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If Destroyed Still True
#5 Description thanks to Amelia (who writes Throes zine)! I love the haphazard cut and paste style of this zine, and how it begins with a bit of a paen to Eurovision! Nine talks about having moved to Berlin and why, Eurovision oddities (of which there are many!), dj sets heavily featuring Eurovision songs, rain and painful memories. (These two seem to go together). Amongst the casual tales of city life she talks about her mother's illness with such pathos that I teared up (and that almost never happens). weight = 3 stars £1.25
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Invincible
Summer: An Anthology Vol. 1
*taken from the back* weight = 35 stars £8.00
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Invincible
Summer: An Anthology Vol. 2
*taken from the back* weight = 36 stars £8.00
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Invincible
Summer #17 *description coming soon* weight = 11 stars £3.00
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Invincible
Summer #19 / Clutch #22 *description coming soon* weight = 5 stars £2.50
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Summer #20 / Clutch #23 *description coming soon* weight = 5 stars £2.50
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Just Say Who Cares #3 This is the new issue of ‘Just Say No Thank You’ but her new motto is ‘who cares?’ hence the zine title change. This zine updates you on Star/Emma’s life, has a very insightful piece called ‘Hidden Advantages to Being Differently Abled’ (Star/Emma was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia), places to get free/cheap stuff in Sebastopol, CA and a brilliant ‘Safety Net (in Case of Personal Emergency)’ which you can fill in with details of things that help when you’re ill and messed up, along with suggestions for an Emotional First Aid Kit – lovely/great idea! weight = 1 star £1.50
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List
#14 Description thanks to Charlotte! Ramsey’s yearly edition of “List” is always a treat. #14 was put out in the summer of 2010. The many lists include: things I’m proud of from the last year, my dream home, little known things about me, big plans, things that bother my brain, music of significance in my life, ways I’ve changed in the last year, advice for planning your own zine fest, and loads more. The combination of lists and Ramsey’s adorable drawings is charming. Also includes a postcard so you can write to Ramsey and help her decide where to live! weight = 9 stars £2.50
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The
Malcontents’ Book Club #1 Description thanks to Cath (who writes Here. In My Head zine)! The Malcontents’ Book Club is a new book review zine written by Hannah, in which she writes (sometimes scathing) reviews of ten works, including fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs.Highly recommended if you’re an avid reader. weight = 3 stars £1.00
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Mental Potential & Sweet Dreams Description thanks to Clare (who volunteers at Canny Little Library)!
Mental
Potential & Sweet Emotionsis a
collaborative mental health perzine by Caitlin and KT who run theRainbow
Ranch Zine Library in New York. The zine is split into sections with entries
from KT documentingsome of her 6 years spent with therapists, psychiatrists,
cocktails of medication and discusses his decision tolive without
medication (the effect it has on him) and discover the person he is. Later in
the zine he shares acandid letter to his counsellor, looking back on his
time spent in therapy - which raises some important issuesabout today's
mental health and makes for a good read.
This is a great zine and provides you with an insight into two very interesting peoples’ lives. There is alsoa great page in there packed full of suggestions to other mental health zines/books for further reading. weight = 3 stars £3.00
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Mostly Handwritten #2 This is a zine about zines: content, writing them, layouts, making them, binding them, distributing them. It’s also a zine about other things related to the zine community: mail art, decos, ATCs, screen printing. It also has a bit on self recording (your life, through diaries, sketchbooks, photos, newspaper clippings, etc). It’s entirely handwritten, beautiful doodles throughout, and full of really useful information. If you already own Zine Making and Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2 but want more on the zine world, I highly recommend getting this! weight = 5 stars £2.50
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Motor City Kitty
#13 *description coming soon* weight = 2 stars £1.50
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Motor City Kitty #14 *description coming soon* weight = 2 stars £1.50
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Mythologising Me #2 Description thanks to Cath (who writes Here. In My Head zine)! Six months after the first issue, Mythologising Me #2 marks a big improvement in Ingrid’s zine making, with more content, and more interesting layouts than before!In this issue, we read about Ingrid’s struggle with unemployment, and finally getting a job in a library (I’m so envious!), not feeling at home in Oxford, the stigma attached to being a woman who enjoys going out drinking, becoming a vegan, wanting to play violin in a band, wanting to travel, and her love for zines.Some cute drawings, messy cut-and-paste layouts, and horses abound. Very sweet. weight = 2 stars £1.20
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Mythologising
Me #3 *description coming soon!* weight = 2 stars £1.00
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Mythologising Me #4 Description thanks to CathThe fourth issue of Ingrid’s perzine focuses on more positive (and mostly grown-up) topics than the previous three – we read about budgeting and dreaming of being debt-free, thoughts about job-seeking and careers, trying to start 'Couch to 5k', positive things that have happened since she moved home, and her favourite TV shows at school (I loved 'The Racoons' too!). Her writing style is quite casual, as if you’re having a chat with a friend. A messy, cut-and-paste interior, with mostly typewritten pages, and a few handwritten sections. weight = 2 stars £1.00
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Not
Growing Up #1 *description coming soon!* weight = 1 star £1.00
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Not
Growing Up #2 *description coming soon!* weight = 3 stars £1.40
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Not
Lonely #2 Description thanks to Louise (who writes Tempest in a Tea Cup.)! Though new to the zine ‘scene’, Hannah’s second issue of Not Lonely does not disappoint. She tells the reader about ‘not going out’, drinking and acting foolish, her less than dramatic time on placement and my favourite section, not getting married! She writes from the heart and fills her pages with amazing words and cut & pasted images. weight = 3 stars £1.00
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Not
Lonely #3 Description thanks to Jo! Very thought-provoking articles about the author’s experience of harassment on public transport (very rage inducing and something many of us can probably relate to), sleep difficulties, nightmares and the dream realm, nightmare interviews and the challenges of the job market, how confidence is so key to nailing aforementioned jobs and how hard it is to develop and the joys of the Mooncup and why everyone should have one. weight = 3 stars £1.00
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Not
Lonely #6 Description thanks to Cath (who writes Here. In My Head zine)! Not Lonely #6 is a little different from previous issues, as it consists of journal entries detailing her eight-day journey to Holland earlier in the year. Some things we read about include the journey there, and Hannah’s nervousness about flying, exploring the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, visiting fairytale-themed amusement part Efteling, and Dutch culture and language. Some photos and mementos from her trip decorate the pages. weight = 3 stars £1.00
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Pay
ATTN!! "Sick of being broke? Well, Pay ATTN!!Pay more attention to where your money is going by tracking your money on your check style register that fits in your wallet.A short mini zine with a mini wallet sized money register.” weight = 1 star £0.50
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Pandora Press #1: Our Feminist Heroes Pandora Press is the new zine from Swansea Feminist Network. Compiled by Cath (of ‘Here. In Your Head’ glory) this first issue is along the theme of feminist heroes, and features contributions about everyone from Germaine Greer to Nicki Minaj, to Peaches to Angela Carter. Also featuring pieces on inspiring feminist musicians and ‘thealogy’. This is a great first feminist compilation zine and I can’t wait to read future issues! weight = 3 stars £0.50
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Pandora Press #2: The SEX issue Pandora Press is back: bigger and better under the careful eye of Cath (Here. In My Head zine). With 20 contributions, this is a nice and chunky zine, touching on a huge number of aspects of sex including sex work, pornography, the sexualisation of young girls, fantasy, glamour, sex positive feminism, Rihanna, sex education, feminism and lesbianism, rape, the media, Suicide Girls, feminist porn, raunch culture, reviews, and more! weight = 7 stars £1.00
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Pandora Press #3: The Time issue *description coming soon* weight = 6 stars £1.00
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Pieces #2 Description thanks to Em (who writes Angry Violist zine)!
Subtitled
“on girls and wondering”, its writer, Nicole, reflects on all the women she has
known and loved: from long-term relationships to chance encounters; from the
requited to the unrequited ‘what if’. She writes with honesty and candour about
each woman in short, well-judged descriptions.
weight = 1 star £1.00
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Pieces #5 Description thanks to Ingrid (who writes Mythologising Me zine)! Nichole's 5th zine is all about change. She reflects on the pros and cons of her decision to take time out from fulltime work and focus on her writing, before embarking on jobseeking once more. I could relate to her stream of consciousness style discussions, considering various second part time jobs, and the options of commuting or moving to Chicago. It's all very thoughtful. Some of the more unique topics in this zine include accepting Masochism, and a really interesting breakdown of being a situational vegetarian and how others tend to feel about that. I also loved her diary style sections. The chapter style breakdown in the zine make it really clear and I like the cover design, it's really interesting and eyecatching, feeling like a real book in some ways, albeit a miniature one. All in all there's a lot to love in Pieces 5 and I want to get my hands on Nichole's backissues now! weight = 3 stars £1.50
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The Plural of Deer
is Deer Description thanks to Ingrid (who writes Mythologising Me zine)! This is such an interesting little zine, I liked its illustrated cover and alternative format when I first spotted it on the Marching Stars table at the Women's Library zinefest. Turns out its a kind of short story about two deer, Ainsley and Rufus, whose off-kilter adventures in flatsharing and modern life in general provide the topic of an amusing, wry little story. Well put together and really well written, I don't want to spoil the ending for you but it was really thoughtful and moving. weight = 2 stars £1.30
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Pretty Pussy! Hair Care for Sensitive Girls
”Tips on keeping your pubic area
happy and healthy” weight = 3 stars £1.50
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