All Blog Posts Tagged 'mental' (14)

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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"The Itinerant Postcard" is a 24-page quarter-sized perzine with prose, poetry, and illustrations by Edward Gorey. $1 or trade.…

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Over a year ago I wrote a letter to Microcosm Publishing expressing my concerns with their continuing to involve an abuse perpetrator in their organisation. They never responded to me. This week, there are many more of us writing- united- to Microcosm. This time I hope we’re too loud to be ignored.

Here’s the …

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Sour Puss 06 is finished! 

It’s 68 pages quarter sized and there’s drawings and stuff about typewriters, parenting, unrequited love, op shopping, memories of acid, mental health, self care, lists, reminiscing on smoking & teenage crushes. Some parts may be triggering (depression/ suicide/…

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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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A few years back I gave my friend Jackie a copy of my first zine, I Am Not The Rain, which I put together with my friend Amber. It’s a zine about a lot of things, mostly about life after experiencing childhood sexual abuse. Jackie was quite excellently awesome and asked Amber and I if she could turn it into a video story. The video also turned out to be quite excellently awesome. I have wanted to get it…

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MY ZINE HAS INFORMATION ON MENTAL HEALTH, ABORTION, SEX, SEXUALITY, SHAME, GUILT AND OTHER TABOO ISSUES PEOPLE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE TO DISCUSS. IN ADDITION, MY MOST EMPOWERING POETRY AND POLITICAL ARTWORK.

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77352613/abstract-by-nature?ref=pr_shop

 

THANKS!

ZOE BLAQ

Wahoo! It’s finally arrived for you all- a wonderful and completed Graduating into Unemployment zine is now hanging out and waiting for you to download, order, or pinch from an upcoming zinefest. You can get all the scoop on it here, or order a copy at Sarah Tea-Rex Shop.  Thanks to…

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As a result of being rather hectic these past few weeks as well as the cumulative effects of vengeful technology’s refusal to cooperate with me, I have had a bit of a zine lull. But I am now back in the swing of things!

 

The Sarah Tea- Rex Etsy Shop is now stocked with copies of all of my zines- so they are ready to be ordered and sent to you all! I have managed to get a copy of …

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I have started a zine blog (http://sarahtearex.wordpress.com/) where I originally posted this but as a part of my protest, I wanted to spread the word to the We Make Zines community, so here it is...

 

In my last post I was excitedly nattering about all the zine happenings in my life. Among these was hearing from Microcosm that they wanted to distro a zine of mine. Somehow the background on the founder and collective member Joe…

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The great lure of London has roped me in this Sunday! For any of you interested in coming along, saying hello, picking up or exchanging some zines I will be tucked away at the Resource Centre with my own stall and I will also be running a workshop later in the afternoon. Continue

A new issue of Bohemian Fuckup is now available, even though the first issue only came out like two weeks ago. This issue has more emphasis on personal rants and text, but there are still nifty art pieces. Topics include obscure female fronted bands, white male feminist blues, My weird work history, self-hatred, depression, and other fun stuff!



It's 1/4 size, 16 pages. Issues are $1 or trade. email… Continue

Seeking submissions for first quarterly edition of H.O.P.E. Looking for poetry, short fiction, original artwork, cartoons, and more for new Zine on mental illness. Submissions taken on rolling basis. Artists don't need to have a diagnosed mental illness to submit, just an interest in mental wellness. Will take anonymous submissions and/or pen names.

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