Barnard Zine Library

make collection policy explicitly trans inclusive

2011-04-06T16:18:56Z

Despite what I wrote in my last post here, since our new Barnard hosted blog doesn't allow comments, we will occasionally need to have discussions here on LiveJournal or elsewhere. (btw note that we're also on Facebook with no log in required and Twitter)

Today's query is similar to one I posted in 2008 about adding zines on femme identity by people of all genders to our collection development policy. The revised policy states:

Barnard's zines are written by New York City and other urban women with an emphasis on zines by women of color. We collect zines on feminism and femme identity by people of all genders. A woman's gender is self-defined. The zines are personal and political publications on activism, anarchism, body image, third wave feminism, gender, parenting, queer community, riot grrrl, sexual assault, and other topics.

I now propose that we add in language to make explicit that we include zines by transgender authors in any state of presentation, identity, or transition. Anyone who has ever identified or been identified as a woman's zines will be informed by that identification and is therefore in scope for our collection.

But of course I am not trans, am not a gender studies expert, and am prone as anyone to write something incorrect or even insulting even as I try to do the right thing. So...I'm looking for help in crafting a new version of our collection statement. Please share your comments and suggestions on Facebook, LiveJournal, Twitter, via email or by any other method you can think of.

I'm also considering removing the first part of the statement, as the NYC and urban emphases haven't proved to be as important as I'd anticipated. Here's a draft:

Barnard's zines are written by women and people of all transgender expression with an emphasis on zines by women and trans of color. We collect zines on feminism and femme identity by people of all genders. A woman's gender is self-defined. The zines are personal and political publications on activism, anarchism, body image, third wave feminism, gender, parenting, queer community, riot grrrl, sexual assault, and other topics.

Comment on it, or share a new one of your own!

Thanks, Jenna

new Barnard Library Zine Collection website

2011-02-01T23:51:33Z

Now that we have a spiffy new content management system driven website with a blog, we will no longer be posting here.

Check us out at http://zines.barnard.edu. Please let us know what you think. Even hate is welcome, as long as it's constructive. : )

You can leave comments here. We'll still read them. Or you can email zines@barnard.edu.

Living Doll Disaster

2011-01-08T22:37:29Z

Freshly cataloged -- Living Doll Disaster: Comix by Jennifer Whiteford

I love this short, full size minicomic with comics about:

* sexism against women musicians

"When my ex-roommate went to try out electric [guitar]s she had a hard time getting noticed . . .
"After she tried a few and decided that they were crappy, the salesguy actually said, 'There now. Did you get that out of your system?'"

*Fleetwood Mac

* Jane Bond

. . .She's a librarian
. . .She's a superspy
. . .She's a female action hero!

* job hunting

"Hi! I was wondering if you'd like to pay me minimum wage and exploit both my neediness and my irrational fear of authority."
Picture of pirate ship captioned "Then, just as I was beginning to think that piracy was the only option" and pirate shouting "Give me all your vegetables!"

* assumptions about heteronormativity and more sexism

* things I don't ever want to hear again, including gems like

Well, I'm no feminist but . . .
A women-only space? Isn't that just reverse discrimination?
You're a vegan? What do you eat?

* lots of things she's thankful for

Photo of the author wearing an awesomely awesome shirt:

And I just requested that we order her book, Grrrl.

Thanks, Andrea Grimes and the San Francisco Public Library for donating this zine.

The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History

2011-01-07T20:05:31Z

This event looks cool. I love things like this where people empower themselves rather than rely on institutions to create things like museums, libraries, and archives. I also love the pop-up/ephemeral nature of it.

The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History

Friday, January 14 at 5:00pm - January 15 at 12:00am


Location	Starr st house 207 Starr St. Brooklyn, NY


More Info	The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is an extravaganza of queer self-determination, a showcase of art "exhibits" on queer historical topics. We seek to realize our own representations of queer history, because in light of the recent censorship of David Wojnarovicz's work at the National Portrait Gallery, we cannot wait around for mainstream and heterosexual institutions to get it right. We look to each other for learning and self-education! We are compiling a resources list that all visitors can take home. Doors open at 5pm Free admission (This applies to all Quorum Forum events!) Speakers and performances from 9-10pm curated by Hugh Ryan and Buzz Slutzky Exhibiteers/Artists: Stephen Kent Jusick Ariel Federow Heather M. Acs Al Benkin Jesse Geguzis Quito Ziegler Daniel Lang/Levitsky Davina Cohen Hugh Ryan Timothy McKeon Buzz Slutzky Elvis Bakaitis Dingles Hadassah D'Luxe Lauren Gulbrandsen Bizzy Barefoot John Parker Tubby Lambergini Sherley Camille Olopherne David John Sokolowski Nick Rice Inbred Hybrid Collective Will Rockwell and Christina Cicchelli, from $pread Magazine Tim & Jason Maria Helfrich & Katie Blouse Kate Huh J. Todd Fernandez Tobaron Waxman Charlie Demos & I.R. Marin Najva Sol Patrick Robbins & Misko Lencik-Inagaki Amanda Kirkhuff This art show will be the opening ceremony of QUORUM FORUM, which is a week and a half of FREE workshops, skillshares, screenings, performances and parties. To be held in queer homes around the city, January 14-23. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122711144462447 http://quorumnyc.org/

Fond Farewell from the Zine Library

2010-12-19T17:49:23Z

As we are approaching our 11th hour of finals, the zine library wants to wish you a happy holiday break with some zine-related endeavors you might explore in your time off:

Before you go...
- Pick up the zine about bad-ass women from the Barnard Zine Club! It's available at the library reference desk, the Diana Center, and several dorms - but beware, copies are running out fast!

- Spend a few hours leafing through zines at the library! You're already there to study for finals anyway, why not take a short break and look at one of these fabulous zines about a gardening life, fat acceptance, or comical stalking.

When you're gone...
- Make a zine! Even a tiny one - zines range in size from a micro-mini made out of 1 sheet to a full 50-page print out. Let your creativity and your opinions fly by trying it out yourself!

- Buy/trade for zines! Having trouble coming up with a present for someone close to you? Want some independent media to read over the break? Try contacting zinesters, either through a letter, email, distro, Etsy or Microcosm Publishing. Here are just some of the places zinesters are distributing their work online:

Bee Lavender (zinester and author)

Greenwoman (zinester)

Marissa Falco (zinester and crafter)

The LaLa Theory

Microcosm Publishing (distributes zines from many different zinesters)

No matter whether you decide to screenprint, illustrate, and write your own 50 page zine or just loaf on the couch this winter break, the Barnard Zine Library wishes you a happy holiday and a great time away from school!

You're Not Alone

2010-12-02T21:53:44Z

Ever been standing in the Barnard zine stacks and wonder: is this all there is?

I mean, sure, we all know about ZAPP (the Zine Archive and Publishing Project in Seattle), and that they sell zines at Bluestockings and The Strand, but have you ever wondered about other zine purveyors? How about distros? Or any other independent media location?

Well, believe it or not, there's a map for that.

This Google map contains information about individual zinesters, distros, libraries, and other zine resources the world over. Most of them are concentrated in the United States and Europe, with the occasional pin on a New Zealand or Australian location. In some ways, this illustrates where zines have become most popular - but it also shows the lack of information about zinesters that exists in the public realm.

So be recognized, zinesters! Email zinemap@hotmail.com to be included on the map, whether you are an individual, distro, library or whatever else. And have a good time tracking down other zinesters with Google street view.

Zine of the Week: Best of Bright Year

2010-11-21T15:33:47Z

You're alone. You're in the midst of writing a research paper, reading four different books for three different classes, and your head is about to explode. You know that you like to read, but this amount of work is just killing the drive to look at any more pieces of text. You feel like you haven't picked up a decent fiction in months.
A lot of Barnard/Columbia students are facing this same exact predicament. Lost in the pages of their sociology books, they lust after the brief pleasure of having time to sit down with a novel, memoir or short story and really enjoy reading again. But where would you get the time?

This is where the Best of Bright Year zine comes in.
This zine is a collection of well-written short personal essays by author Kirsten Major, where she talks about her life in short two or three page snippets. When I was reading this zine, I was struck by just how the writing was easy to read and connect with - there was never a dull moment. This zine goes over everything from relationships to philosophy and not without some good-natured irony along the way. It is the perfect antidote to your biochemistry homework.
Stop on by the second floor of the Barnard Library and check out the zine rack for Best of Bright Year this week, and get the full synopsis here.

Look Out! It's a Wild Zinester!

2010-11-18T22:07:34Z

Have you ever been folding countless pieces of paper in a dimly lit room with your hard rock/metal/underground hip hop/80's pop music playing and thought about how lonely the life of a zinester can be? We spend hours and hours crafting our vision, pouring all our energies into the finished product that is another issue of our zine. And, although they are beautiful and wonderful, you may still wonder: who is going to read this?

Well, fear not! Before you go off to sulk, check out the website We Make Zines. We Make Zines is "a place for zinesters - writers and readers" that serves as an online community for anyone who has a profound passion for zines. They feature discussion forums, blogrolls, and member profiles for you to peruse should you want to find someone to trade zines with. And, if you're really ambitious, you can check out their event calendar which features zine events near your area.

For all of you who want to attend New York events, there are two really cool ones coming up post-Thanksgiving break.

The first is the Zinester's Guide to NYC Zine-vasion, which is being held at St. Mark's Bookshop in downtown Manhattan. There will be an introduction to zines by expert zinesters and book makers such as Esther Smith of How to Make Books fame and Ayun Halliday, the creator of the East Village Inky. This event is on Tuesday November 30th at 7-9pm.

The second is downtown at feminist bookstore Bluestockings on Sunday December 5th at 7-9pm. The Zinester's Guide to NYC Contributor Smackdown is, unfortunately, not a smackdown but a zine reading and potluck event with our very own Jenna Freedman and 8 other fabulous zinesters.

Check out We Make Zines and I hope to see you at either of these events!

Zine of the Week: At the Base of the Mountain

2010-11-11T22:10:30Z

At the Base of the Mountain is a brilliant perzine about the struggles of one mixed-race Colombian/Caucasian American and her attempts at reconciling her lived experience with what others perceive her to be.
When I was reading this zine, I got caught up in the great writing that author Bella produces. It is a really accessible zine because Bella does not put up any pretenses: her experience is something to be looked at from the inside rather than a pretentious analysis.
In the zine, she talks about being mistaken for white in some places and for Colombian in others. She talks about living in a family where she appears different from her siblings and where she is sometimes judged for it. And, most importantly, she talks about how she deals with each of these issues in her own life. This self-described "herstory" touches on how society draws the line between "us" and "the other," prompting a lot of great ideas about diversity.
If you're looking for a jolly zine, this is not necessarily the place to go, but if you want to read something that is intriguing, accessible in its writing, and very pertinent to the idea of diversity, go for At the Base of the Mountain.

Check it out in the Barnard Library (for the call number, check out this CLIO record)

Bookbinding Workingshop Report Back

2010-11-11T20:17:28Z

In the spirit of celebrating badass women, several members of the zine club and their friends attended a fantastic bookbinding workshop taught by Jordan Alam, a sophomore at Barnard on Wednesday November 3. The workshop allowed zinesters both old and new to connect over cookies and juice boxes while learning valuable bookbinding techniques. The different book types that Jordan taught ranged from simple folded pamphlets to decorative Japanese Stab and allow even more creativity and variety in zine making.

Speaking of zine making, the deadline for submissions for the Barnard Zine Club’s first zine about Badass Women has now been extended to November 15! The techniques that Jordan taught will certainly be put to use on it. After all, nothing is more badass than a well put-together zine.--Juliana Strawn, BC '14

Mary Lily Research Grants (or, Studying with Zines?)

2010-11-10T04:01:42Z

Zines - and particularly zines by women - are being picked up by libraries across the country. Particularly in an academic setting, it might seem strange to include zines because they are not formally published works, but more and more they are coming into the research environment. For instance, Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, part of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, contains zines as part of their larger collection on works by women in the South.
Regardless of whether you are using zines in your research paper, the center is inviting anyone that lives outside of a 100-mile radius from Durham, NC to apply for the Mary Lily Research Grant: a maximum award of $1000 dollars for any faculty member, graduate or undergraduate student, or independent scholar with a research project requiring the use of materials held by the Sallie Bingham Center.

Here are some more details should this peak your interest:
The Sallie Bingham Center documents the public and private lives of women through a wide variety of published and unpublished sources. Collections of personal papers, family papers, and organizational records complement print sources such as books and periodicals. Particular strengths of the Sallie Bingham Center are feminism in the U.S., women's prescriptive literature from the 19th & 20th centuries, girls' literature, zines, artist's books by women, gender & sexuality, and the history & culture of women in the South. An overview of our collecting areas can be found here: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/overview.html.

Grant money may be used for travel, photocopying, and living expenses while pursuing research at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

The deadline for application is January 31, 2011 by 5:00 PM EST. Recipients will be announced in March 2011. Grants must be used between April 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.

For more information and to download a copy of the application form, please visit: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/services/grants/index.html

Applicants are encouraged to contact Kelly Wooten, the Bingham Center's research services librarian, before submitting their application. In our experience, those who spoke with a staff member about their projects produced stronger applications. Contact information is listed below:

Kelly Wooten
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Rare Book, Manuscript, & Special Collections Library
Box 90185
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0185
Phone: 919-660-5967
E-mail: kelly.wooten@duke.edu<mailto:kelly.wooten@duke.edu>
Website: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham

QZAP Call for Submissions: Music Issue!

2010-11-06T20:16:49Z

QZAP - the Queer Zine Archive Project in Seattle, Washington - is a great collection devoted specifically to zines about queer sexuality and by people who identify as queer. They want to record a "living history" of queer independent publishing and provide the collection as a resource for both academics and anyone else interested in queer zines. While they have a physical collection, they have been making a strong effort to put all of them into a downloadable catalog. Check out their online catalog here.

QZAP is currently accepting submissions for issue five of their zine QZAP:meta. This issue is focused on music, and the zinesters are "narrowing [their] focus a little for this one" as compared to the other issues thus far.

Here are the specs:
We're looking for articles and narratives about how queer zines and queer music connect. More specifically across genres like queercore/queerpunk, riot grrrl, and homo-hop, though please don't let that be the limit.

Some questions to think about:
Did queer zines turn you on to certain bands or musicians?
Did queer zines help to promote you or your band?
In the age of the internet, MySpace, iTunes, etc. what and how do musicians and zines interact?
What about fanzines? Do they still exist? Any stories about fanzines specifically?

Written submissions should ideally be 1000-3000 words (about 2-5 pages) and images should be grayscale at 300dpi or higher.

The deadline for these zine submissions is December 15th and the zine should be published in early January.

Send them in to qzap@qzp.org.

Also, if you're not feeling the music vibe, check out QZAP's roundup of other zines calling for submissions on this page.

Zines at the NY Art Book Fair

2010-11-04T15:31:47Z

What are you doing this Fri., Sat, or Sun. (Nov. 5-7)? Well, what you should be doing is heading out to PS-1, where Printed Matter, Inc. presents the NY ART BOOK FAIR.

The three day event is free and promises zines aplenty. There are 45 international participants listed as Artists' Zines exhibitors, coming from Zurich, Tokyo, San Francisco, and our own little backyard of Brooklyn, just to name a few. There will also be a space designated for informal zine-exchanges all weekend, with an official Zine-Trade-Meet-up on Sunday, from 3-5pm.

Within the NY Art Book Fair, the Contemporary Artist's Book Conference will also be taking place. The Conference consists of six panel sessions covering a variety of artists book and library related topics, including "Riot Grrrl: Traces of a Movement" - a panel in which your very own Barnard Zine Librarian, Jenna Freedman, will be speaking! "Riot Grrrl: Traces of a Movement" takes place on Saturday, 2-3:30pm.

Please note that while the NY Art Book Fair is free of charge, entrance to the Contemporary Artist's Book Conference sessions are not. A full weekend pass to all six sessions is a bit pricey, but a single session ticket will put you back just $20.

Bad Ass Women compilation zine

2010-10-26T16:54:22Z

BARNARD ZINE CLUB is publishing its first zine ever!

Topic: Bad-Ass Women (interpret as you will)
Deadline: ~~Friday, November 5th~~ (any time) Extended to Monday, November 15
All entries welcome: All Barnard, Columbia, TC students, staff, professors, etc.

Contribute ART, STORIES, POETRY, or anything else your heart desires to:

barnardzinesubmissions@gmail.com

OR in person to the ZINE CLUB MAILBOX (Barnard Library, 2nd floor)

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What is a zine?
"Short for magazine or fanzine, a zine is a self-publication, motivated by a desire for self-expression, not for profit." (Barnard Zine Library)

zine club meetings, fall 2010

2010-10-07T21:21:08Z

The Barnard Library Zine Club meets alternate Wednesdays from 6-7 in the Digital Training Lab on the 1st floor of the library (until we get a better space).

Remaining meetings this fall are:
10/20
11/3*
11/17
12/1
12/15 (cancel for reading days?)

*There will also (instead?) be a bookbinding workshop on 11/3 8-9pm in the library staff room, led by Jordan Alam. RSVP to zines@barnard.edu by Halloween.

zine club 10/6

2010-10-05T16:56:16Z

The next zine club meeting will be on Wednesday, October 6 at 6pm in the Digital Training Lab on the 1st floor of the library.

All are welcome. Oreo cookies will be provided along with six juice boxes. First come, first served.

CALL for ENTRIES Syndicate Product: THE META-COMICS ISSUE

2010-09-25T17:38:06Z

http://www.syndicateproduct.com/2010/09/call-for-entires-syndicate-product-meta.html

(I love that A.j. calls for entries, not submissions.)

The META-COMICS ISSUE will include comics and essays ABOUT comics and sequential art. You certainly DO NOT have to be an artist to contribute – essays are very much welcome and encouraged!

Some potential ideas:

The creative process of drawing comics: Where do your ideas come from? Why do you draw comics?
Comics-related disasters: From the cat knocking over the ink bottle to basement floods that resulted in floating longboxes.
__ broke my heart: As a comics reader, the most soul-crushing, genre-destroying, why-the-hell-am-I-still-reading this storylines you’ve endured in mainstream comics. Why did you stop reading some titles?
Creative space: Where do you draw? What rituals do you perform? (E.g., Lynda Barry always begins a drawing session by writing out the alphabet a few times with a brush and ink.)
Reading comics: Are there comics that left you so emotionally wrecked that you’re scared to read them again? Flipside: are there books you have to re-read every year?
Collecting comics: Are you a Wednesday regular? Did your mom throw out your collection when you went to college? Have you ever sold off parts of your collection for rent, food, or more comics?
Comics and relationships: Friendships and romances found or lost over comics.
Memories of stores past and present: Good and bad stories from the comic shop. Did/do you work in a comic shop?
Inspirations: Artists, teachers, storytellers?
Tangentially related ideas: Terrible, little-seen comic book movie/TV adaptations. Tales from actual comic book conventions.
Previously self-published comics (either print or web) are welcome if they relate to the topic.

SPECIFICATIONS

Comic artists: Final art size should reduce to around 4.5 x 7.5 inches. Four pages maximum (but if it’s really good, this can be negotiated). B&W only. Send art as 300dpi TIF files if grayscale scans, 600dpi TIF if bitmap scans. Also, once entries are in, I may be looking for small illustrations to accompany some of the essays.

Writers: Between 400-1200 words is acceptable. If you need to go longer, please do. If the writing is good enough, people will want to read it to the end. I'll let you know if a piece is simply too huge, rambling, unwieldy, or needs editing. Send essays as OpenOffice, MS Word, or plain text files, or paste the text into an e-mail.

Contributors will receive a copy of the final project.

Due date and where to submit: First deadline is JANUARY 7, 2011*. Submit your entries to syndprod@gmail.com. If you want to mail them, send them to: A.j. Michel, PO Box 877, Lansdowne, PA 19050.

* Due date subject to extension if needed, as it usually is.

Zines at MoMA!?!

2010-09-01T19:57:27Z

First, check out this interview with MoMA assistant curator Gretchen Wagner, as she talks about the essay she wrote for she wrote for the publication Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art:

“Riot on the Page: Thirty Years of Zines by Women.”

Then, visit the Experimental Women in Flux exhibit at MoMA Library, on display until November 8, 2010.

"The exhibition features experimental works by women that form part of the newly acquired Silverman Fluxus Collection Reference Library. With a focus on artists’ books, event scores, exhibition catalogues, periodicals, and examples of the alternative press, the exhibition includes publications by Alison Knowles, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Yoko Ono, Dorothy Iannone, and others."

Call For Submissions -- bra zine

2010-07-29T14:12:21Z

via grrrlzinenetwork

"I want to put together a zine all about bras. I was writing a piece about bras for a zine I was working on about clothes and I just thought...I wonder what other peoples' stories and thoughts about bras are...I'd like to put a zine together about that.

"Possible things to write about:

first bra, favourite bra, why you love/hate bras
bra washing tips, bra fashion tips
historical facts/essays about bras
where you buy bras and why
dealing with having an odd bra size
to wear a bra, or not to wear a bra?
any interesting personal story relating to bras, bra shopping
have you ever been professionally fitted for a bra?
if you're a male, what do you think about bras?

"Please send submissions/questions to: petitspoissons AT gmail.com and put BRA ZINE in the subject line. No fixed deadline...as soon as I have enough material I will print the zine."

Zines at Barnard that talk about bras:

Adorable pancreas : a zine about beauty and body image Zines S686a (Rare Books)
Beautiful bras and body hair Zines W38b (Rare books)
Breasts?! Hell yes! : a loving guide from one boobie owner to another! Lets learn how to love and take care of our bodies together Zines B743 (Rare Books)

Also, issues 7-9 of Bust have a section called "Bra Stuffers" Zines B878 (Rare Books)

Pete's Candy Store Mini Zine Fest

2010-07-20T16:55:17Z

The event will be on Saturday, July 31st, 3pm-7pm At Pete's Candy Store.

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Pete's Mini Zine Fest is a free event focused on the amazing zine scene we have here in NYC. Artists will be tabling. Support the zine community in your own backyard! Give a little love--buy a little zine!

The event will be held at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg, just a short walk from the L (Lorimer) or G (Metropolitan) trains.
We have a fantastic lineup, over 20 zinesters, graphic artists, photographers and bookmakers attending. PLUS performances by local singers, bands, bookmaking demonstrations and more!
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Contact: Marguerite Dabaie

Radical Southern Zine Archive Project: University of Alabama

2010-07-13T21:31:33Z

We are soooo excited about this new zine collection:

Call for Submissions/Donations
Radical Southern Zine Archive Project
University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is looking for submissions/donations for a new archive that will collect zines from Southern authors, and zines about Southern experience. This collection will be housed within the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library and once cataloged will be available for any scholar or zine enthusiast looking for research opportunities or just a nice afternoon read. This project began as the brainchild of our students and staff who have been creating zines, using zines in the classroom, and have a general love of all things zine related. The goal of the collection is to gather together the work of individuals who are writing in the South, writing about the South and zinsters who are Southerners living across the world. It is our belief and hope that the Radical Southern Zine Archive will help bring together the work being produced everywhere about the South and house it where all can enjoy it. We want all those Southern perspectives so send us your zines and let's get this process started. If anyone has any questions please email us and we will get back to you ASAP. The official opening of the Radical Southern Zine Archive will take place in September, and will kick off a yearlong celebration of the zine and the zine community. We look forward to hearing from each and every one of you.

Send your zines to:
Radical South Zine Archive
PO Box 869066
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0081
radicalsouthzinearchive@gmail.com

Rock Candy

2010-07-13T16:35:05Z

A neat excerpt from Rock Candy #3, ca 1995. If anyone is in touch with the author, Marie, please send her our way!

Here's the text if it's too hard for you to read from the scan:
sometimes even
fistfulls of power
are no match
for loneliness &
all your academic
lip syncing doesn't
change the everyday ways i am
trapped and sometimes
i don't give a shit about articulate
boy language cuz i got my emotion all over
like there's no stopping
on a bike downhill, feet kicked out
and laughing the whole way

Big She-Bang 2010

2010-07-13T16:28:34Z

THE BIG SHE-BANG V
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2010
11AM-10PM

@ CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
129 RUSSELL STREET, LOWER LEVEL
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN 11222

Please join us as we anticipate a bunch of really great participants this year, as always.

If you have yet to get in touch about doing a workshop, speaking on a panel, playing music, performing spoken word, tabling, showing your artwork, volunteering, or participating in any way, PLEASE DO! Keep in mind, we can always use more volunteers. Here is the call out for participation:

CALLING ALL NEW YORK CITY FEMINISTS, WOMANISTS & FEMINIST ALLIES!

FOR THE BIRDS is a New York City-based feminist collective celebrating D.I.Y. (do it yourself!) politics and feminist cultural production. This August in new York, we are hosting our fifth annual Big She-Bang: a day-long festival of feminist art, music, and dialogue and we need your help!

Our theme for this year is FEMINIST COMMUNICATION.

We are looking for writers, speakers, performers, panel discussions, artists, collaborations, tablers, crafters, and workshops exploring the following:

How do feminists transmit our politics and ideas to ourselves, to each other, between groups, throughout history, across movements? // How do feminists communicate about Race and Class differences within and between movements? // About Queer and Trans identities and issues? // Feminist communications across generations and through historical documentation // Voices of Youth Feminist Activists // Communicating about things we are socialized to keep silent: physical and mental illness, grief, addiction, rape, assault, abuse, oppression // Communicating about Consent and Positive Sexuality // Visual Communications (art, design, dance, zines, film, propaganda) // Electronic Communications (blogs, websites, internet networking) // Performance (hip hop, spoken word, rap, punk, hardcore and other forms of music, dance, and movement) // the Process of communicating within feminist organizing: self-reflection about where have we struggled and what has worked to increase authentic communication in our movements?

We are excited to collaborate with other feminist projects and offer the Big She-Bang as a shared multimedia space in which to forge new communications and creative exchange. If you are inspired to add you voice to this theme by partnering or co-sponsoring this event, please get in touch!

thebigshebang@gmail.com

NOTE: If you have contacted us about participating and we have yet to respond, thank you for your patience. We are scrambling to get She-Bang together and one of our coordinators will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

All our best,

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FOR THE BIRDS
feminist collective + distro

+ forthebirdscollective.org
+ myspace.com/forthebirdsnyc
+ twitter @forthebirdsnyc
+ forthebirdscollective@gmail.com

zines have funny, clever, silly, outlandish names sometimes

2010-07-10T00:35:51Z

I'm reading and cataloging Rats Live on No Evil Star #7 by Marla Tiara and thought the names of the zines she reviews in this issue might give you a little insight into the zine scene of 1996.

100% Acrylic
Action Girl
Adventures of Mirabella Snagglefoot
And She Walks On
Beer Frame
Blindness
Catherine's Hair
Cheshire
Cuss
Dry Socket
Epstein's Mother
Fibre
Flashing Astonisher
Ghoul Girl
Go Metric
Hope
Listen to Me Whine
Little Miss Cooties
Lux
R2D2 Is an Indie Rocker
Smurfette Was Only in It for the Sex
Skydiving Paper Cows
Thrift Score
The West Virginia Surf Report
You Could Do Worse

I linked the titles we have to their catalog record. Alas, my two favorite titles aren't in our zine collection. Can you guess which ones they are?

card sort

2010-07-01T20:08:42Z

Come fall/winter Barnard will be migrating to a content management system for its website. In preparation for this migration, we're reorganizing all of our web content, including the zines site.

We'd love some feedback from y'all about what makes sense/what categories things belong in, so we're asking zine collection users and potential users to do a card sorting exercise. It should take five minutes. Pretty please! http://websort.net/s/BBA5D6.