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
Check out Regiane Folter’s “Feminist Zines Are Still Alive and Well” from FBomb and the Women’s Media Center. In your small groups, please answer the following questions: Why does Folter provide a brief history of zines? How does this inform her argument? What role does the internet play in zines today? How is telling your… Read More Folter Feminist Zines Alive
Today, we’re reading Olivia Laing’s “Riot Grrrl: When Teen Sisters Were Doing it for Themselves” from The Guardian. As you discuss in your small groups, please consider the following questions: What does the cultural context of the early 1990s tell us about riot grrl zine culture? How does the spirit of DIY-culture inform feminism? Check out… Read More Laing Riot Grrrls
We’re reading Sarah Bennett’s article for HiLo, “The Weight of Paper: Why Zines Are More Important than Ever.” In your small groups, please answer the following questions: Why do you think Bennett starts the article with her personal story? What can we learn about zine culture from this? Why might zine fests be popular? How… Read More Bennett Zines Important
Today we’re reading Rona Akbari’s “How to Make a Zine” from The Creative Independent. In your Zine Groups, answer the following questions as you read the piece: How are you giving credit (attribution/citation?) to yourselves and your collaborators? What is your zine’s signature look? How will you differentiate it from your peers’ zines? How might… Read More Akbari How to Make a Zine
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