Shotgun SeamstressWas invited to join a group of women & nb folks to create an eco zine about #Florida. It was very lovely on one level and very shocking on another. Two ppl present worked at commercial magazines. Adding graphic designers and artistic directors to the zine project were discussed. Silly me thought we would be putting the whole thing together ourselves. I don’t think most were even familiar with #zines as related to subculture. It feels like concept has been gutted and sterilized over time.
Okay, we did it. We got together and made a quick-turnaround #zine and it was so fun. Someone even brought a typewriter. I’m curious how making this casual, intimate thing will inform the end project (the more formal eco-lit “zine”). I think the most important part was just getting to know each other better and hopefully bonding over a shared project.
I had a playlist going during the zine making session, and every time a #postpunk style song came on, the same person kept asking who the band was. After a while I told her “I think you like post-punk” and she was like “I don’t know what that is.” I described it as best I could and then put on #GangofFour “Entertainment” and she was sooo into it lol. That’s one of my favorite albums ever (and I hadn’t heard it in a while.) Feels great to turn someone on to your favorite music.