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Mental Health Zines

Mental Health Zines

Due to the prevalence and need for mental health services, and a general lack of them in many communities, zines on mental health serve a special need. Zines can help frame mental health in both a frank and gentle way, while also providing tips and encouragement for self-care. Many mental health zines are based around an individual's personal experience, so they provide a first-hand account of the associated trauma and healing processes. These zines can also acknowledge intersectional issues—issues that speak to the fact that queer individuals, people of color, and folks who are differently-abled deal with additional institutional forms of oppression, and thus stress. For anyone interested in learning more, here is a selection of zines in the Library’s collection that cover this topic. Read more about Mental Health Zines

Posted by Edwin F. on October 28, 2019
Impulse Control Disorder
Wax & Feathers: The Icarus Project Zine v April 2011
Sorry For Being A Bummer : Denial-Based Mental Healthcare
Where Are You Going?
Falling Apart : A Zine On Death, Grief, Mourning & Loss
If You’d Like To Hear It I Can Sing It For You : A Zine On Aging : Vol. 001
Get It Together. v. 1
How-to & DIY
Nonfiction
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Zines for Teens!

Zines for Teens

Zines are for everyone! And that means everyone: adults, teens, and even kids! Included in that are zines written for teens, as well as zines written by teens.

Young people making zines isn’t by any means a new pastime, it's a passion many have enjoyed for years. When you were in elementary or middle school you probably knew some budding young comic artist, if you were not one yourself, who produced and sold mini comic books. Those were zines, even if you didn’t call them that at the time.

Local teens are also zinesters! The Library carries a few of zines that local teens have designed:

Teen Café zine. Issue #1, June 26, 2019

Teen Café

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Posted by Edwin F. on August 20, 2019
Legends of the woods : two short stories
The antagonist. May 2011
Teen feels : A TP zine about self-esteem
Teen Café zine. Issue #1, June 26, 2019
My Life As a Teen Com
Local Interest
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Romantic Comedy
Short Stories
Teens
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Consent Zines

Consent Zines

Good consent is very important. Consent is a mutual verbal, physical, and emotional agreement that happens without manipulation, threats, or head games. As Project Respect states, “Everyone has the right to sexuality without violence and as part of that, positive sexuality begins with enthusiastic consent. This means being as excited and into someone else’s enjoyment as we are excited and into our own enjoyment. Only yes means yes – and yes should come from an engaged and enthusiastic partner.” The following zines speak more to this subject, and offer some good tools to consider when approaching sex, love, and daily life.

  Read more about Consent Zines

Posted by Annise B. on July 25, 2019
See no speak no hear no : articles & questions about sexual assault
Sexual objectification
Learning good consent
Ouch! Reflections on bad sex, rape, & shame
Support
Let’s Talk: Feminist Communication for Radicalizing Sex, Consent & Interpersonal Dynamics
Act Now!
Communication
How-to & DIY
LGBTQ
Library Program
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Relationships
Zines
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Cooking Zines

Cooking Zines

Looking to change up your cooking routine? Add some new recipes to the ol’ repertoire? Some new culinary delights would be nice! You could turn to a conventional cookbook, but you’re likely to only find conventional foods there. No, what you need is something a little more cutting edge, a shake up in your giddy-up, some unconventional food for these unconventional times; what better place to look for this than in that most unconventional format: zines!

Vegan Pho : a recipe
Phở, the delicious Vietnamese soup, has a umami depth of flavor that is usually achieved with meat, and veg/vegan options often are not as rich. But, fear not non-meat-eaters of the world, Juli Jump Rope has a recipe to make this noodle dish with out pho-ail!  Read more about Cooking Zines

Posted by Edwin F. on June 17, 2019
Vegan Pho : a recipe
Food to eat from a human skull
Comestible summer 2016
The Best of Vegetables From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens
Bananarchy now!
Cookbooks
Zines
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DIY/How To Zines

Zines on display in People's Park

Want to learn a new skill? Maybe a zine is the answer! There are lots of zines that can teach you a thing or two about making stuff and doing things.

Zines embody the very essence of do-it-yourself culture, most zines are made by a single person doing all of the work, from writing and drafting, to art and illustration, all the way through publishing and distribution. It is no wonder that zinesters carry that DIY spirit with them into other aspects of their lives. Sometimes, they write about their other passions and hobbies, so that you to can do it yourself and make something wonderful with your own two hands.

Here is a sampling of some of the DIY zines that the Library has in its collection: Read more about DIY/How To Zines

Posted by Edwin F. on May 26, 2019
Easy-to-build birdhouses
Easy-to-build birdbaths
How to make radio (and a little bit about how to make beer)
Zine Scene
Growing things: a guide for beginning gardeners
Guide to water
Create
How-to & DIY
Zines
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Zines? In My Library?

Zines and flowers outside of the library. The title of the images says "zines"

This year the Library launched a circulating collection of zines, the seeds of which were donated to the Library through the generosity of Boxcar Books. This collection continues to grow through purchases and donations and is now comprised of almost 400 titles.

A zine (/ziːn/ ZEEN; short for magazine or fanzine) is a small-circulation, self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images that often give voice to small, local, underrepresented, or marginalized communities. Zines are created and reproduced on a small scale, including everything from comics and DIY self-help guides to personal stories, nonfiction, and more.

Zines house a long history, from their origins in 1930s sci-fi culture, through the punk culture of the 70s and a resurgence in the 90s under riot grrrl, to today, where there are more voices and more ideas published than ever before. Read more about Zines? In My Library?

Posted by Annise B. on April 30, 2019
Tributaries. V. 4 : an intro to arthritis in youth.
Thirty Days In Brooklyn
Milkyboots v. 14
Haunted Ground
Avocado Spaceship: Explorations of the Interior
Sing Along Forever: A Love Letter To The Bouncing Souls
Art
Comics
Diversity
Horror
LGBTQ
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Travel
Zines
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