What is it?"The Orgasm Zine came about through conversations with other women that revealed our experiences with orgasms are much more diverse and complex than is usually represented in porn and pop culture. We all have different bodies, so it makes sense that we would have different orgasms. We collected submissions from 14 women about their various experiences with orgasms, with the intention of focusing on voices that are underrepresented in mainstream media. We were delighted by the submissions and the positive responses we received when the zine was published in the summer of 2012, and we have been asked many times when we were going to put together a second issue. It's finally time!"

Guidelines:"For the second issue of The Orgasm Zine, we want more orgasm stories from people who identify as women or have lived as women. We welcome written submissions of 500 words or less, as well as illustrations, photographs, and other pieces of art that can be published in zine form. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2013. All submissions will be anonymous unless otherwise stated."

Email them or check out their website: theorgasmzine.wordpress.com for news and information about ordering the first and subsequent issues.

Submissions can focus on any aspect of orgasms, but here are some questions that might help you get started:

-Do you have orgasms?

-How would you describe your orgasms?

-Do you have different kinds of orgasms?

-Have your orgasms changed over time?

-Do you think your orgasms are normal or abnormal?

-How do you communicate with a partner about your orgasms?

-Have you ever faked an orgasm? Why?

-Do you have difficulty reaching orgasm or did you in the past? What did you do about it?

-Are orgasms important to you? Why?

-Do you experience orgasms differently while masturbating vs. with a partner?

-Do you have multiple orgasms, and if so, under what circumstances?

Text is from website. Images are from Bing's "free to share and distribute" image search.

That's the Barnard Zine Library's BFF Daniela Capistrano from the POC Zine Project looking at the camera. Mwah!
 

Zines created at our belated International Zine Library Day event, July 31, 2013

An Exploration of Heart-Wrenching Soul Music Lyrics by Sy
Not actually cataloged yet because we need to re-scan it. 

A Five Minute Primer on the Proper Brewing of Tea by Thomas Kula
By a Columbia systems librarian. Spoiler: Thomas doesn't take his tea with milk or lemon, but acknowledges that they are popular additions. 

Flammable Turtle by Cat
Cat posits some of Barnard's reasons for banning turtles from its dorms. 

I Am Not a Contradiction: Reflections on Being a Queer Christian by Cat
"I'm working on acknowledging my religion's violent history and its role in our current patriarchal racist society. If I am going to stand up for what is good in the world, I can't ignore these facts." 

"Something I really love about Jesus is that he didn't get married and have a kid & a job. He spent all of his time with friends--most of whom were prostitutes & poor."

File under "Barnard students FTW." 

Journey by RAS

Lower East Side Librarian is Kale Enhanced by Jenna Freedman
The zine title refers to the kale guacamole we served at the event. The zine itself is about not having a good answer when someone asks "How are you?" or "What's new?"

Real Punks Don't Watch the Superbowl by Stephanie Mannheim
The title is inspired by something dumb someone said on Facebook, but the contents, by rising senior Stephanie, reflect on her time at Barnard, in NYC and in the comics communitiy. 

Recent Research Inquiries Submitted to the Barnard College Archives by Martha Tenney
Martha shares three disparate research questions--about women astronauts, Malcolm X's last speech and how to become an archivist. 

[space] by Rakhi
A Barnard student gets elemental. 

From the author--gift or purchase

Everyone Knows You Can't Get Emotional Stains Out of Carpets by Ya-Wen Ho

Photo from Matchbox Studios listing

Ya-Wen makes you work to read this series of "Dear You" letters, but they're worth the effort for sentences like this one:

"I learnt lingerie-posting etiquette for you, and you said 'I've got to go, my kebab is getting cold.'"

From the Ground Up: a Compilation Zine on Herbalism for Everyone #1 Herbalist to Herbalist by Margarat Nee and Kim Schwenk

Photo from the project's website. Btw, you can download the pdf yourself, if you want. 

Hi, Friend! Nice to Meet You! by Marya Errin Jones
Marya forgot to make business cards before the Zine Librarians (un)Conference, so she made a one-page folding-zine to hand around instead. 

MetaZine by Davida Gypsy Breier
A zine primer made by Davida for the Alt Press Fest sponsored by the Salt Lake City Public Library. (Hi Brooke Young!)

Mocha Chocolata Momma: Bessie Coleman by Marya Errin Jones
A bio/fanzine about the first Black woman aviator, this zine's visual style features old-school cut and paste and wingful, swirly collages.  

Gift of Ayun Halliday

Lone Star Ma: the Magazine of Progressive Texas Parenting and Children's Issues #9 by Mariah Boone

A Mama's Calendar: 12 Months of Love & Struggle by Coleen Murphy
The first year back in New Orleans after Katrina, with photos, drawings and other contributions from other mama zine makers including Ayun Halliday, Vikki Law and China Martens. 

Zuzu and the Baby Catcher #10 by Rhonda Baker
Midwife, medical illustrator and sometimes reluctant mother Rhonda shares her adventures delivering Hutterite babies, getting a pebble extracted from her daughter's nose and generally navigating life and work (for the time being, as a stay-at-home mom) in PDX. 

New-to-us Library of Congress subject headings

Business cards--Specimens.

Christian college students.

Christian lesbians. 

Coleman, Bessie, 1896-1926.

Conversation.

Dormitories--Comic books, strips, etc.

Tea--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Workaholics. 

Pete's Mini Zine Fest @ Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn Saturday, August 24, 2013!

INTERTRONS:

Facebook + Facebook Event (invite people!)

Twitter: @petesmzf  

They're highlighting a tabler every couple of days. Follow them and expand your zinester knowledge!

Poster 2013 by Morgan Pielli

Pacifier by Heather Lynn, 1996.
Sometimes you read a zine written by a teenager ten or more years ago, and you wonder how the author is doing and hope she's all right. I always feel that way when I read a zine by Heather Lynn, who I glean from Facebook is still friends with a bunch of 1990s zine girls. 

Panophobia #s 2-5 by Jen & Sarah Wolfe, 1994-1997.
The sisters interview musicians you've heard of about their phobias and also ask Cub members about all things Canadian (Degrassi, Michael J. Fox, Niagara Falls, etc.). 

The Pans, the Pants & the Plants by Thelma & Anke, 1999. 
What happens when a woman from Germany and a woman from Iceland meet in Spain...obviously they make a romantic horror zine together, in English. 

Pass the Buck catalogs by Louisa and Nicole Solomon, 1997/1998 and undated.
Record label and distro catalog, including #cassingles. 

Plume #s 7 & 8 by Sheila Burgel, 1994 & 1995.

Pinpoints and Unfamiliar Settings by Samantha Marcelo and Teri Vlassopoulos, 2001. 

Pork and Beans #s 1 & 2 by Shane/Shannon and Amy/Ami, 1994-1995.
"hey. i know you. you want to
advertise in pork+beans. ok...
write me and we'll make a deal.
i'm reasonable. besides, i like
you."

Projector by Amy. 

A Question of Location by Eleanor Whitney, 2001. 
In a snazzily bound little book, college student and social justice activist Eleanor, living in New York City, examines her thoughts on Maine, where she grew up, back to back with her feelings and revelations about 9/11. 

Rats Live on No Evil Star #s 4, 8 & 9 by Marla Tiara 1995-1997.
Mid-1990s desktop publishing aesthetique, with references to AOL folders, mix tapes and Quark Express and a Sassy internship exposé.

Revise and Shred #2 by Katrina L, 1999. 
Shows reviewed: Run DMC at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, The Beach Boys at Foxwoods Casino, The Make Up at Secret Theatre. 

Silver Rocket #s 6 & 8 by Nicole Solomon, 1997 & 1999?
"Nella Larsen rocks my bookcase." 

Slave to the Needles #1 by Aimee Hagerty, 2003. 

Image from KnitBlog. 

Twenty Bus #7 by Kelli Callis, 1997. 

Up #13 by Mollie B., 2000. 
"2 months later I am still not over Egon Schiele & it makes me real nervous."

Btw this author dropped out of school at 14 and is now an MD.

V-Reject #11 by Anna Sin, 1995. 
"you act like yr an authority on 'punk,' like you can speak for us all. well fuck you! it's elitist assholes like you who are ruining punk! who make me puke every time i hear the word 'punk'- a label i used to proudly identify with a couple ears ago, before all this exploitation crap. YOU give punk a bad name, NOT the 'posers'!! you come off so fucking arrogant when you say shit like 'my music,''our music,' etc. guess what?- the music DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU!! it belongs to everybody! your 'posers' CAN'T HURT YOU!!" (small excerpt of long screed that is awesome but may cause me to prematurely require bifocals to read) She ends it, "love, hugs, and kisses,"and illustrates the dear you with frolicking clip art penguins.

The "Velvet Grass" Bathroom Reader by Rebecca D. Dillon, 1998.

Viva la Marines by Erin Durant, 1999. 
Summer lifeguarding, band interviews, scheming roommates. 

New-to-Us Subject Headings

Audiocassettes--Catalogs. 

Music--Catalogs.

Spoken word poetry--Catalogs. 

I loved this statement from Fred Argoff in Xerography Debt 33, July 2013, p. 29 and so got his permission to share it here. 

So the world didn't come to a cataclysmic end in December 2012 after all. I guess that's a good thing; it's vastly preferable to be alive and able to produce the next issue of my zine, rather than perishing in a horrible conflagration. Strangely enough, however, it now appears that whoever read through the Mayan codices to announce the end of the world prediction made a small translation error, substituting "world" for "zine." Because the zine world certainly took a body blow at the beginning of the year when Jerianne Thompson announced her decision not to continue publishing Zine World.

Jerianne Thompson is a real hero of zine librarianship and someone I admire greatly personally and professionally and whose praises I sang inadequately on my personal blog a few years ago. 

If you have any questions about the survey or if there's anything funky with it, please let us know by emailing zines@barnard.edu.

This post is in progress. 

Zines from Keight

25 Words or Less by Moira Clunie, 2002
Five microzines, each individually cut, pasted and rubber stamped.
Record copy cataloged from the National Library of Australia (and edited)!

Arrowed #3 1/2 by Lauren Michele Fardig, 1999

Born Ready #6 by Zhenelle Falk, 2003?

Boshi #3 by Taryn Hipp, 2001
Taryn shares selected LiveJournal posts from when she and her boyfriend were broken up. 

Corrosive by Moira Clunie, 2002
Moira, having a bad day. 

Dear Boy #1 by Erin Nicole Schleckman, 1999

Do Something Pretty While You Can by Teri Vlassopoulos

Don't Stop (Stop) #3: Evolution Theory by Gillian Beck, 2001

Friend Haiku Mini Series #1: Amber by Thara Harris, 2001
Thara gets over hating her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend-turned-ex-girlfriend, and they become BFFs.

Hope #17 by Elissa Nelson, 2000

The Hundred Most Influential Writers in My Life to Date, as Best I Can Remember and Mostly Not Including Zines #2 by Elissa Nelson, 2011

Love Letter #4: American Action by Thara Harris, 2001?

Opposite Day: Brainscan #17 by Alex Wrekk/Rock Star with Words #2 by Korinna Irwin, 2001
Making her second one-night zine in a row, Alex does not rely on notebooks of old writing for content, like she does for her more substantial zines. Instead she shares random thoughts like "Avocado and mustard sandwiches are really good. You should try one." There are some more serious discussion points, as well. 

Korinna's side starts out, "It's a cold night in North Portland and I'm working on my third PBR. It's freezing in Alex's house: we are sitting crosslegged beside one another with typewriters in our laps, typing away. New Order's 'Blue Monday' is playing and I am feeling kind of tipsy." She really catches a moment, don't you think? She also explores how she fits into punk, DIY and feminist communities and whether or not she wants to.

Welcome to Alaska by Hayley Alaska

Word #6 by Ally Pickard, 2001

Zines by Owner

Ker-bloom! #102: How to Buy a $10,000 House in Six Easy Steps (This Will Take You Four Years) by artnoose, 2013
Punk rock home acquisition in six screenprinted steps. 

Tenacious: Art & Writings by Women in Prison #29, edited by Vikki Law, 2013

Tomgirl #2 by Judith Jones, 2013

The Triumph of Our Tired Eyes #2, by Amber Dearest/Cheap Toys #10 by Giz Medium, 2012

Xerography Debt #s 32 & 33, edited by Davida Gypsy Breier, 2013

Zines and Copyright Issues by Jude Vachon, 2012?

A Zinester's Guide to Copyright, written by Not A Lawyer, Srsly, 2012

New-to-us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Children's literature--Appreciation

Dating (Social customs)--Blogs

House buying

Nausea

Young women--United States--Blogs

Librarians & Archivists to Palestine

With a cover by Josh MacPhee and centerfold by Molly Fair (both Interference Archive archivists and Justseeds artists) this zine detailing a delegation of librarians and archivists visiting Palestine was compiled by Barnard librarians Vani Natarajan and me, and also by delegation co-leader Hannah Mermelstein. It's not for sale yet. Keep an eye on the delegation blog, Facebook or Twitter for info on its release. 

Pete's Mini Zine Fest Purchases & Trades

Counter Attack #3 by Alisa Harris, 2010.
This is a loving minicomic depecting the daily activities of  cats Moe & Fidget. 

Dee's Dream: the Patriot Parlor by Dre Grigoropol, 2012. 
Garage band minicomic. 

Don't Mayo Hate by Dre Grigoropol, 2013. 
High school student Maia Mayo is having a really bad day. 

Hello/Adios by Dawn Wing, 2013. 
Minicomic scenes from a turning-30 crisis from a teacher completing a master's degree in library science.

The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories, Volume 1: Growing up Christian Palestinian in America by Marguerite Dabaie, 2007.
Wherein making dolmas in the Bay Area involves stealing grape leaves from Napa vineyards. 

Hope Chest by Jenny Gonzalez-Blitz, 2013.
Collages making fun of affirmations with a little class critique thrown in for fun. 

If You Like Penguins and Getting Stoned and Reading Random Thoughts: a 24 Hour Zine Thing Project by Dawn, 2010. 
"Maybe this is it. Just sitting here and having 24 hrs. to do what I love and not judge it."

Kiss & Tell volume 2.0 by Jem Ross, 2013.
Jem tells about a lot more than kissing. I didn't used to know what "tossing salad" means.

Living in La La Land #1: Blitz Over Bushwick by Jenny Gonzalez-Blitz, 2011?
"All I know is that I think there's a difference between being rebellious and simply being a douchebag."

"I guess daily journal comicking is kinda gonzo."

Lolita #1 by Jem Ross, 2008?
It's all in here--how to dress, throw parties, be green and what music to listen to. 

Money Saving Freelance Tip$! by Alisa Harris, 2013. 
Slacking save$. 

Wall Street Cat: Money Takes Naps by Sara Lindo, 2011. 
Ike is a highly regarded therapy cat who commutes to Wall Street on the PATH train. pdf

We'll Never Have Paris #10 edited by Andria Alefhi, 2013. 

What It Is by Dawn Wing, 2012. 

You Should Be Here edited by Hannah Clayman and Ashley de la Montaña, 2013? 
A platform for women artists in all disciplines. 

Zoos Bluez by Dre Grigoropol, 2013. 
Dre liked the elephants best, but they moved to other zoos. 
 

New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Affirmations

Archivists--Political activity--Palestine. 

Bands (Music)--Comic books, strips, etc. 

Cats--Therapeutic use--Comic books, strips, etc.

Collage, American--Specimens. 

Librarians--Political activity--Palestine. 

Penguins--Comic books, strips, etc. 

This one isn't new-to-us, but I think it could be used to describe most personal zines: Self--Miscellanea. 

From Keight Bergmann's Collection

Brainscan #15 by Alex Wrekk, 2001.
Alex being uncharacteristically emo:

"i'm o.k. now.
"i reinforced my heart with duct tape and portland rain."

Liggie Wog: Summer Tour 2000 by Eleanor Whitney, 2000?
Turn of the 21st century pop band and its Geocities links. 

Looks Yellow Tastes Red #s 17-19 by Colette, 1998-1999.

Metamorphosis: a Small Piece of Semi-Fiction by Katherine Bridges, 2000.
Why must she be a teenage printmaker in love?

Neon Zoe #1 by Lauren Michele Fardig, 1999.

Red CharmingMini Catalog by Emily K. Larned, 2001?
Cute things to read and wear, made by Booklyn artist Emily.

Reflections Two Years Since by Eleanor Whitney, 2003. 
9/11, from a political activist's point of view, two years after.

A Renegade's Handbook to Love & Sabotatge #1 by Ciara Xyerra, 2000.

Cover from Sallie Bingham Center blog post.

Revise and Shred, Part One by Katrina, Summer 1999.

Secret Agent Chicken by Miss Helen, 2000.
Cover description by Juliana, "badly photocopied picture of something."
DIY tiara, eating flowers, notice of government surveillance of email. 

Skeleton by Amanda Wheeler, early 2003.

Slander #7 by Mimi Nguyen, 1999.
To my memory, this is the most personal of Mimi's zines, written while she was a grad student at UC Berkeley, is still plenty political. 

Soon I Am Moving by Sarah, 2002. 
Sounds like: procrastination!

Street Kids in PDX by Dinner and a Movie, 2005?
Interviews with and statistics about homeless young people in Portland, Oregon.

Telectric #2 by Samantha, 2002. 
"So I feel that I should explain this. I started Telectric n2 at last summer's end, and then a parade of things got in the way. Not only did I move, but there were money issues, layout issues, and the ever-present Being A Perfectionist issues. But one day I decided that stressing over it was silly. Plus, I had more to say. So here we are."

A Tiny Tiny Adventure by Amanda Wheeler and Marissa Falco, 2005. 

Tiny tiny children in an evilly mean wider world. 

Wasabi Star by Moira Clunie, 2001.

Photo of Wasabi Star green wall from Moira's Flickr stream.

Moira and her bf are shacking up and painting the walls. 

Word #5 by Alison Picard, 2000.
Fancy interlaced pages!

Woven #s 4& 5 by Moira Clunie, 2001-2002. 
Neat fold on #4. It's a one-page folding-zine with an extra flap. 

Cover of #5 from Moira's blog. 

You're Perfectly Smashing by Vanessa Berry, 2002?
 

And, finally, from our International Zine Library Day event

An Exploration of Heart-Wrenching Soul Music Lyrics by Sy, 2013. 
Collages set to lyrics from songs by Bobby Bland, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. 

Image courtesy of the artist. 

New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Children's stories, New Zealand.

Homeless youth--Interviews.

Picture books.

Secrecy--Poetry.

Soul music--Appreciation. 

This week in zine cataloging:

From Keight Bergmann's Mighty Collection

Heavenly Nobodies by Amy Funaro, 1997?

Ovv Star Boxed Rollerskates [Title???] #1 by Jessika and Adam, 2000?

Speak-easy #3: the Garden & Backyard Issue by Lee Tran Lam, 2000?

Spycorp-3 #1 by Miss Helen, 2000.

Starache #10, 12 & 13 by Amy Funaro, 1996-1999.

Tiny Box of Sky by Jessika, 1999 or so?
 

Purchased from or Donated by the Author/Artist

Fallopian Falafel #15 by Hadass S. Ben-Ari, Winter 2011.

The Moon Sisters by Bea Nettles, 1990.

One Helpful Impact Play Negotiation Guide for You: Another Fucking Zine by ScrewSmart, 2012? 

Purple Myrtle Squeegy #s3-6 by Hadass S. Ben-Ari, April 2012-July 2013. 

ScrewSmart's ZineGuide to Fisting, 2010. 

What to Expect When You're Expecting Butt Sexin': a Fucking Zine by ScrewSmart, 2010?

Downloaded from the Internet

Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities, 2011 conference report 2013. 

New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Espionage--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Heavy metal (Music)--Israel. 

Spring--Appreciation. 

Acquired from the Author

Zine Librarian [un]conference 2013 Iowa City. 
 

Downloaded from the Internet

Quarrel: Stories of Survivor Self-Determination, Direct Action, Strategies for Safer Spaces & Ripping Patriarchy to Shreds.

What Is This Thing Called M.E.?
 

Gift of Keight Bergmann

Starethrough #2

Telectric #3

Tetanus Shot #4

There Are Not Enough Hours in the Day for All the Bitching I Have to Do #1

Purchased from Autostop Zine Distro

All My Friends Are Mountains

How to Make Lacto-Fermented Kimchi

I Lost My Sense of Irony in Brisbane

If Destroyed Still True #6: Iraqi Kurdistan Edition

Mellow Yellow #s 1 & 2 by Hannah Ho

Not Afraid of Ruins

Sex Industry Apologist

Trees Die Standing #1: The Road to Gaza

Veganistan: Vegan Food from the Middle East & Maghreb

Gift of Keight Bergmann

Pander Zine Distro catalogs: fall/winter 1998-99, fall/winter 1999, spring/summer 2000, winter 00/01, spring/summer 2001 and spring/summer 2002 by Ericka Bailie.

Cover from Grassroots Feminism. 

Quartz #0 by Amy, 2001

"Quartz = me in shadowy corners."
I think that's true of many zines and personal writing since often what one chooses to write about is the dark stuff, and even though personal zines are autobiographical they may depict just one aspect or corner of one's psyche. 

Quirk #2 by Brandy, 1999.

from a 1958 girls' fitness guide reprint, "Once married, they physically fit girl has the stamina to do her housework without feeling all fagged out at the end of the day."

Ragdoll #2 by Cheryl Tapper, 1997.

Riot Grrrl Press by Heather Lynn, Mary Margaret and Erika Maria, Fall/Winter 1997.

"becuz there is a whole helluva lot more to punk rock feminism than playing bass in a band."

Roadside #2 & 4 by Sarah Oleksyk, 1998 & 1999

Logo preserved by Oocities. 

Rough Lines #3-5 by Melonie Fullick, 2001.

"Everything I ever wanted to know has been lost in the haze of things I found out." No. 4

In a review of Charlie's Angels in no. 5, "Still, I can't help feeling that one of these days Cameron Diaz's smile is going to fall right off her face, grow legs and acquire a consciousness." and from the New Zealand fact page, "3. I've never yet met anyone who fucked a sheep." 

Rugburn Spectacular #3-4 by Amalle Dublon, 2000-2001.

Slutkissgirl #4 by Ciara, 1997.

Small Consolation #1 by Summer Danger, 2005.

"I have this problem where I just can't get past issue #1 of a zine. It's sort of like my thing with journal writing, how I can only get through about half of the journal until I want to begin another one, start from fresh."

With a stab-bound cover made of wallpaper. 

Smitten Kitten #5, 6 by Kristy, 2000-2002.

Smitten Kitten Zine Distro catalogue #8 by Kristy, 2002. 

Cover from Grassroots Feminism. 

Sneer #9 by Kate Flannery, 1999.

Written by a Bryn Mawr student, "It's your typical women's college experience, minus the lesbian action (though our answering machine message screams 'straight sex is bad sex!' to confuse Mrs. F.) Sometimes we bicker, sometimes fits are thrown, but usually it's a free-for-all with our hall mates, down home fun cohabitation."

Some Things Are Impossible by Andrea, 2003. 

Someone Hearts Me in Ohio #2, 4 by Jeannette Mihalek, 1996, 1997.

Downloaded from El Internet

International Queer Art & Activism Zine #6: South Korea by Miyuki Baker. 

Cataloged with Starr Hoffman's Knowledge Organization class. 

New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Law students. 

New Zealanders--Canada.

In honor of Janice Radway's Networks and Itineraries of Dissent: Making Sense of Girl-Related Zines from the 1990s talk on Thursday, here's an embodiment of networks & itineraries of dissent in 1990s girl zines. 1990s zine girls were fond of gluing postage stamps so the recipient could wipe off the cancellation mark, steam the stamp off the letter or zine and reuse it.

Scan from a Riot Grrrl Press catalog.

We'll hand out copies if this ZINGO board at tonight's Networks and Itineraries of Dissent: Making Sense of Girl-Related Zines from the 1990s talk with Janice Radway tonight.

Barnard Zine Library tour at 5pm

Talk at Butler Library, room 523 at 6.

This event is part of the 2013-2014 Book History Colloquium at Columbia University, curated by Karla Nielsen and co-sponsored by the Barnard Zine Library.

The ZINGO card was generated by Zine Librarian Jenna Freedman, with some help from 1990s zine girls on Facebook and Janice Radway. There were enough ideas generated to fill at least one more board!

Gift of the Author

Alex #1-5 by Anne Hays, 2011-2012.

Cover from We Make Zines. 

"That year I took a trip to the West coast, and at one point I spent a night in a hotel with a transgendered friend of mine who I did not know well, along with his FTM friend and a woman who identified as androgynous. We played strip poker (what else would we do?) and I discovered that my friend, without his shirt on, looked more like a man to me than when full clothed." from no. 1. I love the youthful innocence, curiosity and playfulness conveyed by this passage, as well as the idea that in order to see, the friends also had to show and how seeing her friend nude helped Anne to better recognize his masculinity. 

"I happened to have skipped the fourth grade, which is sort of a formative year for breasts." from a survey response in no. 2, the bra issue. 

"I of course still read books approved by Random House but immersing myself in zines and AA meetings is definitely shifting my critical thoughts about what makes a story 'good.'
"It's good if it makes you feel something.
"It's good if you can relate.
"It's good if it promotes dialogue.
"It's good if it helps you and others.
"It's good if it's real.
"It's good!
"It's real!" from no. 4

Crack! A Keep Myself Busy Zine by Cat, 2013.

A 21-year-old tries to kick the habit--after thirteen years, she stops cracking her knuckles. 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: a Love Story by Jerri Falwell, 2013. 

Not her real name. 

Hot Topic or a Lot of Needs (112) by Jude Vachon, 2011. 

This Is for You by C., 2013.
 

Gift of Keight Bergmann

(yeah, I thought I was done, but not quite)

Save Yrself #2 by Katrina, 1998.

"I really like this zine stuff becuz when people read my words they are listening to me, they can't ignore me or tell me to shut up or cut me off. This leads me to believe that the reason there are so many females who make zines is becuz when people are reading what we have to say, they can't 'gag the bitch' or shut her up or cut her off."

Warm Front Today: a Story of Sorts, #1. Words by Andrew Emond and prints by Teri Vlassapoulos, 1999.

Wasted Style #9: All Systems Are Gauche by Jamillah James.
 

Purchased from the Author

Sugar Needle #37 by Corina Fastwolf and Phlox Icona, 2013.

Cover by Kelly Froh. 

"Dark chocolate Toblerone is like eating a backbone or a saw blade, but with honey and almonds." - Mr. Fastwolf

Vital Signs #2 by Rachel Casiano Hernandez, 2013.

Cover from Burrows & Co Etsy shop.

Women of Color #5: Interviews, edited by Tonya Jones, 2013.

(2nd Copies) from Project Bridget Distro (now Autostop)

All My Friends Are Mountains by Bridget, 2012?

How to Make Lacto-Fermented Kimchi Topless by Katrina, 2011?

I Lost My Sense of Irony in Brisbane by Elle, 2010. 

Mellow Yellow #1-2 by Hannah Ho, 2006-

Not Afraid of Ruins #1 by Nausea Nissenbaum, 2008.

Sex Industry Apologist by Nine, 2010. 

Trees Die Standing #1: the Road to Gaza by Bridget, 2009?

Veganistan: Vegan Food from the Middle East & Maghreb by Bridget, 2011.

New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Androgyny (Psychology). 

Habit breaking. 

We are always happy to host Nicole Nemergut and her Calhoun School students.

Downloaded from the Internet

Bolt #1-5, 2010. 

Photo from Platypus of Doubt

Gift of the Author/Editor/Publisher

Flux by Gallery 44, 2013.

Photo from Zineopolis

Palestine Through Art, Film, and Literature by Hannah Mermelstein's class at Saint Ann's, 2013. 

Purchased from the Author or Publisher

Apoplexia, Toxic Shock, Toilet Bowl: Some Notes on Why I Write by Kate Zambreno, 2013.

Cover from Guillotine

The Escapist Artist #3-7 by Jolie Nuñez-Noggle, 2012-2013. 

Covers from Jolie's Etsy shop

Punk by Mimi Thi Nguyen and Golnar Nikpour, 2013. 

"As I got older, I believed punk's premise to be a broad social and creative critique. I believed in the romance of a radical, antiauthoritarian scene located somewhere out there, far from my suburban bedroom..." -Mimi

"...I was similarly draw to the romance of the idea that the punk was a political outsider as well as a cultural one." -Golnar

Spoiler: that's not exactly what they found.

Skrrrl #2-3 by Jolie Nuñez-Noggle, 2013.

Cover from Jolie's Etsy shop

Violence by Vanessa Veselka and Lidia Yuknavitch, 2012. 

Cover from Guillotine

You Can't Bring Me Down by Jolie Nuñez-Noggle, 2012. 

Cover from Jolie's Etsy shop
 

New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Enemies. 

Palestine--In art. 

We ordered replacements for the zines still in print, but are unable to procure old issues of That Girl and Twenty Bus. The replacement copies of Kurt Cobain Was Lactose Intolerant Conspiracy Zine (it's real, people) and That Girl #12 came with warning labels inside:

Listen to Kelli; stealing from the library is bad karma, indeed!