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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · Jul 26

✂️ Now is the time to join or start a zine club ✂️

Zine clubs are an informal gathering of people to read, make, swap or share #zines – they're inclusive, regular (weekly, monthly, etc) and fun.

They take place in public spaces, like libraries, cafes or even parks.

Why not start one in your area? ✏️

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 2d

The Pittsburgh Zine Fair will take place at The Kingsley Association on Sunday, October 19th, 2025... 🎉

More info: www.pghzinefair.com

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 27d

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zine clubs are resistance.

zine fairs are resistance.

zine meet-ups are resistance.

zine swaps are resistance.

zine fests are resistance.

✂️

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 2d

The Pittsburgh Zine Fair will take place at The Kingsley Association on Sunday, October 19th, 2025... 🎉

More info: www.pghzinefair.com

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 8d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · Jun 27

"zines have no algorithm" 💘

A screengrab of Tumblr user Gemini Zines's text post reads "i think everyone should make zines. about everything all the time. make a zine about a playlist, about a good sandwich you made, about a cool bug you saw, about a skill you can teach, about a cause you care about. put them everywhere. pin them to community boards and tape them to poles and leave them in cafes and in between library books. i hate how social media has been taken over more than ever now by big greedy corporations and people and has become a mess of churning shit out for the algorithm. zines have no algorithm it is just the love in your heart the passion in your soul whatever your pencil decides to put on paper!! and it's beautiful!! make zines now!"

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 14d

Festival de Zines takes place in Lille, France on Saturday, October 4th 🇫🇷

@ Centre LGBTQIA+ J'En Suis J'Y Reste
19 Rue de Condé
Lille
France

#zines #fanzines

Details: www.tumblr.com/starkittyzin...

FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 18d

I met Johnny Walsh at the 2019 Staten Island Zine Fest in New York City – the mind behind ‘Infocult’, a #zine about strange information.

He was an incredibly fascinating person to talk to and he was very generous with his time.

Wherever he is these days, I hope he’s well and safe.

The photo shows Johnny Walsh standing outside in front of a stall selling a mixture of fancies and books. Johnny wears a dark blue baseball cap a short sleeved black T-shirts and is holding up a copy of his fanzine, Infocult’. In the background is a slope of green grass with bushes and trees on the left-hand side and a blue shipping container on the right-hand side with a painting of a multicoloured hummingbird.

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · Dec 19

‘Witches, Midwives and Nurses – a history of women healers’ is a chronicle of female healing and caregiving in Western medicine.

First published in 1970 by Glass Mountain Pamphlets, then again in 1973 by The Feminist Press, its latest incarnation comes courtesy of Quiver Distro, 2009.

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · May 18

MAKE ZINES! poster by zine maker / artist Cort Hartle.

Download the free high res version (PDF) to print at home: freight.cargo.site/m/W234787385...

Printing and distribution encouraged by the artist, so please RT, print it, fly post it, flyer it & spread the word!

#zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines

Black and white A4-shaped poster with the word MAKE in big bold letters at the top and ZINES! in big bold letters at the bottom.

In between, in capital letters is the following text...

NO ONE CAN TAKE SELF PUBLISHING AWAY FROM YOU.

NO ALGORITHMS OR OLIGARCHS CAN CENSOR YOU.

NO GATEKEEPERS CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS NOT IMPORTANT OR VALUABLE.

NO GRANT FUNDING CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM YOUR WORDS.

NO INSTITUTION CAN BAR YOU FROM ENTERING.

NO KNOWLEDGE IS UNAUTHORIZED.

THAT IS WHY YOU MUST MAKE ZINES!

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 19d

I really want to go back! I'm so sad I had to cancel my trip to the Black Zine Fair – I was really looking forward to seeing you.
Agree, it's definitely not safe for someone like me right now, but I'll be back someday and we can go to ABC No Rio again! x

FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 19d

Rest in power ✊🏼

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 19d

SATURDAY, SEPT 27: Lower East Side volunteer-run arts organization ABC No Rio is having its inaugural #zine fair in Bushwick, #Brooklyn, at Mayday Space, 176 St. Nicholas Ave. FREE! With "stacked schedule," 12 noon to 10PM. Masks required first 2 hours. www.abcnorio.org/events/abc-n... #zines #NYC

Screenshot of an Instagram post by ABC No Rio about its ABC No Rio Zine Fair, Sept 27th: "Here's what's going on! Workshops. Discussions. Tattoos. Screen printing. Food Not Bombs. Puppets."

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 19d

@zinelib.bsky.social ❤️ Memories ❤️

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Wasted Ink Zine Distro @wastedinkdistro.bsky.social · 25d

Dear trans folks: please publish your personal stories in zines.

Let us help you do it

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zine.cafe @zine.cafe · 19d

new zine fest alert! we are helping put on a small fest centering global social movements and people of color. If you can attend in person, we'll have food, discussion, workshop, and vendors. Can't make it? You can still share your work! We'll have a community table and support for mailing in zines.

Global Social Movements & People of Color Zine Fest, call for vendors and presenters!
November 15, 9 AM - 3 PM, 1080 S University Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Sponsored by: School of Social Work Flourish Office Anti-Racism Fund, Common Roots, zine.cafe, and UAAO

Calling Zinesters! We're seeking creators whose work uplifts voices from people of color, the global south/global majority, anti-colonial movements, and combats anti-blackness and racism agains indigenous peoples.
About the fest:
This is an intimate zine fest plus a panel discussion and a hands-on zine making workshop. Please visit our site to register: https://bit.ly/m/zinecafe
Community Library:
We'll also host a dedicated zine library table to showcase artists who cannot attend in person. If you'd like your work displayed, please reach out to: hildayu@umich.edu

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 25d

That’s my weekend reading sorted! Thank you :)

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Nate Query @natemusic.bsky.social · 28d

Folding up these little zines to hand out in my neighborhood. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social for making these. ICE has been kidnapping my neighbors in North Portland.

How to report ICE and keep our neighbors safe

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 27d

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zine clubs are resistance.

zine fairs are resistance.

zine meet-ups are resistance.

zine swaps are resistance.

zine fests are resistance.

✂️

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 28d

Next time! Make sure you follow them on @qfzfest.bsky.social, if you don't already.

Same as Osaka Zine Day + Fest (@ozdfest.bsky.social), which takes place in March next year 🌸

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 28d

Queer Feminist Zine Fest (クィアフェミニストジンフェスト)takes place in Osaka, Japan on Saturday, September 20th, 2025 📚 #zines

More info: qfzf.amebaownd.com

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Theo Paijmans @memizon.bsky.social · 29d

The interesting thing in leafing through these old ufo zines (from left to right, Scandinavian, Polish, British) is finding this wide variety of very strange, very puzzling and downright weird ufo contact cases.

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Stefan Tigges @stefantigges.bsky.social · 29d

Have started using zines to teach medical students about chest x-rays.

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · Sep 14

Thanks so much :)

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · Jul 26

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