Lauramarie's Blog (10)

I have a new mental health zine out, functionally ill 10.  It's about using the word crazy, what mad love means to me, how my crazy manifests, and how I feel about my best friend Arrow's self-harm.  Please contact me if you're interested in trading.

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I have two new zines out, mental health zine functionally ill 8: crazy, not stupid and Erik and Laura-Marie Magazine 50.  Both are available for trade! 

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Erik and LM Magazine 49 is out--it includes poems, essays about delayed gratification and problems for which there are no legislative cures, a handful of reviews, and an interview with Erik. It's available for trade, so get in touch!

I woke up excited! We drove to the Oakland BART station and parked. We

took BART to Embarcadero and then got on MUNI metro, N line, to Golden

Gate Park. First we ate Indian food for lunch. (I'd called my friend J

to invite her, but she was already having lunch with different

friends.)



Then we headed to the zine fest! I was excited knowing that eventually we would run into Jen and MC of ButterSword fame. We entered the Fair… Continue

I wrote suicide notes to friends and family in poem-form and published them in this zine / chapbook. Available for trade.

Uncomfortable is a brief perzine that consists of five lineated memories: a little kid at an airport, a little kid at an aquarium, a relationship that ended, a job turned down, and a panicked childhood moment. It's available free in person and a stamp through the mail. You can contact me here or at robotmad (gmail).…

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I am happy to announce that functionally ill 7 is made. It's about my mental health taking a dive, going back on Abilify, and what radical mental health means to me. I talk in detail about a crisis and about the shame associated with suicidal ideation.

Erik and Laura-Marie Magazine 47 is out too. It includes essays on quitting facebook and the six years I played bassoon, book and zine reviews, a list of Kitty's recent… Continue

Two new zines out...



Erik and Laura-Marie Magazine 46 includes book reviews, zine reviews, lots of poems, and an essay about the 10 year anniversary of Erik and LM.



Functionally ill 6 is small at 12 pages, quarter size, but text heavy. It's about the logistics of care. Topics include losing services, cost of medication,

the quest for refills, and running into a former psychiatrist at… Continue

Functionally ill #5 is out! It's about being rediagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, applying for Medi-Cal, dealing with bureaucracy, what my anxiety feels like, and losing services. There's a lot packed into this small issue. So get in touch if you're interested in trading!

I have a new zine out, Erik and Laura-Marie Magazine #45. It features autobiographical material on an annulment, walks, moving, jobs. There are three dreams. There are lots of poems. And there are book reviews and zines reviews of just about everything I read during the months I was collecting prose and poetry for the zine.



It's digest-sized and 32 pages, very text heavy.



My zines are free or trade, and I would love to trade with you. Please email me at gmail dot… Continue