March 2012
it's official!
i am joining the illustrious list of amazing chicago zinesters who will NOT be putting out a new zine in time for the chicago zine fest.
February 2012
to a young sailor in the leap year.
no one remembers sailor hernandez’s first name. all the people who knew or cared are dead and gone. like my grandmother’s other husbands, sailor hernandez is known, by the few who know of him, by his rank and occupation. all of my grandma mary’s husbands had the same occupation: sailor.
like my grandfather the rougish sailor thompson, sailor hernandez met grandma mary in canada,...
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“transfer it to someone else. always.”
– allison’s philosophy on phone calls.
Why Zines?
sassyfrasscircus:
Hey Zinesters! Send pictures of your zine collection to sassyfrasscircus@gmail.com for inclusion in our pop-up zine library slideshow. Feel free to include responses to the question “why zines?” :D
““…The position against anti-gay violence is not at all in contradiction with...”
– (via afrolez)
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i change my mind
while i will not go to your wedding shower, wedding, or baby shower i will go to your wedding reception if it is held at archview, located on the south side of chicago in beautiful mckinley park.
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sorry lesbians: the jami sailor story
this is what jen twigg suggested as the title of my soon-to-be penned biography after i went on a fifteen minute rant about proto-yuppie, baby having, assimilationist lady loving ladies.
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remember the time...
that frat boys called veryemergency “fat jeneane garofalo” and bluebeadsandbones “andy dick’s sister”?
lookuplookup and i are reminiscing.
cholby really cut a rug tonight.
CZF Workshop Schedule Announced! →
chicagozinefest:
The workshop schedule is up! Click through above to read descriptions of all these awesome workshops taking place on tabling day, March 10th, on the 8th floor of the Conaway Center.
Workshop Room 1 12:00 - 1:30 Meet Me At The Race Riot: People of Color in Zines From 1990s to Today with Mimi Thi Nguyen, Osa Atoe, and Daniela Capistrano 1:45 - 2:45 Anchor’s Away! Contemplating...
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how much better would “the truth about cats and dogs” be if, in the end, cameron diaz and jeanne garofalo realized they dug each other rather than those dudes?
noted: it is uma thurman. this proves that not only do i believe ALL men look alike but also all tall thin blonde white women. oh! my many blind spots.
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dog autonomy
i attempted to cuddle with erasmus and he made a sound that was 1/3 yawn, 1/3 bark, and 1/3 whine.