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- Make some contraptions, harvest your own herbs, make your own cleaning supplies, or organize some rad events with this collection<\/a> of zines all about DIY!<\/strong>\n
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- How to Organize Inclusive Events: A Handbook for Feminist, Accessible, and Sustainable Gatherings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Biff Boff Bam Sock Issue 9: Know Your Vote<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Unsinkable: How to Build Plywood Pontoons & Longtail Boat Motors Out of Scrap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Garden Contraptions and How to Make Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- This collection<\/a> features zines for teen readers on topics from skateboarding to cats, magic swords to service dogs, and more!<\/strong>\n
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- Young C.L.R. James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Major Taylor: World Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I Don’t Believe in Popular Kids: Lessons from One Girl’s Fight for Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Cool Teen’s Guide To Fingering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- As Soon as You’re Born They Make You Feel Small: Self-Determination Youth Liberation Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- Sometimes you have to put on your own oxygen mask before helping someone with theirs. This collection<\/a> is all about self-care, self-love, and self-preservation.<\/strong>\n
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- The Breakup Guide: Using Heartbreak to Understand Your Needs and Develop Healthier Relationship Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pain is Really Strange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Madness & Oppression: Paths to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ability: Emerging from the Social Constraints on Neurodivergence and Disability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stressed & Overwhelmed: Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- These zines<\/a> feature kickass history and notable folks, spanning punk rock roots, queer sailors, global resistance movements, and more.<\/strong>\n
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- Clevo Style: How Decades of Cleveland Punk and Hardcore Shaped the World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #10: What Happened to the Black Panther Party?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Gay Sailor Tattoos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hawaii (1778-1959): From Western Discovery to Statehood<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Lebanon Revolts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- In this collection<\/a>, we’ve gathered some of our most original, you-won’t-get-these-anywhere-else zines. Radical nuns, substitute teaching, grumpy baristas, and more below!<\/strong>\n
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- On Subbing: The First Four Years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A Friendly Felon’s Guide to Life After a Felony<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Curious Case of the Communist Jell-O Box: The Execution of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ever Evolving Bastion of Freakdom: A Quimby’s Bookstore History in Words and Pictures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Bat-Man Is Lost In A Woods: Number One<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Microcosm began with zines, and they remain our bread and butter as a production ethos, as accessible information transmitters, and as incubators for creativity. We celebrate these pocket-sized testaments to DIY ingenuity year-round, but July is officially recognized as Zine Month, so we’re shining the spotlight on our wide-ranging zine collections to celebrate. Below are… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[244,14,245,51,243,233,242,241,60],"class_list":["post-5373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-biography","tag-books","tag-completely-original","tag-diy","tag-help-yourself","tag-history","tag-teen","tag-zine-month","tag-zines"],"my_excerpt":"\n
Microcosm began with zines, and they remain our bread and butter as a production ethos, as accessible information transmitters, and as incubators for creativity. We celebrate these pocket-sized testaments to DIY ingenuity year-round, but July is officially recognized as Zine Month, so we're shining the spotlight on our wide-ranging zine collections to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below are excerpts from a few themed collections<\/a> we put together to amplify the amazing work being done in itty bitty book form, with each theme containing a little something for everybody. Dig in, enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Make some contraptions, harvest your own herbs, make your own cleaning supplies, or organize some rad events with this collection<\/a> of zines all about DIY!<\/strong>\n
- \n
- How to Organize Inclusive Events: A Handbook for Feminist, Accessible, and Sustainable Gatherings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Biff Boff Bam Sock Issue 9: Know Your Vote<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Unsinkable: How to Build Plywood Pontoons & Longtail Boat Motors Out of Scrap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Garden Contraptions and How to Make Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n
- \n
- This collection<\/a> features zines for teen readers on topics from skateboarding to cats, magic swords to service dogs, and more!<\/strong>\n
- \n
- Young C.L.R. James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Major Taylor: World Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I Don't Believe in Popular Kids: Lessons from One Girl's Fight for Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Cool Teen's Guide To Fingering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- As Soon as You're Born They Make You Feel Small: Self-Determination Youth Liberation Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- Sometimes you have to put on your own oxygen mask before helping someone with theirs. This collection<\/a> is all about self-care, self-love, and self-preservation.<\/strong>\n
- \n
- The Breakup Guide: Using Heartbreak to Understand Your Needs and Develop Healthier Relationship Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pain is Really Strange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Madness & Oppression: Paths to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ability: Emerging from the Social Constraints on Neurodivergence and Disability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stressed & Overwhelmed: Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- These zines<\/a> feature kickass history and notable folks, spanning punk rock roots, queer sailors, global resistance movements, and more.<\/strong>\n
- \n
- Clevo Style: How Decades of Cleveland Punk and Hardcore Shaped the World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #10: What Happened to the Black Panther Party?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Gay Sailor Tattoos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hawaii (1778-1959): From Western Discovery to Statehood<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Lebanon Revolts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n- \n
- In this collection<\/a>, we've gathered some of our most original, you-won't-get-these-anywhere-else zines. Radical nuns, substitute teaching, grumpy baristas, and more below!<\/strong>\n
- \n
- On Subbing: The First Four Years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A Friendly Felon's Guide to Life After a Felony<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Curious Case of the Communist Jell-O Box: The Execution of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ever Evolving Bastion of Freakdom: A Quimby's Bookstore History in Words and Pictures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Bat-Man Is Lost In A Woods: Number One<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n
Microcosm began with zines, and they remain our bread and butter as a production ethos, as accessible information transmitters, and as incubators for creativity. We celebrate these pocket-sized testaments to DIY ingenuity year-round, but July is officially recognized as Zine Month, so we’re shining the spotlight on our wide-ranging zine collections to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below are excerpts from a few themed collections<\/a> we put together to amplify the amazing work being done in itty bitty book form, with each theme containing a little something for everybody. Dig in, enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n- \n
- Make some contraptions, harvest your own herbs, make your own cleaning supplies, or organize some rad events with this collection<\/a> of zines all about DIY!<\/strong>\n
- \n
- How to Organize Inclusive Events: A Handbook for Feminist, Accessible, and Sustainable Gatherings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Biff Boff Bam Sock Issue 9: Know Your Vote<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Unsinkable: How to Build Plywood Pontoons & Longtail Boat Motors Out of Scrap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- Garden Contraptions and How to Make Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n
- \n
- This collection<\/a> features zines for teen readers on topics from skateboarding to cats, magic swords to service dogs, and more!<\/strong>\n
- \n
- Young C.L.R. James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Major Taylor: World Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I Don’t Believe in Popular Kids: Lessons from One Girl’s Fight for Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Cool Teen’s Guide To Fingering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- As Soon as You’re Born They Make You Feel Small: Self-Determination Youth Liberation Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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- Sometimes you have to put on your own oxygen mask before helping someone with theirs. This collection<\/a> is all about self-care, self-love, and self-preservation.<\/strong>\n
- \n
- The Breakup Guide: Using Heartbreak to Understand Your Needs and Develop Healthier Relationship Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pain is Really Strange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Madness & Oppression: Paths to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ability: Emerging from the Social Constraints on Neurodivergence and Disability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stressed & Overwhelmed: Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
- Pain is Really Strange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Breakup Guide: Using Heartbreak to Understand Your Needs and Develop Healthier Relationship Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Major Taylor: World Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Young C.L.R. James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- This collection<\/a> features zines for teen readers on topics from skateboarding to cats, magic swords to service dogs, and more!<\/strong>\n
- Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How to Organize Inclusive Events: A Handbook for Feminist, Accessible, and Sustainable Gatherings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A Friendly Felon's Guide to Life After a Felony<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- On Subbing: The First Four Years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #10: What Happened to the Black Panther Party?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Clevo Style: How Decades of Cleveland Punk and Hardcore Shaped the World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pain is Really Strange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Breakup Guide: Using Heartbreak to Understand Your Needs and Develop Healthier Relationship Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Major Taylor: World Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Young C.L.R. James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- This collection<\/a> features zines for teen readers on topics from skateboarding to cats, magic swords to service dogs, and more!<\/strong>\n
- Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How to Organize Inclusive Events: A Handbook for Feminist, Accessible, and Sustainable Gatherings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A Friendly Felon’s Guide to Life After a Felony<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- On Subbing: The First Four Years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #10: What Happened to the Black Panther Party?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Clevo Style: How Decades of Cleveland Punk and Hardcore Shaped the World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pain is Really Strange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Breakup Guide: Using Heartbreak to Understand Your Needs and Develop Healthier Relationship Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Major Taylor: World Champion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Young C.L.R. James<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- This collection<\/a> features zines for teen readers on topics from skateboarding to cats, magic swords to service dogs, and more!<\/strong>\n
- Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Procedure and Practice for Midwives and Herbalists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How to Organize Inclusive Events: A Handbook for Feminist, Accessible, and Sustainable Gatherings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n