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Our brains are doing their best, but sometimes they act like real assholes and it can take a lot of work to calm them …

When we lose someone or something close to us—a loved person or animal, a relationship, our health, …

Friendship deserves more credit in a society obsessed with romantic and sexual relationships. In reality, friendship is …

The Wall Street Journal Bestseller that helps us feel better every day with neuroscience and humor.Our brains are …

So you've got a business where you make stuff—zines, books, crafts, art, widgets. Whatever it is, you're …

Modern life calls for modern relationship advice. Sex From Scratch is a love and dating guidebook that gleans real-life …

Want to be a writer, but the words won't come? Do you have a lot to say but don't know how to write it so …

How much do you really know about autism? After being diagnosed as autistic and writing a book about it, Joe started to …

Being locked up during lockdown was no joke. When the US began to take measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in …

This short zine packs a lot of practical information about the healing powers of quartz crystals into a short, …

Unlike the clinical treatments of the homeless populations in Portland that distill experiences down to numbers, …

Have you ever thought about founding and running a successful worker-owned co-op? It takes more than just getting …

Is it time to get over it? You know, whatever the thing is that's got its claws in you—family stuff, …

Fed up with stealing toothpaste and rubbing synthetic nylon all over his face, this zine explores alternative options …

Rocket Queen is back in print. Possibly one of the best, most insightful zines ever written, "Rocket Queen" …

In activist circles and elsewhere, it has become commonplace to speak of self-care, taking for granted that the meaning …

Got an STI (sexually transmitted infection)? Or just worried you'll get one? In this informative and crass zine, …

The first Velo Vixen was one of our favorite bike zines in recent years, so it was extra exciting when the second issue …

Body image problems and eating disorders have long been considered mostly to be women's problems. But did you know …

A brief introduction to the theory and practice of taking the ableism out of sex education. Starting with some basic …

Fizz Perkal and Leah Jo Carnine were both drawn to "self-help" books because of the strong tools for …

A photocopied and stapled gigantic cookbook / how-to / DIY zine for people without a lot to spend. Recipes for food, …

This pro-choice zine is an introduction to the history of underground abortion and a call to learn our …

A collection of thoughts, articles, and reprints about America's fat-phobic, sizism, and pointing us toward fat …

Sexy, capitalism-defying adventures take you around the galaxy in this debut collection of five high-heat erotic short …

If you've ever felt like you're not doing enough to support the queer and trans communities, this zine is a …

In highly-segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma in June, 1921, a white mob attacked the mostly Black neighborhood of Greenwood. …

Kris Rose and her step-sister grew up watching horror movies together. The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, The Texas …

The Impossible Game is a theoretical game of divination, played on a board that cannot exist. The point of it is the …

If you're the sort of person who takes on every project and responsibility until suddenly it's one thing too …