Girl zines : making media, doing feminism / Alison Piepmeier ; foreword by Andi Zeisler.

With names like The East Village Inky, Mend My Dress, Dear Stepdad, and I'm So Fucking Beautiful, zines created by girls and women over the past two decades make feminism's third wave visible. These messy, photocopied do-it-yourself documents cover every imaginable subject matter and are l...

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Main Author: Piepmeier, Alison.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Andi Zeisler
  • Introduction
  • "If I didn't write these things no one else would either" : the feminist legacy of grrrl zines and the origins of the third wave
  • Why zines matter : materiality and the creation of embodied community
  • Playing dress-up, playing pin-up, playing mom : zines and gender
  • "We are not all one" : intersectional identities in grrrl zines
  • Doing third wave feminism : zines as a public pedagogy of hope
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Where to find zines.