Orange Zines

Issue 08 of Substrate is here. Rejoice! Access the digital version here:

With all the chaos that is currently happening in the US (I'm not American), I feel that it's important to not lose hope in what we are still fighting for and to continue to express our experiences and desires when it comes to being/supporting the LGBTQ+ as a whole.

Because unfortunately, America has a very strong influence on the rest of the world.

The very least I can do is share and encourage going through the QZAP website since zines played a major role within LGBTQ history. The website has very much helped me learn the experiences of what people have been going at that time, and I believe much of it can be applied now.

But I also encourage people to create zines of their own so that we continue to stay strong remind others that our existence will not be going away.

Link to Archive

What's a Zine and how to make one?

Look through this post to find out

It also inspired me to share the archives.

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Other LGBTQ+ Archives:

Assorted Early Zines by Houston LGBT History

Lesbian Herstory Archive

Digital Transgender Archive

Gale: Gender and Sexuality Research Archive

Queer.archive.work

Queer Music Heritage

Anchor Archive (They have more than lgbtq+ topics)

new mini zine!!! this is one I've been meaning to make for a while. I've come so far in learning how to show myself compassion, care, and kindness, and I wanted to memorialize that with a zine. hope you enjoy :)

Uber indie rock/pop fan Jen Matson has a new issue of her zine out, and it's funny because I was just thinking about this zine a few weeks ago and was hoping she was going to publish another issue, and then voila! One comes out. Funny how things work like that. 

Jen (and her husband Mike) do a lot of travelling (I usually see them at Gonerfest in Memphis every year), and in this issue there's a piece on record shopping in Melbourne (yes Australia and man that city has a lot of record shops!), plus she has a record collector flashback on The Raincoats and Calvin Johnson (you know him as Mr. K Records) has a piece on price stickers (the nice price!).

There's also an article on collecting from her dad and a couple of pages of short record reviews. 

It's the perfect size and length, and come on, who doesn't love an actual print fanzine?!

Jen also does a fantastic radio show as well, and you can find out all of the info on what she does right here. 

ci ho messo un po' per fare questo zine perché volevo che venisse bene (e sto valutando se scrivere a zerocalcare per mandarglielo ma mi vergogno lol)

A zine from Kansas City Public Library!

I just spent some time at my local library where I printed out and made 25 of this fat liberation zine!

I'm going to leave a few for the librarians to hand out, and then I'll find some other nice places to leave them :)

If it weren't for your blog I would never have come so far in accepting myself and my body, and advocating for myself and others like me. Thank you!

publishing my first zine, "So You Want To Meet Your Core Wounds." you can read the full thing under the cut! if there's any interest in getting a physical copy, send me a dm!! I'd be happy to send you one :)

OUR FIRST ZINE!!

feeling extremely passionate, angry, and burnt out regarding all the seemingly endless forced AI and other bullshit inclusions, censorship, and growing unrest. so the best way to express that is art of course! other pages are located under the cut

Liquids: Russell Lee

Issue 30 of Cover. Download here.

A selection of black&white photos by Russell Lee (1903-1986).