Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Each page is a reflection on a relationship.
Yes, Ma'am
This zine covers several topics on feminism, politics, rape culture, and women in the media with handwritten entries, art, web reprints, lists, poems, photographs and comics, DIY projects, organic food, bicycling, yoga, popular culture and menstruation.
Crude Intentions
An anthology of women creators addressing sexual harrassment and assault.
Stuck Up: A Zine on the History of the Tampon
A zine on the history of the tampon. Part of a set of five zines about items that have influenced women's health.
Deadly Makeup: A Zine on the History of Makeup
A zine on the history of poisonous products women used as makeup and their side effects. Part of a set of five zines about items that have influenced women's health.
Padded: A Zine on the History of the Sanitary Pad
A zine on the history of the menstrual pad. Part of a set of five zines.
Husband Calling Competition
A critical presentation of the eponymous contest at the Illinois State Fair (held in the same space as the hog-calling competition), Husband Calling Competition frames this little-known custom through a direct and quintessential lens of gender and sexuality.
The Care of Pearls
The dissection of a YA nonfiction book chapter of the same title (The Care of Pearls) results in this collaged photography and poetry zine. The original text is reconfigured to reveal how the language of the directions for taking care of pearls parallels the confounding messaging women receive on how to take care of themselves.
Feeding, again
Text extracted from 'To the man who shouted "I like pork fried rice"' & 'Orientalism (part II)': poems by Franny Choi, Floating, brilliant, gone, 2014. Martha Stewart's pork fried rice recipe.
Shutters
Fragmented memories from a past unhealthy relationship are revisited and examined through poetry and collage in this zine.
Conditioner
Conditioner considers women's sense of alienation from their bodies, caused by gender norms and beauty ideals, and the ways that the wellness and skincare industries either alleviate or exacerbate that alienation.
Body Works
"Body Works" considers the different ways we maintain and modify our bodies for the sake of either living up to or rejecting cultural standards. Which ways are visible, which are accessible, or necessary, or safe?
Bar Dykes
Honoring the literary works of lesbian writer Merill Mushroom, editors Faythe Levine and Caroline Paquita, along with Mushroom herself, republish her one act play Bar Dykes. The play tells the story of several women dealing with relationships and flirting at a lesbian bar in the 1950s.
Radical Domesticity
Thrifty and clever D.I.Y. solutions to cleaning and organizing a home.
DIY Doula: Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion
Our goal for this 48-page Zine is to be "long-distance doulas" to our readers who might not have access to a doula in their communities. While we may not be able to hold their hands during their procedures, through comics, drawings, personal essays, games and more we're tackling some of the tough questions, affirming that people can trust their decisions, modeling how to ask for support, and giving tips on self-advocacy
Bad Boyfriends
Bad Boyfriends is a collection of comics about abusive male partners.
Hey Gurl
Lyrics from the Beastie Boys' song "To all the girls" superimposed on details from various works of art.
The Basil Plant: A Comic
A feminist minicomic about a woman attempting to cope with her anxieties using various strategies (eating a pear in the sun, growing a basil plant). She discovers the source of her anxiety is being a woman. After being magically transformed into a man and peeing on the world, her anxieties disappear. |
Gender
Quotations on women, men and masculinity, and queerness, with original drawings.
Beau Fleuve: The Heart of North America
In the style of a comic book, this piece documents the artist’s three-month residency in Buffalo, New York, with “stories drawn from true life lived,” as the artist “met with organizations and locals to execute a portrait of Buffalo” from her “outsider’s bird’s eye perspective.”
Are You There God, It's Me, Menopause
Everything from comics, to personal essays, to herbal therapy recommendations.
Notes from the Second Year: Women's Liberation
Radical feminist publication published in 1970.
Woman vs Man
Three women and three men are interviewed according to two different sets of questions. Their names, ages, hometowns, and pronouns are recorded along with a picture of the subject and their answers to the questions.
Rabid Feminists
We are feminists, and sometimes we are rabid. Is there anything wrong with having or proceeding an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in women's rights? This zine explores some of the Pratt community's thoughts and ideas surrounding feminism, femininity, and womanhood.
