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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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Insomnia: A Warrior’s Guide According to the back cover: “Insomnia is a little booklet on ways to combat insomnia; how to achieve a good night’s sleep. A collection of methods I have personally tried and found helpful.” A cute and informative zine! weight = 4 stars £1.50
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Introduction to Permaculture I love zines that allow someone’s passion to shine through and teach me about something I’ve never even thought about before. Caroline loves permaculture. This zine, as it says, is an introduction to permaculture, handwritten with cute drawings throughout. I’m sold on the idea! weight = 2 stars £0.75
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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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Licking Stars Off Ceilings #12 *description coming soon* weight = 2 stars £1.50
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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 Emotions is a collaborative mental health perzine by Caitlin and KT who run the Rainbow Ranch Zine Library in New York. The zine is split into sections with entries from KT documenting some of her 6 years spent with therapists, psychiatrists, cocktails of medication and discusses his decision to live without medication (the effect it has on him) and discover the person he is. Later in the zine he shares a candid letter to his counsellor, looking back on his time spent in therapy - which raises some important issues about 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 also a 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 #1 Description thanks to Jo Whitehead! Mythologising Me talks about Ingrid’s experience of having to move back in with her parents and the feeling of being in limbo. She describes her experience of living in London and feeling like she didn’t appreciate it whilst she was there, of a relationship that ended badly and of her desire to move north. I related to her list of “things that piss me off”, which I found amusing, and her experience of anger. Bike-riding and writing off cars are also covered. I loved a piece on breaking up with a boy, buying a second-hand violin and learning from scratch… very inspiring. She’s been playing for five years, now, and is officially over the boy, for the record.
weight = 1 star £1.00
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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 coming soon!* weight = 2 stars £1.00
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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 #5 Description thanks to Cath (who writes Here. In My Head zine)! Another great issue of Not Lonely! This one features a long written piece on her experiences of the internet, from her teenage years to present day, which includes how she met her current partner W online, her experiences with LiveJournal, and why she decided to delete her Facebook account. Hannah also discusses her diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, and her complex feelings surrounding the diagnosis. Also, a Guess The Lyrics game, and some soup recipes. It’s a very pretty and well-made little zine, with lots of birds, flowers, and stamped lettering.
weight = 3 stars £1.00
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Not Lonely #5.5 / Sometimes I’m Dreaming #4.5 split Description thanks to Cath (who writes Here. In My Head zine)! Two of my favourite British zinesters in one lovely little zine – wonderful! Both have deemed this a “half” issue, as it was written over the course of one weekend together, with lots of tea and Spotify playlists to fuel their writing. Although short and quickly made, it’s still a gorgeous split-zine, with both sides equally entertaining and pretty. The content was chosen by writing random topics on slips of paper, and picking them at random out of a large hat. Hannah’s topics include life-changing experiences, videogames, and common misconceptions about her, while Lisa writes about childhood dreams, travel, her style, trash TV, and shyness. Lisa’s side is more text-heavy and features more of her beautiful handwriting, while Hannah’s side has more large typewritten text and cut-and-paste imagery. A fun little read.
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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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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