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| Girl Swirl. Issue 5. 40 Pages. Quarter Size. 1 oz. $1.50. Taryn-Warminster, Pa. |
| Issue number five of Girl Swirl...A very personal issue from Taryns series of zines. Includes: Marriage, Feeling guily about love, Her sisters pregnancy, Her step-fathers death and the affect it continues to have on her, Thoughts on the zine community, A trip to the NYC zinesters fest, and zine reviews. After reading this I'm anxiously waiting to see her next issue. |
| In Your Face. Issue: Documents (#5). 40 Pages. Half Size. 2 oz. $1.00. Rhe-Monterey. |
| The most adorable issue of "In Your Face" yet. Rhe titles this issue "Documents" because it is a collection of her journal entrys for the last few months. Cute stories/comics about waiting for the bus, Picnics, Wanting to hold onto perfect memories and remember them exactly how they happened, Building pure friendship and knowing your friends are going to change the world, Cute pictures, Memories from being little and realizing you're growing up, Her Breakfast Club record being one of the best things she owns...and sooo much more. |
| If My Sex Drive Met Your Sex Drive In A Dark Alley My Sex Drive Would Kick Yo Ass. Issue 1 (40 Pages) & 2 (52 Pages) Mini Size. 3 oz. $1.00. Katie, Sarah, & Lauren. |
| "This isn't about love...it's about fucking" Both issues packaged together in bubble wrap. Three grrls come together for a night of zine-making and sex positive stories. Both issues were created in one night sessions. In the pages of issue one you will find: Ways to celebrate your period, sex haiku's, first orgasms, sex in public places, d.i.y. dirty talk, how-to on vaginal orgasms, why tampons are BAD news, having a great sex drive, silly pictures, and TONS more. Satirical & really funny. Issue two includes: 'impotency & me: Boners who can't get boners,' growing up wanting big boobs then realizing your boobs are growing & you don't want them anymore, masturbation with a shower head!, long term relationships with no sexual communication, guide to self exams, period sex, diy guide for urinary tract infections, gaining strength & confidence with your sexuality, 'picturing Cindy Crawford with pink hair & hairy arm pits does NOT make you progressive!,'geeting to know your body, the liberation in masturbation, sex vs. gender (sex is biological & gender is social), sisterhood, girl love = safe love, sexual abuse, and tons more. Lots of drawings and diagrams, not to mention one hot soundtrack. I think everyone needs a copy of this. |
| Doris. Issue 19. 36 Pages. 2 oz. $1.00. Cindy-Ashe., NC. |
| What can I say when coming up with a review for Doris? Issue 19, from the queen of zines--Cindy. This issue is 'The Doris ABC's'...Stories on Anarchy, Abortion, Anna, Boats, Boogers, Books, Bugs, Caty's Farm, etc. Stories that start with A, B, & C. Every issue of Doris continues to amaze me, and this one gives you an inside look at the simple, yet life changing things that have happened in Cindy's life. Super good! |
| Expectations of Deterioration. Issue 2. 28 Pages. Quarter Size. $1.00. Christina-Ottawa. |
| Another issue of "Expectations of Deterioration" put together by Christina, who also does the zine "Don't Fall Asleep." As always, there is a huge amount of effort put into each copy. Each comes with a pink cover, hand-stamped and bound. The contents include: moving to a new place and seeking out new people, joining organizations and the awkwardness that comes with it, living with old memories and not new ones, new surroundings, journal entries, noticing the little wonderful things about new friends, and so much more. cute. |
| Finger On The Trigger/Notes To Prisoners [split]. The "Don't Try Me" Issue. 64 Pages. Quarter Size. $_.00. Adee & Sarah-Pensacola, Fl. |
| I'm not sure where to even start with this issue. Let me just say that by the time I was done reading it, I had goose-bumps and felt inspired to gather all the amazing women I know and get to work! This issue is themed on the many ways both of these girls have been 'tried'. Notes To Prisoners [Sarah]...rape, trying to understand the imbalance of power between the sexes, her dad being arrested, institutions, stealing, sexual harrasment, crimethinc, her brother trying to stab her, and much more. Sarah don't take no shit. Finger On The Trigger [Adee]...wanting yellow cake on her 7th b day and getting chocolate, racism from her peers, hopping trains and getting treated differently by her (male) travel partners because she is female, working with children who think that Adee acts 'white', feeling as if other black people have animosity towards her because of the way she acts and because she hang out with mostly white people, along with excerpts from the book "Remembering Jim Crow", an awesome soundtrack, and information about the Southern Girls Converntion. Adee tells it how it is. Comes in a red stenciled envelope. bam! |
| Femmafesto. 4 Pages. 1 oz. 25 Cents. |
| This is more like a LARGE pamphlet rather then a zine. I think the intro sums it up pretty well: "We, radical women in your activist communities, your friends, your lovers, former lovers, relatives, housemates, and sisters in the struggle hereby issue this list of our demands. We demand change from the men in our lives. We insist that you take a more active role in the fight against the patriarchy and sexism under which we suffer day in a day out. We are no longer asking, pleading, or nagging for change. There will be no compromise, brothers. We won't wait wait for you to acknowledge or feel comfortable with your role in our oppression before we make our demands. You must step out of your comfort zone, realize that you are patriarchal and sexist, that you have and benefit from male privilege within this sick system which oppresses, demeans, exploits, represses, invalidates, abuses, rapes, murders, and hates women." Inspiring, Challenging, Empowering, Amazing. A 'Femmafesto'...along with the "Are you a man-archist" quiz! This is written for males involved in the radical activist community, a way to challenge and become aware of male privlidge. |