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Zine Cataloging: St. Patrick's Day

March 15, 2014, 9:26 am
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Jenna Freedman

Okay, I don't remotely care about St. Patrick or his day, except that it's the birthday of my cat Bad Bad Leroy Brown and her six siblings. 


Photo of Bad Bad Leroy Brown living up to her name, from zinecats.tumblr.com. 

Gift of or Trade with the Author

Alex #6: Genderqueer by Anne Hays, 2013

"...I see myself as a feminine guy...Typically, when I present who I am to other people, I (think I) present as a masculine woman."

The Amalgamated Everlasting Union Chorus Local 824 by Moe Bowstern, 1998

The Amalgamated Everlasting Union Chorus Local 824 Hip Mama Songbook by Moe Bowstern, 2001

The Amalgamated Everlasting Union Chorus Local 824 #5: Happy Birthday! by Moe Bowstern, 2002

"That first show set many of the traditions we hold still: boys in dresses and girls in suits; original lyrics set to old tunes; event promoters' incorrec rendition of our name; showing up late to a gig and being hustled into a boa onstage anyway; laughing, arguing and singing together."

Anarkitty in the UK by Sarah Fisk and Ilana Kantor, 2012

"Why can't punks draw straight lines?
"Because they have no rulers."

Balls by Jacinta Bunnell, 1996/2004

Dear One by Jacinta Bunnell, 2009

Girls Are Not Chicks Coloring Book by Jacinta Bunnell & Julie Novak, 2009


Cover from PM Press

Girls Will be Boys Will Be Girls: a Coloring Book by Jacinta Bunnell & Irit Reinheimer, 2004


Cover from Soft Skull Press

Not My Small Diary #17: True Tales from High School edited by Delaine Derry Green, 2013?


Cover from Delaine's Etsy shop

Seven Year Sleepover: a Presentation for Your Consideration by Jacinta Bunnell, 2008

Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon Coloring Book words by Jacinta Bunnell, pictures by Nathaniel Kusinitz, 2010


Cover from PM Press


Purchased from the Author

Xtra Tuf by Moe Bowstern

#2: Salmon Season 1997

#3: The Beach Seiner issue 2001

#5: The Strike Issue 2005


Cover from Good Reads

#6: The Greenhorn Issue 2010


Cover from Microcosm


New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Batman (Television program : 1966-1968). 

Choruses. 

Couples--Anniversaries, etc.

Prisons--United States--20th century.

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Feminist Zine Fest 2014: SPLICElit Recap

March 19, 2014, 3:32 pm
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Friday! Asian American Zines & Super Micro Mini Zine Workshop

March 26, 2014, 9:47 am
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Jenna Freedman

Zinester/library & information science student in residence A'misa Chiu will give a workshopon Friday at 3:30. She talk first about Asian American zines, but the presentation will have a hands-on crafty component, where we'll learn to make some kind of wacky teeny weeny zine(y) with intricate cuts and folds.

Friday, 3/28/14: 3:30, Lehman 201
Poster: http://is.gd/LTiIdE
Free & open to the public! There will probably be food!

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Zine Cataloging: Cesar Chavez Day

March 29, 2014, 9:12 am
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Jenna Freedman


This is a book/zine store in Austin on E. Cesar Chavez St. in Austin. Photo from BrinkBlog.

Gift or Trade with the Author/Editor

Suggestions by Kelsey Smith

The Triumph of Our Tired Eyes #3 by Amber Dearest

Vital Signs #3 by Rachel Casiano Hernandez

Xerography Debt #34 edited by Davida Gypsy Breier


Purchased from the Author

Mocha Chocolate Momma #2: Zoe Washburne by Marya Errin Jones
 

Purchased from Portland Button Works

Null & Void or Bathrobes: a Conversation about Gender (or the Lack Thereof) by J & Chris

Shape and Situate #4: Posters of Inspirational European Women by Melanie Maddison, 2012

???Show and Tell #2, 4, winter by Rachel Lee-Carman, 2009

Taking Back the Night by NH

Taking the Cake: an Illustrated Primer on Asexuality by Maisha

Touched by an Anvil #15 by W. Bucket

Travellers Will Find Convenient Articles in Abundance at Travelscan: a Brainscan 24 Hour Zine by Alex Wrekk

Voiceless Slut by Natalie Solidarity

Your Pretty Face Is Going Straight to Hell #16, 18 by Tukru

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Zine Cataloging: No Housework Day 2014

April 5, 2014, 10:44 am
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Jenna Freedman

BLOG POST IN PROGRESS

Today is National No Housework Day. I observe that holiday pretty much every day that I'm not expecting a houseguest. Except laundry. I do that sometimes. 


Cover from author's Etsy shop.

Purchased from Portland Button Works

Across Mountains, Oceans, Rivers & Streams #1-2 by Katie Ash & Kirsten Smith, 2012

Basements & Living Rooms: a Zine about DIY Music & House Shows #3 by Shannon, 2012?

Electric Voyager, vol. 1: (Jedna) Prague: a Fucked Up Travelogue by Marya Errin Jones, 2012?

Electric Voyager, vol. 2: the Warp & the Woof by Marya Errin Jones, 2013?

Everydaypants #2 by Ramsey Beyer, 2012

It's Not You. I Just Need Space (Interplanetary Letters of Love and Rejection) by Chella Quint, 2011

Morgenmuffel #15 & 16 by Isy, 2006 & 2007

Null & Void or, Bathrobes: a Conversation about Gender (or Lack Thereof) by Chris and J, 2012


Gift of (?) the Author (?)

Dreams of Hot Grasses by Danielle Patrick, 201x?

Funeral by Danielle Patrick, 2013

Furr Zine #1 by Midge Belickis, 2011

Jessica Fletcher: in Which I Drop Out of High School to Find my True Calling by Danielle Patrick, 2011

Optogram #1: Small Town Story by Danielle Patrick, 201x?

"We Shut the City Down": Six Former Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM) Members Reflect on the Mass Direct Actions Against the 2000 RNC in Philadelphia by Suzy Subway 2010

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Intersectional Feminist Archives: Ethics Into Practice, Radical Archives conference

April 10, 2014, 11:43 am
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Jenna Freedman

This is what I'll be doing this weekend instead of cataloging zines. Digital Archivist Martha Tenney and I are presenting at the Radical Archives conference at NYU on 4/11/14 at 11:05am.

Barnard Zine Library: Privileging Creators

Barnard Zine Library policies and procedures are intended to be responsive to and reflective of zine community ethos. Honoring a zine maker's request to remove her zine from one's collection can provoke ethical fisticuffs in a zine librarian/librarian zinester's heart. To whom is the feminist archivist of living authors' materials more responsible, the authors themselves or researchers from the future? And to distant researchers? If we want the voices represented in the Barnard Zine Library--default female, as often as not queer, often young, usually radical, women of color emphasized, etc.--to be part of the archival narrative of the late 20th/early 21st century is it a mistake to privilege the zines' creators wishes? As Kate Eichhorn posits in The Archival Turn in Feminism can "…item-level cataloging of marginal materials holds more potential for subversion than simply digitizing the same materials." even for remote users of our collection? This paper will explore how, influenced by our location in an institution peopled by faculty and scholars that integrate intersectional feminisms into their lives and work, it is ultimately reasonable to have a creator-centric philosophy inform our decision-making.

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Kale Salad That Will Make You a Popular Houseguest

April 18, 2014, 3:11 pm
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No Cataloging 4/14/14 Because Passover with QZAP

April 19, 2014, 11:44 am
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Jenna Freedman

QZAP-HQ
QZAP Reading Room & Guest Apartment

Last week my cataloging day was preempted by Passover. I went to Milwaukee for an anarqueer veg*n seder hosted by Milo & Chris of QZAP (the Queer Zine Archive Project). I hope you weren't too devasted by a lack of zines added to the collection. Building zine librarian community is an important part of my job, and has nothing to do with the fact that Milo is a really good cook. 

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Zine Cataloging: Kindergarten Day

April 19, 2014, 12:41 pm
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Jenna Freedman

BLOG POST IN PROGRESS

According to the Holiday Insights calendar, April 21st is Kindergarten Day. 


From a post by homeschooling teacher Heather Woodie
 

I'd rather celebrate Kindergarten Day with cookies and a nap, but cataloging zines isn't so bad either. 

Gift of the Author

Ghost Ranch #1-2 by N., 2013


Zine page from LA Zine Fest Interview

When trying to find metadata about this zine, I discovered a Tumblr with the same name. Cowboys. NSFW.

One Ear Bud Free by Julia Lipscomb, 2013?


Covers from NYC Feminist Zine Fest Interview

"...and discovered that the museum markets their exhibits toward males age 18-30. That was when I quit. I can't stand Nirvana now."
 

Purchased from the Author

The Escapist Artist #8-14 by Jolie Nuñez-Noggle, 2013-14. #11 is a split with Pieces #9, by Nichole.


Covers from Jolie's Etsy shop

Ker-bloom! #105: Letterpress Aweigh by Artnoose, 2013


Cover from Artnoose's Etsy Shop

Think About the Bubbles #1, 8-10 by Joyce Hatton, 2013-14


Cover from Joyce's Big Cartel Shop

"I'm in an abusive relationship with my brain." #8 (while undergoing radiation treatment for cancer)


From #9, permission pending.


Cover and pages from Joyce's Big Cartel Shop

You Don't Get There From Here #27 by Carrie McNinch, 2013

The answer to "Is anything about me worthwhile?" is aways yes. I'm so glad Carrie is willing and able to share her struggles...and her cats.


Cover from Ladyteeth zine recommendations


New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

Anxiety in women. 

Breast cancer patients' writings, American. 

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Zinefest in Massachusetts!

April 21, 2014, 12:45 pm
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Juliana Strawn

Pioneer Valley Zine Fest 2014
Where: Flywheel Arts Collective, 43 Main Street Easthampton, MA 01027
When: Saturday May 3, 10AM-4PM

Attendance is free and tables are available! 

Facebook Event

Facebook Page

Pioneer Valley Zine Fest 2014 is happening! Organized by the Flywheel Arts Collective Zine Library Committee, this all-day event will feature zinesters and organizations  from in, around, and beyond the Pioneer Valley. Quarter, half, and full table reservations for zinesters and organizations can be made through the reservation form. Zine-making and collaboration workshops will also be held. Attendance is free!
 
In addition, this year's Pioneer Valley Zine Fest will be a part of Flywheel's 15th anniversary as a DIY music venue and arts collective (read: birthday cake). Questions, comments, concerns? Find Flywheel on Twitter, Facebook, or their website.

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Grand Re-Opening of the Anchor Archive Zine Library

April 23, 2014, 9:23 am
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The Anchor Archive Zine Library is re-opening this Thursday! 

The Grand Re-Opening of the Anchor Archive Zine Library is happening this Thursday April 24th from 7pm to11pm at Plan B: 2180 Gottingen Street Halifax, Novia Scotia.The event will include zine readings and performances on the theme of transition, zine bingo, cake, and a Punk rock dance party with DJ Negi Posi! This free event is open to all ages!
 
For more information, visit DIY Halifax.

 

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Zines from the Borderlands: Storytelling about Mixed-Heritage

April 23, 2014, 9:49 am
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Come participate in a vibrant conversation about race, gender and sexuality with four zinesters, activists, and media-makers this Thursday! 

Come participate in a vibrant conversation about race, gender, sexuality, and media with four zinesters, activists and media-makers. Multimedia panel presentations will touch on themes such as: telling inclusive and intersectional stories; DIY and self-publishing; zine creation, production, and distribution; leveraging zine culture for racial and LGBTQ justice and movement building, and more.

 
Panelists include:
Nia King, filmmaker, zinester and editor of MXD: True Stories by Mixed Race Writers
Daniela Capistrano, founder of the POC Zine Project and DCAP Media.
Jenna Freedman, Barnard Zine Librarian, and author of the zine Lower East Side Librarian
Moderated by: Anne Hays, founder of Brooklyn-based zine distro, Sleeping Creatures, and founding editor of Storyscape.

     
    Where: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St 
    When: Thursday, April, 24th at 7pm. 
      
    RSVP at: www.cbbgzines.eventbrite.com

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    Brooklyn Zine Fest Panels

    April 23, 2014, 10:00 am
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    Brooklyn Zine Fest panel coordinator and Barnard alum Jordan Alam is facilitating the panel topics this weekend at Brooklyn Zine Fest!

     
    Brooklyn Zine Fest panel coordinator and Barnard alum Jordan Alam of The Cowation is facilitating the panel topics at Brooklyn Zine Fest. The panel talks will be held in Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library.
     
    PANEL TALKS:
     
    Queer & Trans* Zinesters (Saturday 4/26 at 4:30pm)
     
    For some of us, the first time we connected with queer people was through zines. How do queer zinesters — especially queer people of color — tell their stories? How do zines build queer community (or not)? Listen to these panelists speak on how queer and trans* identities appear (or don’t appear) in their zines and how zine culture figures into the rest of their lives.
     
     
    Collecting Zines (Libraries, Archives, & Collectives) (Sunday 4/27 at 1pm)
     
    Zines are often thought of as impermanent; most have a very limited distribution and are not expected to be distributed forever. However, there are many large and growing zine libraries, archives, and public collections that are making zines more permanent and lengthening their “shelf life.” On this panel, we will be discussing the ethics of zine collecting and how collectors go about their work.
     
     
    Anonymity (Sunday 4/27 at 3pm)
     
    What are the benefits/drawbacks of being a “public zinester”? Some zinesters find that the material they put out might change their relationships with other people if it was put under their real name; some just find it to be part of “zine culture” to be mysterious. Do you put your real name on your zine? Come find out what our panelists have to say about and share your own experiences with anonymity.

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    Opportunity: Do you make zines about cats???

    April 23, 2014, 10:21 am
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     Cat and kitten adoption day on May 25th in Bushwick!

     MEOW! is A Cat and Kitten ADOPTION DAY at Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick, Ave on May 25th. You can safely adopt rescues from the local bushwick and ridgewood neighborhoods. A FREE family friendly event with cat-related goodies, treats, toys, zines, totebags, facepainting, a raffle and more! Proceeds from sales will benefit Crusade For Cats, a dedicated volunteer group, who are committed to solving NYC's cat overpopulation crisis through the humane method of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR).
     
    For more information, please look at http://www.adoptapet.com/adoption_rescue/86261.html. Contact Jackie at jackep.du@gmail.com if you make cat zines and want to table!

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    ABC No Rio Zine Library is now open 4 days a week!

    April 23, 2014, 10:25 am
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    ABC No Rio Zine Library is now open 4 days a week!
     
    Tuesday’s 6-8pm
    Wednesday’s 6-8pm
    Thursday’s 6-8pm
    Sunday’s 2-5pm
     
    156 Rivington St, New York, NY
     
    Read zines. Trade zines. Talk to cool zine librarians.
     

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    Brooklyn Zine Fest

    April 28, 2014, 1:31 pm
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    Jenna Freedman

    Lots of zines were purchased but none bought this week because I spoke and tabled at the Brooklyn Zine Fest. 

    Here's Kyara staffing the zine library table:

    And Sarah twisting balloons with JC looking on: 

    Your regular zine cataloging report will resume next week!

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    Zine Cataloging: Cinco de Mayo

    May 3, 2014, 12:02 pm
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    Jenna Freedman

    BLOG POST IN PROGRESS


    Mexican zines at the 2nd Zin Amigos zine fair in Mexico City, June 16th, 2012, photo from Fanzines Tumblr

    Gift of the Creator(s)

    Corinthian Diary: Two Weeks in the Life of an Archaeological Illustrator in Greece by Glynnis Fawkes, 2013

    The Homeric Hymn to Dionysus by Glynnis Fawkes and Gregory Nagy, 2013

    Kinryas: Legendary Priest-King of Cyprus by John Franklin and Glynnis Fawkes, 2013

    Musings of a Lonely Feminist #2: The Fight Will Go On by the Feminist Action Project, 2014?

    "We make zines, talk about intersectionality, laugh constantly, talk about UT campus climate and everyone is welcome!"

    "Pizza rolls not gender roles!"

    Myrrha by Glynnis Fawkes, 201x?

    Proud Colors: the Zine 2011-2012 & 2012-2013

    "What advice would you give to incoming first-years?
    "Don't be upset that you're upset. You just need [to] find people that you can vibe with, and find your community. And if you can't find a community, make one." 
    Gerardo Romo in the 2011-2012 issue

    "What advice would you give to incoming first-years?
    "Only spend your time and energy on people and spaces that care about you. You're too good to be wasting your energy and love on people who don't reciprocate."
    Gerardo Romo in the 2012-2013 issue

    Time Out in Palestine: Two Kids, Five Months, No School, East Jerusalem by Glynnis Fawkes, 2013

    "A single long roll of thunder in the morning -- in Jerusalem it could be a bomb, the voice of Jaweh, the 2nd coming, or Armageddon! Or just thunder."


    Purchased from the Creator

    The East Village Inky #54 by Ayun Halliday, 2014

    That Girl #8: I Lie a Lot. It Helps Me Control the World by Kelli Callis, 199x?

    That Girl #14: Skeletons Don't Have Swim Lessons by Kelli Callis, 2014?

    Twenty Bus #s 3, 5, 7 & 8 by Kelli Callis, 1994-1998

    You Don't Get There From Here #28 by Carrie McNinch, 2013?


    New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

    Children with autism spectrum disorders. 

    Cyprus--Civilization--Comic books, strips, etc.

    Mythology, Greek--Comic books, strips, etc.

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    Zine Cataloging Report: Fatigue Syndrome Day

    May 12, 2014, 10:34 am
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    It's Fatigue Syndrome Day--very appropriate for a day that started with an all-staff meeting at 9am.


    Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) taking a nap in the sun, in the zoo of Rostock, Germany.
    CC licensed photo by Rimshot

    Gift of the Creator

    Deviant Recipes #1, 4-6 by Mistress Althaea, 2005-2006


    Purchased from the Creator

    Functionally Ill: Adventures with Mental Health #3, 6-10, 12-13, 15-17 by Laura-Marie, 2008-2013


    cover from author's blog

    On dealing with sorting out health services, "Erik said this is like battling a monster with no head. Everyone knows their little job, and no one seems acquainted with the big picture or even interested in the big picture, the big picture being a person's actual life, my actual life." From #6

    "'What would your stable self tell you to do?' she asked. Then I resisted the idea that I'd ever had or ever could have a stable self. I think I said, 'I'll have to get back to you on that one.'" From #7

    "LM: Do you think we romanticize our madness?
    "A: Sometimes.
    "LM: Is that okay?
    "A: It depends on what you mean by romanticize and what you mean by okay." From #10

    Ker-Bloom #106: Polar Vortices by Artnoose, 2014


    cover from author's Etsy shop

    "We made an eleventh-hour decision to swap in a radiator that had been donated to my friend's house a few years before when some punks paid for entrance to a show with a truck full of scavenged radiators. Classic Pittsburgh."

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    Zine Cataloging: May 20, 2014

    May 19, 2014, 2:50 pm
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    Jenna Freedman

    Today in obscure holidays: Pick Strawberries Day!


    A result of a an image search on < punk rock strawberry shortcake >, this photo is of One-Eyed Doll, a band "Described as Strawberry Shortcake meets Gwar and Valentine's Day meets Halloween with the visual impact of Japanese Anime."

    Gift of the Creator

    Art Tickle: a Zine Produced by Jill, the Art Librarian at Temple University, 2012


    Cover from Temple Libraries blog post

    Zines at the University of Iowa Libraries, unidentified author, 2011

    Zines are NOT:

    • Filled with ads
    • Generally printed on glossy paper
    • Blogs
    • Printed in huge quantities
    • Published with an ISBN or ISSN
    • Dead because of the Internet


    Gift of Melissa Morrone

    We Are All Suspects: a Guide for People Navigating the Expanded Powers of Surveillance in the 21st Century by Radical Reference, Boston Collective, 2014

    "Some helpful phrases when in doubt:

    'I do not consent to a search.'

    'Come back with a warrant.'

    'I want to speak with a lawyer.'

    "And don't forget:

    'Am I free to go?'

    "...and take a moment to note the officer's name and badge number."

    Cover from Radical Reference post. Download the pdf.

     

    Made by Your Zine Librarian

    Barnard Library Newsletter #1: 2013 compiled by Jenna Freedman, 2014


    Slideshow version.


    Purchased from the Creator

    Ames Iowa City Zine by Marya Errin Jones, 2013


    Inside page from author's Etsy shop

    "Basically...it was 1967 and the state of Georgia would not allow my father to get his PhD in the segregated south...But, they would pay for him to go somewhere else..."

    Big Wing Little Wing #1 by Emily, 2014


    Cover from author's Etsy shop

    Mid Life Isis #1 by Marya Errin Jones, 2014


    Cover from author's Etsy shop


    Purchased or Donated at the NYC Feminist Zine Fest

    Doykeit #1 & 2 by Jenna Brager, 2012


    Inside pages from author's website


    Cover from author's website

    Long Distance #1 by Jenna Brager, 2013?


    Cover from author's website

    Love, the Furies: Destroy What Destroys You an issue #1 preview by Jenna Brager, 2013


    Cover from author's website

    On Struggling #3: Bodies edited by Monica T., 2013

    A Pocket Guide to Not Harassing People by Stevie Wilson, 2014


    Cover from Cursing Coffee

    Step 1: 
    Realizing and accepting the fact you are not entitled to anyone giving you the time of day if you stop them or come up to them in a public space.

    The Sinew That Shrinks: a Sassyfrass Circus Zine by Jenna Brager, 2013

    "Sassyfrass Circus is a zine for werewolf bitches who are trying to get a handle on their rage."

    "Sassyfrass Circus is a zine for werewolf bitches disguised as young go-getters who wear khakis and get to work on time."


    Cover from author's website

    Shotgun Seamstress #6.5: Naija Punx by Osa Atoe, 2013


    Cover from Afropunk comment

    Yes, Ma'am #6 by Suzy Gonzalez and Elle Minter, 2013


    Cover from project website


    New-to-Us Library of Congress Subject Headings

    Dybbuk.

    Dystopias--Comic books, strips, etc.

    Electronic surveillance--United States--21st century.

    Flight attendants--21st century--Training of.

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    Con Artist gallery pop-up zine shop: June 1st

    May 28, 2014, 12:02 pm
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    nyc
    zines
    Jenna Freedman


    119 Ludlow st.

    Zine Life

    A one day pop up zine shop, selling zines and self published items from members and friends of the con artist collective. Pick up all kinds of local Lower East Side zines by NYC artists, Endless Editions, Carnage, Kingbrown, Wizard Skull, and so much more.

    Sign up and for more information from any of the zine makers involved

    Want to sell your zine at Zine Life? Email conartistnyc(at)gmail(dot)com

    at the Con Artist Collective
    119 Ludlow st.
    646.504.2323

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