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In this short and pithy one-off zine from the Smash the Skatriarchy series, author Amelia Bjesse-Puffin lays out in very simple terms the ways that rape culture thrives on smaller transgressions and offers very blunt but perfectly correct advice about how to fight rape culture. The answer is simple: do not tolerate it, ever, in any circumstance. A helpful guide for the skating community, but no less helpful to the public at large. Bjesse-Puffin encourages you to work with others to unlearn the ingrained misogyny and homophobia in our culture. A quick and powerful read, with artful illustrations and diagrams throughout.

In this innovative, 14-part serial graphic novel, Naguset, a modern Canadian Mi'kmaq teenager, exchanges books and mix tapes with her pen pal, Chris. Her imagination sparks when he sends her a biography of the 19th century Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin. The story juxtaposes Naguset's personal and political coming-of-age in her loving family home with Kropotkin's rocky upbringing in a princely palace. These two stories of eventful lives and bold hearts are interwoven with Kropotkin's theories of freedom, Mi'kmaq vocabulary and social history, and an uplifting punk soundtrack, creating a unique reading experience bound to inspire readers to think in new ways about the issues of our time.

Self Taught is a collection of toy camera photos of Visionary Environments that Tim and his wife have been to in the last 10 years. There are also portraits that Tim has painted of their creators. The work is an expression of the spirit of DIY and creating for creation's sake. Kerr has always rejected the impulse to define art or music by categorizing it into a specific genre and throughout his music and visual art career, has preferred to color outside the lines rather than adhere to any one definition of art or, for that matter, punk. Tim Kerr is a musician and artist known for his lifelong contributions to the DIY and punk scenes, as a member of the Texas Music Hall of Fame, hailing from Austin, and for having played in The Big Boys, Poison 13, Monkeywrench, Bad Mutha Goose, Lord High Fixers, etc... Kerr is a visual artist and photographer, and currently releases music with his, and his friend Jerry Haggins, project Up Around The Sun.

"A Tight Squeeze showcases the hot sex magick of queer t4t connection. Balancing the weird, fun, and exciting with the vulnerable and bewildering, author laura q explores the complex and sometimes painful realities of transfem identity, desire, and erotic experiences"--

Magic is the ever-present energy around us--it's in the sky, our companion animals, what we eat, where we live, and ourselves--and it can be used to create and manifest the things we want in our lives. By living with our intentions and the moon's guiding energy, we can align ourselves with this energy and live our best lives, creating our narratives and movement along the way. And with each step we take, we are closer to our authentic selves. If you're new to witchcraft, this guide will walk you through your first year.Year of the Witch serves as an introductory guidebook, a planner, and a space to take notes and creatively expand your knowledge and build a practice. You're encouraged to customize this book to your needs. Write in your own dates each week, mark the moon phases, and begin your journey at any time during the year. Each month offers insight, spells, and techniques related to a different topic in witchcraft, such as manifesting, divination, crystal magic, home magic, protection magic, celebration rituals, and more.

"Want to make a living as a freelance writer? Here are the resources, answers, and real talk you need about what it takes to make a living as a writer for hire. Drawing on her own varied and successful years of freelance-copywriting experience, Jessie Kwak offers valuable insights on how to figure out if this fast-paced, ever-evolving career is for you. The book's special focus is on business writing for hire"--

Lesbian gulls, intersex grizzly bears, gay orgies of manatees, trans clownfish, binary-smashing lichens, sex-changing willow trees, and asexual naked mole rats! Queerness is everywhere in the natural world. This coloring book celebrates the diversity of animals, plants, fungi, lichen, and coral and the way our beautiful queer communities exist far beyond the realms of human culture. So many of us grew up with wildlife programs and school biology classes that showed only monogamous, heterosexual pairings with the goal of making little baby animals. Bring your brightest colors to learn about and befriend some of the most colorful characters in nature and challenge society's cis-het norms. This entertaining and educational resource, created by trans woman and ecologist Kes Otter Lieffe, and richly illustrated by Anja Van Geert, builds on the success of their popular Queer Animals Coloring Book zine to liberate our understanding of ourselves and the natural world we belong to.

"This unfussy, spirited guide to 35 readily accessible herbs offers botanical names, medical reputations from various modern and historical sources, good-humoredly honest tasting notes, and illustrations to help identify what you've just foraged, grown, or bought at the herb shop or health food store. With teacher and tea aficionado Glenna McLean as your guide, travel back in time by enjoying a blend of herbs that King Tut savored, a tea that was thought to ward off the Plague in the 14th Century, and the herbs imbibed by druids at Stonehenge and Puritan church services. Quaff brews purported to bring you courage, quench (or ignite) lust, ward off scurvy, and soothe stress and pain. Includes warnings and contraindications so you can pursue your herbal tea habit safely and happily for years to come"--

Glamorous, exuberant, luxurious decorative details suffuse these pages, each bringing to life an archetype of the classic 78-card tarot major and minor arcana. Inspired by the lushness of the early 20th Century Art Deco movement and the Balkan folk art of her native Albania, Gerta Egy's images draw you into a fantasy world, beautiful and rich with meaning and feeling. Sprite-like human figures dance, writhe, and play with swords, wands, cups, and coins against modernist patterned backgrounds in these ornate pages that await your coloring pleasure. These images are drawn from the Divine Tarot Deco deck.

In this helpful guide for those facing the incredibly difficult decision of whether and how to get an abortion, author Ashley Hartman Annis offers the reader resources and information that can help pregnant people navigate the morass of restrictions, state laws, and stigmas that stand in the way of accessing fundamental reproductive rights. From information on the many different kinds of abortion care available, to frameworks for helping pregnant folks think about which approach makes the most sense for them, to advice on after-care plans and ways for partners to support pregnant people, this zine covers it all. A powerful resource in the hands of pregnant people, and in the hands of activists seeking to help others access their fundamental reproductive rights, I Deserve Good Things can help folks think about abortion and help them through the process, no matter what the theologians and fascists on the Supreme Court have to say about the matter.

Are you stressed as fuck and you're not sure you can take it anymore? You're not alone. And it's very possible you're experiencing burnout--a legit mental health condition that's usually only regarded as being work-related, but that is 100% absolutely possible for anyone who is chronically stressed and overwhelmed with whatever they're doing in life, from school to parenting to activism to just existing during a pandemic. Dr. Faith gets it, and has been there, and offers an overview of what we understand about burnout and individual as well as relational strategies that really work for getting yourself out of it. Because, sure, sometimes you can fix burnout by taking a day off for self care, but usually it takes a more social-relational-level change--and that is totally possible!

A coven races--literally--to fight off the magic smog that threatens their city. A janitor at the last rocket launch site on a dying planet sends the rocket up with a special spell of comfort. Instead of casting the resiliency spell she asked for, a girl's grandmother teaches her to ride a bike. A midwife's bicycle is stolen, resulting in a fitting comeuppance. An urban witch falls for a bicycle mechanic and learns to reconcile her double life. Smash the petropatriarchy and enjoy these and more science fiction and fantasy stories in the pages of the supernatural 9th volume of the popular Bikes in Space series. Featuring ten incredible stories by Hester Dade, M. Lopes da Silva, Monique Cuillerier, A. P. Howell, Ether Nepenthes, M. A. Blanchard, Kathleen Jowitt, G. J. Craddock, Gretchin Lair, and Emily Burton.

Are you a small potato, pursuing your creative passions without expectations of fame or fortune? This playful workbook is designed to help adults with years of creative experience explore unconsidered art forms, amp up your creative approach, and wrangle your personal triumphs into a sustained and fulfilling practice. Interactive exercises and assignments will inspire you to write, draw, sing, rhyme, craft, improvise, observe, engage, document and express yourself in every medium imaginable. Get out of your rut, embrace your inner child, and see which seeds will bear the fruit of larger projects. Prepare to discover fun ways to increase your creative visibility, live by the Golden Rule, and expand your community. Ayun Halliday, inveterate multidisciplinary creatress and author of Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto, made this exuberant, hilarious, and fun guide for anyone ready to subvert creative business and branding advice and realize a deeper relationship with their own uniquely weird and wonderful creativity.

"Food is complicated. And our relationships with food and eating are all kinds of fucked up. It doesn't help that cultural messages about health, diet, body image, and weight are fatphobic and often medically dangerous. Dr. Faith Harper, author of the bestselling Unfuck Your Brain and Unfuck Your Body, brings her trademark combination of science, humor, and real talk to help us work through our food, health, and body image issues and develop a healthier relationship with food so that it can fuel us and bring us pleasure. She delves into the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating and the causes and consequences of both, breaks down the difference between various behaviors, tackles trauma and other co-occurring conditions, and provides compassionate and practical steps to improve your eating habits and repair your relationship with yourself."--

This several hours-long interview took place in the summer of 2018, with Aragorn!, a longtime anarchist involved in a large number of projects and communities. He describes growing up in the hardcore punk scene, how he got involved with anarchism and political organizing and writing, his inspirations and motivations, what modern politics mean for anarchism, and what it means to commit yourself to truly go against the grain. More than just one person's story, this is a fascinating document mapping the development of counterculture and anarchist movements across four decades, from the Reagan years to the emergence of the internet. This is part of the ongoing Anarchist Oral History Project, and was published on its own in memory of Aragorn!, who passed away in February, 2020.

Brew your own beer, but don't stop there--this zine is all about the value of kicking your corporate beer habit and creating your own anarchist community around homemade alcohol. Along with instructions for creating tasty, affordable adult beverages in your home, you'll learn a little about the radical history of beer, a ton of colorful slang about alcohol and being drunk, how to start your own Brew Not Bombs chapter, how to make your brews environmentally sustainable, where to get ingredients, and some yummy vegan food recipes that use beer as an ingredient. Learn to ferment your own beer, cider, wine cooler, dandelion wine, mead, corn mash whiskey, and exciting concoctions with lemons or rose petals. A huge amount of how-to is packed in this little zine that should set you down a path of creating the life and world you want.

When a superhero has been very, very naughty... they should expect to be punished. Paragon, superhero extraordinaire, answered a summons from her fellow hero Enflammette, only to discover she's gone to the dark side and become a supervillain--Plasma. Can Paragon convince Plasma to atone for her villainy or has she already lost her partner? An erotic f/f roleplay fantasy, part of Microcosm's Queering Consent series.

Kris Rose and her step-sister grew up watching horror movies together. The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Carrie, Friday the 13th, Scream, Hellraiser, and so many more left their indelible mark on her young mind. "For a girl whose life was not perfect, horror was a reassurance that darkness was a normal part of life. It was possible to survive the absolute worst, if you learned a few valuable lessons from one of the most well-known archetypes of modern horror: The Final Girl." Rose takes us on a fun, smart, sassy tour through horror movies of the 1980s, analysing the character tropes and celebrating the bad-asses who may not have been believed but fought to stay alive until the bitter end.

During the Black Lives Matter protests that rose up in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2020, the old Critical Mass tactic of using bicycles (and other vehicles) to "cork"--meaning, to provide safety at intersections by preventing cars on cross streets from driving through a group of demonstraters. This short, packed zine, put together by the city's BLM Bike Bloc, provides comprehensive instructions for how to cork (including diagrams), along with some sage thoughts on self-care, inclusivity, anti-racism, police abolition, non-violence, and coalition-building.

In highly-segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma in June, 1921, a white mob attacked the mostly Black neighborhood of Greenwood. Hundreds of people were killed, and thousands injured. Homes, businesses, schools, and churches were burned or looted. The city government supported the mob, insurance companies refused to cover the losses, and the KKK touted it as a great success. The news media barely mentioned it, and it was rarely reported on or taught about in schools. For decades it was referred to as a riot, and only recently has the more accurate term "massacre" been applied in official documents. This short history creates an evocative account grounded in well-researched details that bring the events alive in an urgent and personal way, as well as detailing what happened afterwards and the ongoing fight for reparations. As we reach the centennial of these atrocities, this zine serves as a reminder that we must all take an active role in not repeating the worst of our history.

Growing up immersed in the feminist, DIY values of punk, Riot Grrrl, and zine culture of the 1990s and early 2000s gave Eleanor Whitney, like so many other young people who gravitate towards activism and musical subcultures, a sense of power, confidence, community, and social responsibility. As she grew into adulthood she struggled to stay true to those values, and with the gaps left by her punk rock education. This insightful, deeply personal history of early-2000s subcultures lovingly explores the difficulty of applying feminist values to real-life dilemmas, and embrace an evolving political and personal consciousness. Whitney traces the sometimes painful clash between her feminist values and everyday, adult realities -- and anyone who has worked to integrate their political ideals into their daily life will resonate with the histories and analysis on these pages, such as engaging in anti-domestic violence advocacy while feeling trapped in an unhealthy relationship, envisioning a unified "girl utopia" while lacking racial consciousness, or espousing body positivity while feeling ambivalent towards one's own body. Throughout the book, the words and power of Bikini Kill and other Riot Grrrl bands ground the story and analysis, bringing it back to the raw emotions and experiences that gave this movement its lasting power while offering a complex, contemporary look at the promises and pitfalls of Riot Grrrl-informed feminism.

Got a prescription you can't afford to fill? Ever had to choose between your medications and groceries? Have you scrimped on dosages in order to squeak through to the end of the month? Kenra's a registered nurse, and she's written this helpful, affirming guide to empower American patients by providing actionable steps to take in their quest to afford their meds in our dumpster fire of a healthcare system. Some of the steps are basic reminders of your own agency and advocacy; others are arcane systemic workarounds not widely known to the general public.

Railroad Semantics is no less a high spirited an adventure to read than the train hopping it describes. You are swept along as you precariously climb aboard and jumble down the tracks with Aaron Dactyl and his fellow travelers. As the story unfolds and you become familiar with the terrain in the fascinating pictures contained herein, you can't help but imagine you're one of the animated characters riding along as you attempt to avoid detection. Before long it's one of your tags Aaron spots and photographs under a bridge or on the walls of the box cars he uses to traverse from the snowy white capped peaks to the tree lined valley floor on his way north and south between cities. The morning dew dripping from the rail yard's grassy meadows signifies it's time to navigate the maze of tracks to catch the next train. Sometimes you must take flying leaps of faith from the cars onto the rocky ground below in order to outrun the authorities. But by the end you're waving goodbye to your new friend to return to your mundane life, anticipating his return.

Introduction to Mindfulness & Manifestation is a 7-day, intensive manifestation immersion course designed to help you identify your desires and come into alignment with them.The only way to manifest is to not care, totally let go, and find another way to feel good and be happy right now. Feel good regardless of your circumstances. You don't need a certain outcome to enjoy this moment. Say, "I don't give a fuck!" to any worries you may have and look around at how awesome right now is.The exercises in this zine will help you with each step of the manifestation process. What Do I Want, Best Case Scenarios and Prepaving help you figure out what you want and focus on it. Counting and I Want to Feel Better help you release the resistant thoughts that keep what you want from you. Life Story and Plant the Seed get you to the feeling place of what you want, then help you let go of the desire forever. When you let go of any awareness of lack, you'll see what you want is already yours.

A common thread through much self-help and therapy and trauma healing is to focus on what's misfiring in the brain and learn coping skills to fix it. But what if it's the world that's broken, not you? What if your brain is doing exactly what it's designed to do in response to your experiences with abuse, neglect, oppression, displacement, violence, or upheaval? With this workbook, learn to see your strength and resilience, look at what's happening outside as well as inside yourself, and frame your trauma recovery in new, empowering terms using the groundbreaking new Power Threat Meaning framework.

This zine is not too long, but full of helpful information on how to get through an uncomfortable medical procedure--such as abortion--like a champ. It also touches on art therapy, aftercare, and creating good habits of self care. Hand-drawn illustrations and the entire zine is in black and white.

Reading about "building your own house, growing your own food, making your own music, art culture, life" will make you feel ready to join the revolution before you even get past the intro. Firewood isn't just about talk though. Sine offers serious real-life help in here. There is a large article on how to build your own cabin. With information on how to physically do it, even all by yourself, there is also help on salvaging materials, obtaining cheap materials and building houses of wood, straw-bale, cob, Tipis and Gers. Also, you can read about growing your own Anarchist Victory Garden and get a little lesson on Land Ownership in Scotland. In general, a really inspiring and helpful zine.

In the sixth issue of Mettanoia, Shea Pederson goes into how the season changes affect mental health and reflects on lessons learned since starting this zine. Handwritten stories, illustrations, and comics combine to make a really engaging and relatable personal zine.