Barnard Zine Library Introduction
Collection statement
"Barnard's zines reflect the Barnard College student population with regard to gender. We have zines by women, nonbinary people, and trans men, with a collection emphasis on zines by women of color and a newer effort to acquire more zines by trans women. We collect zines on feminism and femme identity by people of all genders. The zines are personal and political publications on a wide range of topics, broadly addressing gender, feminisms, identities, political activism, and popular culture. Frequent topics include, for example, teenage girlhoods, punk cultures, COVID-19, riot grrrl, LGBTQIA experiences, BIPOC identities, travel, comics, physical and mental health, body image, gender nonconformity, discrimination, DIY and crafting, cooking, friendship, and much more. Our zines are at the lower end of the production level scale and typically cost $10 or less, with most of them in the $1-$5 range."
- default queer
- intentionally of color
- vast majority women/nonbinary authored
Zines by Black Creators,
some of Jenna's favorites in a review column for Bitch
pages and cover from Think About the Bubbles zine by Joe Hatton.
Access
Zines and Collage
ReVision catalog by Katie Blake
In CLIO < zines *collag* >
Seize the means of publication -- and remix it!
Zine makers use collage to
- comment
- contradict
- mock
- make new
- beautify
- uglify
Zine page from Skinned Heart numero uno by Nyky Gomez, 2007. Zines N66s no.1.