity group that formed to take names and kick ass with an anti-colonial, queer, feminist boot. We support the self determination fo survivors and used harm reduction inspired techniques in survivor led actions to transform our communities into safer spaces. Some of our stories are collected here in QUARREL the zine.
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Timtum
Trans* and queer voices of faith are something that everyone could use a little more of! So for our second featured zine this week, I'd like to spotlight Timtum : א יידישע טראנס־זינ : a trans Jew zine. Since I'm not totally sure about preferred pronouns and the author expresses a dislike for them, I'm going to refer to the author as "they."
This zine is a powerful read. The author writes about their parents, who survived the Holocaust, and identifying as a trans* Jew in a society that demands assimilation. The author writes about their chest surgery and offers a prayer for their flesh that was burned in a medical incinerator. They also provide an exceptional and detailed list of ways to be respectful to trans*-folk.
Intrigued? Good news, you can give it a read from your own computer! Check out the Queer Zine Archive Project. You can read Timtum there, or you can read it with us this Wednesday, July 31 at our Zine Library Day Event.
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What I Saw from Where I Stood
Even though it's the weekend, we're still profiling zines in preparation for our Make-A-Zine Event this Wednesday! Here's number 4, "What I Saw from Where I Stood."
This very personal and powerful zine tells two stories. The first one takes place right after Hurrican Katrina. The author, Eva, goes down to volunteer in New Orleans with a group of punks. They get there in an old car that has been modifed to run on vegetable oil (so punk!). However, while they're on the road, a member of their group unexpectedly dies.
The second part of the zine is years after the death of her friend. Eva has a baby, and writes about eating the placenta and making her own pregnancy clothes. The zine is written post birth, and Eva recounts a few events surrounding the birth, like when she tries to dry the umbillical cord into a keepsake, but the dog unexpectedly eats it.
You can check this zine out of the library if you're interested. It's also a branch on our "Doris" channel of Zine-Dora (Like Pandora... but for zines!). We'll provide you with a link to our Zine-Dora page soon. Hope to see you on Wednesday!
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July 27, 2013: the Cataloging of the Zines
Two weeks ago I was on my way to the Zine Librarians unConference in Iowa City, and last week I was on staycation, so it feels like I haven't cataloged a zine in FOREVER.
This is what I was doing instead--still pretty fun!
photo by Matthew Murray
From the Publisher
Autumn: a Celebration by Allie, Caro & Adina, 2012.
One essay in this Barnard student comp zine references an admitted student weekend poetry class argument that the seasons are not a winter-summer binary with spring and fall merely as transitional months. Barnard discourse FTW.
Mini Comics (a Mini-Guide) by Juliana Strawn, cover by Stephanie Mannheim
Juliana made this zine as a handout for Columbia Graphic Novel Librarian Karen Green's comics and graphic novels class this summer.
No No No (This Is NOT a Zine) #5 by Kim R. Cody
"Daily Reminder
"You wont' be here one hundred years from now."
Cover from ZineReviews.blogspot.com.
Plenty #1 by Caro and Adina, 2012.
"...the man in the foulard sipping an espresso..."
Again--Barnard girls!
Tazewell's Favorite Eccentric #13 by Sarah Rose, 2013. 
Page image from Etsy.
Gift of Ayun Halliday
Ayun, the long-time publisher of The East Village Inky zine and a bunch of books is also a long-time, repeat donor to our collection.
Button #15 by Sally Cragin, 2008?
The Future Generation #15 by China Martens, 2006. 
Cover image from Atomic Books.
Grace Comics Showcase edited by Elizabeth Merrick and Ariel Bordeaux, presumably 2006.
With contributions from luminaries Christa Donner, Heidi MacDonald, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Trina Robbins, Ariel Schrag and others.
Cover from Elizabeth Merrick's website.
IndyMum #4 by Flavia Lytle
Once Upon a Photobooth by Coleen Murphy
Snailwell Gazette #s 1-5, by Elizabeth Bessel, 2006-2007
"I have decided the best thing about independent publishing is the lack of pressure to be absolutely grammatically correct. Run on sentences and overuse of parenthesis and hyphens are not only acceptable but are encouraged by the head publisher (ME!) I am not even going to offer an apology up front for any misspelled words as I am the worst speller in the history of spelling." Disclaimer from #1.
Sounds like an apology to me, but that's part of its
charm. :)
Cover from the author's Flickr account.
Time Enough at Last: a Reading Log, by Aj Michel, 2004.
Xerography Debt #s 19 & 21, edited by Davida Gypsy Breier, 2006 & 2007. 
Gift of Keight Bergmann
Yep, still working my way through Keight's gargantuan donation. It's a love of labor.
Wallflower Rebellion #3 by Hannah Hafter
Cover from a post on this blog, where I quoted Hannah on Judith Butler. I orginally grabbed the cover from Soapbox on LibraryThing.
Welcome to the Dollhouse #8 by JennyKay, 2000.
When Swinging Next to You #6 by Lazy Jane, 2000.
When Wrong Prevails: a Chapbook by Lauren Michele Fardig, 1999.
Words That Soak Up Life: a Reading Compilation Zine by Celia C. Pérez, 2001.
A Zinester's Guide to New York City by Lauren Michele Fardig and Cheryl Tapper, 2000.
New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings
Antidepressants--Side effects.
Autumn--Appreciation.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Psychological aspects.
Photobooths.
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Malcriada : on abuse, assimilation and Latin@ identity
You know the feeling of emptiness that you get immediately after finishing a good read? I heard someone refer to that as a "book hangover" once and thought that was a pretty great name for the feeling.
Today's zine is one of those personal zines that will give you a "book hangover" at the end. (Take note that this highly recommended zine comes with a trigger warning). Malcriada is a well-written and very personal story of surviving childhood sexual abuse. The author also writes about her difficulty she experiences with her Latina identity while living in a culture that demands assimilation.
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That Girl #13
Happy Sunday, zinesters! If you participated in Booklyn's 24-Hour Zine Challenge, I hope that you are feeling productive and accomplished right now.
Today's featured zine is That Girl #13. Kelli gives a detailed account of her difficult pregnancy, which she endured while completing a master's thesis. Talk about stressful! She was in the hospital for 65 days and her newborn son was in intensive care for 70 days. The author is not afraid to delve into some of the scarier parts of having a baby taht don't always get mentioned in traditional pregnancy literature. It's a great story and I reccommend it to anyone.
Photo from Portland Button Works. You can buy a copy of the zine there! Also avaliable on Etsy.
Photo from Portland Button Works.
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Release Party this Saturday!
Do you dig art, food, and live music? Check out the Scraps Magazine Release Party in Queens! (easily acessible, right next to the 7 train) The Facebook event is here. It's going to be a great time!
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