All Blog Posts Tagged 'illness' (4)

back on Etsy after a bit of hiatus, The Itinerant Postcard is a 24-page 1/4-sized perzine with illustrations by Edward Gorey & prose & poetry written by me. includes thoughts on cultural appropriation, poetry about the magnificent Marchesa Luisa Casati, & a prose piece dealing with my mental health. …

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After my third hospitalization and during a rampant crush on a boy, I furiously wrote this zine about the depression that lead up to the suicide…

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Better, drawn is a new place for people to share stories about long-term and chronic mental and physical illnesses, told in the form of short comics. The site is a way for people to share experiences that might otherwise be difficult to talk about openly. In fact, we think that sometimes things can be said better when they’re drawn; hopefully, these comics might help some people…

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Welcome to H.O.P.E. (Healing through Our Personal Expressions)! I decided to begin this zine in order to offer consumers a place to express themselves. It is said that healing often comes from self expression, no matter what the form. In some case, people feel better after journaling their thoughts and experiences. For others, writing a poem or painting are ways to help on the path to recovery. "It is a well known fact that writing has a positive effect on an individuals sense of well being,"… Continue