Talking zines
As well as looking at historical feminist magazines during this project, we have been interested in recent developments in the feminist print revival in the shape of zines covering a range of issues.
During our events we have caught up with a number of contemporary zine makers to talk to them about setting up their zines, their inspirations and challenges. We have included some snippets from our conversations with Aghh! zine, Bad Form, Burnt Roti, sweet-thang zine and Tough Cookie below.
Aghh! zine‘s MNamug and Nuria Castro talk about:
Making Aghh! Zine
Peers and influences
The history of zines
Bad Form‘s Amy Mae Baxter talks about:
Making Bad Form
The joy of zines
Online and in print
BLM, going viral and getting ghosted
Feeling good about Bad Form
Bad Attitude and Bad Form
Burnt Roti‘s Sharan Dhaliwal talks about:
Getting started
Creating creative communities
Financing Burnt Roti
How to make a magazine
How to read a magazine
The debut cover
Favourite cover
Anti Blackness issue
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sweet-thang zine’s Zoe Thompson talks about:
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Community building
Power in print
Collage aesthetics
Fonts
Unglamorous admin
The Black Lives Matter boom
The first cover
Print, podcasts and online platforms
Tough Cookie‘s Erin James
