A personal navigation through the complex identity of a Ghanaian born and raised in Italy. This project gathers notes taken in moments of black delight found between duty and pleasure, learning and leisure, and the loss and finding of self. The book comes to life with notes, photographs, and sketches weaved together in the most poetic of ways.
Bad Boyfriends is a collection of comics about abusive male partners... Personally, I am not interested in helping men reform or deconstruct themselves. My purpose is to communicate with other women, to help them see the red flags in their own relationships, so they can identify and avoid people who attempt to control or devalue them.
Fragmented memories from a past unhealthy relationship are revisited and examined through poetry and collage in this zine. The photographs that paper the background of this zine were taken by the artist; the words and images in the foreground are cut from deaccessioned library books.
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.
Most of the drawings are based on photographs by the following people (listed alphabetically), whom I thank for the inspiration: Brian Duffy, Geoff MacCormack, Terry O'Neill, Mick Rock, Steve Schapiro, and Masayoshi Sukita
Going to the doctor when you're fat can be an overwhelmingly terrible experience. Just the phrase 'hop on the scale for me' can cause anxiety, even in people who don't identify as fat or don't have an above-average BMI. These are some of the strategies I've learned to self-advocate over the years.
Magical Art Therapy is an ongoing collection of sigils-or magical images-that use a symbolic visual language inspired by nature, mythology, and occult practices like alchemy and the tarot to address topics related to mental illness, trauma, and surviving in an unkind world.
Cole Lu’s SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY is just that: taking its title from Gary Shteyngart’s 2010 sci-fi novel — composed primarily of an email exchange between its protagonist and his Asian love-object — Lu’s exhibition sees the dissolution of a past relationship as the embodiment of his star-crossed dystopic future.
A "queer, fat, white, cis femme with invisible disabilities," shares her experiences with discrimination. She mentions strangers mistaking her as pregnant, feeling uncomfortable in bathroom stalls and church pews, eating in public, using the subway system, and accessibility for fat people.
This 85-page publication discards the "rambling manifesto" frame advanced by the media and takes up Dorner's challenge to journalists to investigate his claims of an institution rife with corruption, racism, and brutality.
A personal zine touching upon themes of nonbinary transgender identity, physical transition, family rejection, the possibilities of queer community family, and one very important pet cat.
"Summer Home is an honest and tender view that challenges The Great American Roadtrip, usually done by white men with a camera. Since 2020, high levels of hate crimes have been targeted towards the Asian community, and unfortunately continue today. This is the backdrop in which the author, Xiao Ma (Smile) (all pronouns), did their roadtrip. This project came to life with diary entries, interview Q&As, an iphone, hindsight reflections, and two cameras. We invite you to hold space with them, as well as POCs of the past, present, and future; and follow Smile on their adventure through the US landscape of flowers, field notes, friends, and homeland." -- Printed Matter
