Let’s checkout Ione Gamble’s article, “How Feminist Zine Culture Has Evolved,” for Vice. As you read the article, consider the following discussion questions: Gamble opens with a claim that zines are thriving while more mainstream magazines are dying. Why do you think this is happening? What do zines offer that large-scale popular magazines can’t? Why… Read More Gamble Feminist Zine Culture Evolved
Today, we’re reading Samhita Mukhopadhyay’s “The Demise of ’90s Feminist-Zine Culture” (PDF below) from The Atlantic. As you read the piece, consider the following questions: What do you think of Mukhopadhyay’s description of Bitch? Why might you have read Bitch? Mukhopadhyay argues that “Feminism has always been messy, its ranks rife with debate about what… Read More Mukhopadhyay Demise of Bitch
Today, we’re reading Ben Slowly’s article in the Shepherd Express, “Building Community through the ‘Moody’ Zine.” As you read the article, consider the following: What do you think of the zine’s title, Moody? What do you think of how Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez found it? Check out the Moody website. What do you think of Moody? How does… Read More Slowly on Moody
I still read the news. I currently get most of my news via the news aggregator, Feedly. The app collects news stories from a variety of sources and puts them all in one place. On a daily basis, I get stories from The Atlantic, The New York Times, NPR, Jezebel, and The Commercial Appeal. I used… Read More Still Reading the News
I wrote a chapter of my dissertation about the first five years Wired magazine. As I revise this chapter to turn it into an article for publication, I am struck by how much Wired has changed over the years. Unfortunately, these changes have not been good. The founders and first editors of Wired, namely Louis Rossetto and John… Read More Wired Magazine – No Longer Cool
Alison A. Lukowski 