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  • San Diego, CA
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Novel - The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight
on Tuesday
For those interested in zines as tools for social change, whether in terms of zine content itself, instituting zine collections in public libraries, teaching zine workshops, or other activities.
on Monday
The new issue of Rebel Grrl Zine is finally available - all 64 pages of it! It's A5 size (half size??) and due to having just paid for printing, I can't afford to trade this one, so it's only available to buy from rebelgrrlzine.co.uk It's radic...
November 8
For those interested in zines as tools for social change, whether in terms of zine content itself, instituting zine collections in public libraries, teaching zine workshops, or other activities.
November 7
For those interested in zines as tools for social change, whether in terms of zine content itself, instituting zine collections in public libraries, teaching zine workshops, or other activities.
November 6
issue #1 of my perzine you've got a friend in pennsylvania was just finished! it features part 1 of my diary entries from a trip to slovenia, a final letter to an ex-girlfriend, and writings about queer (in)visibility, menstruation in theory and p...
November 6
For those interested in zines as tools for social change, whether in terms of zine content itself, instituting zine collections in public libraries, teaching zine workshops, or other activities.
October 22
We really want to come to this! We need to get some $$ together, though, as we're in California. ---Margarat
October 22
Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go is an all-women workshop group based in Southern California. Since 2002 we have been facilitating workshops in community venues and college campuses in our region. We focus on the empowerment of young women through the production of fanzines and self published works.

Zines Build Strong Culture Three Ways!

Literacy

Engaging people in reading is only part of the path toward true literacy. It’s equally important to engage them in writing. The skill involved in shaping a text, be it story or rant, engages literacy skills on a deeper level through active use. Reading and writing zines makes it clear that the power of literacy skills is tangible and doable.

Visual literacy is also practiced in zine-making, as the message of imagery is wrestled with through collage, drawing, and juxtaposing image with text. Zine makers learn how powerful images can be to create an emotional response or to further the power of the written text.
Zines are also a path toward cultural literacy. The depth and breadth of our culture is not adequately presented by mainstream media. Zines offer off-the-beaten path images and stories, and commentaries about society, making it clear that people should be creating their culture.

Creativity

Creating and not just consuming culture, writing, images, and ideas is central to the power of zines. More and more of our activities are mediated and shaped for us, rather than created by us. Making choices is central to developing creative skills. In today’s culture it can feel like we have to consciously separate ourselves from the mainstream in order to have real choices, and zine culture provides a community of other do-it-yourself experimenters to make contact with.

Zines also provide a place to practice both individual and collaborative creativity. The skills of each are unique, and our culture does not provide adequate forums to really explore either. Collaboration is a skill that is given short shrift in our hierarchical and competitive society. Zines are one way to practice the give and take that collaboration entails, as you work with others to create a collective expression.

History

It’s frequently said that history is created by the winner. These days the winner is corporate media, the government, and those with the money to control others. It’s essential that the experiences of each person is valued, that the culture they are part of is valued, that the importance of the small stories of life are valued as all being essential to the recording of history. Being a part of shaping history means including zines the archives of libraries, and treating them as valuable resources for future generations who want to learn from the past.

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Zines! (Re)Make History! Exhibit!

A big props up to everyone who submitted a zine for the exhibit! It was exceptional!!! We had over 200 people attend the opening and multiple people cutting and pasting!!!! People were spread out over the gallery floor. Now that's what I call upping the status quo white wall art world!

Pictures posted on our Profile!

xo
Kim Riot and Mrat
GZAGG

Posted on February 4, 2009 at 1:18pm —

Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go

ZINES! (re)make history!!!! Exhibit!!!



An Exhibit & Workshop On Underground Publishing
Curated by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go, this is not just an exhibit, but an active exploration of zine culture and production, including a "Scrap Lounge" in which visitors can create their own zine. Zines are the print media of an "alternative" culture that turns out not to be so alternative after all. Self-published & without censorship, zines are raw cul… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 10:08am —

Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go

Sandwich, NH now has circulating zines in its library!

Another year, another batch of zine work in this small town I call a vacation spot.

There are now 60 zines in the Samuel H. Wentworth Public Library in Sandwich, NH, and you can check them out just like a book!

I'm proud to put them on the cutting edge, but worried that the zines won't be taken seriously (they haven't been so far, even by the librarians, grrr). I posted to the town email list with a big rah-rah description and will hope for the best.

Next summer we'll thin the zineherd and ad… Continue

Posted on September 2, 2008 at 3:15pm —

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At 1:34pm on June 2, 2009, Sharmi said…
have you signed up to be a vendor at the sacto zine symposium??

send your publication name and contact info to:
sactozines@gmail.com
At 9:20pm on January 7, 2009, womans monthly said…
Actually, im interested in three of them..
At 9:19pm on January 7, 2009, womans monthly said…
I dont use paypal yet, is there any way of obtaining 'Let's DIY!
A D.I.Y. how-to zine about putting on your own workshops!
($1.00) '? I could send oyu extra money, or buy in bulk a few different zines, or do a swap or something..?
At 3:31pm on January 4, 2009, Chantel G. said…
I just posted a review of Let’s D.I.Y. #2 by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go on my blog.
At 12:16am on September 21, 2008, Robert Trujillo/Tres said…
Peace GrrlZines, thx for telling me about this site.Its dope to find sum'm like this where zines are the central artform. Word, cant wait to see what the show in SD is like.Hasta Laters.
-Robert Trujillo/Tres
Trust Your Struggle Collective
"Come Bien" Books
CA-NYC
 
 

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