Zola: Street Art & Contention 2016-2022
A zine about making political street art to support activist movements and projects.
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A zine about intersectional feminism that includes trans* identities within its contents.
I Don't Do Boxes No. 3: Act Out!
Dear Reader,
In this third issue of I Don't Do Boxes: Act Out, we're speaking out about all the things we were told we couldn't say and we're armed with all things we were told wasn't meant for us. Our editorial team sent out a call for submissions for queer creatives to send us poems, essays, stories, and art surrounding the theme of acting out.
We all struggle with taking action - whether it's getting out of bed, writing our scolarship essays, correcting pronouns, or saying what we really think. And as queer people in the south, we're constantly on the brink of choosing between action and safety, between justice and survival.
And no matter if you're acting out of rage, love, or fear, it can be terrifying. But actions don't have to be grand to matter. Acting out doesn't just mean protesting in the street- it's any way that you use the power that you have. It's building your own community where there is none. It's rewriting histories to include people who've always been left out. It's creating art. It's letting yourself be loved for who you are when you've always believed you're wrong. It's resistance. It's allowing yourself to exist, unfiltered, with or without boxes.
We hope that the varying perspectives in this issue will help our readers continue to explore ways of acting out. You already have the power - it's just how you decide to use it.
Finally, a note on survival: it's okay if the person you need to fight for most is yourself. If you need permission to reach out, here it is. Exhaust every resource to keep yourself from burning. As your battle dies down, breathe and pull another from the open flame.
Collect others. Heal together. Survival is the greatest act. The rest is an encore.
"It is our duty to fight for our freed.
It is our duty to win.
We must love and protect each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains."
- Assata Shakur.
Sincerely,
The I Don't Do Boxes Team
In this third issue of I Don't Do Boxes: Act Out, we're speaking out about all the things we were told we couldn't say and we're armed with all things we were told wasn't meant for us. Our editorial team sent out a call for submissions for queer creatives to send us poems, essays, stories, and art surrounding the theme of acting out.
We all struggle with taking action - whether it's getting out of bed, writing our scolarship essays, correcting pronouns, or saying what we really think. And as queer people in the south, we're constantly on the brink of choosing between action and safety, between justice and survival.
And no matter if you're acting out of rage, love, or fear, it can be terrifying. But actions don't have to be grand to matter. Acting out doesn't just mean protesting in the street- it's any way that you use the power that you have. It's building your own community where there is none. It's rewriting histories to include people who've always been left out. It's creating art. It's letting yourself be loved for who you are when you've always believed you're wrong. It's resistance. It's allowing yourself to exist, unfiltered, with or without boxes.
We hope that the varying perspectives in this issue will help our readers continue to explore ways of acting out. You already have the power - it's just how you decide to use it.
Finally, a note on survival: it's okay if the person you need to fight for most is yourself. If you need permission to reach out, here it is. Exhaust every resource to keep yourself from burning. As your battle dies down, breathe and pull another from the open flame.
Collect others. Heal together. Survival is the greatest act. The rest is an encore.
"It is our duty to fight for our freed.
It is our duty to win.
We must love and protect each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains."
- Assata Shakur.
Sincerely,
The I Don't Do Boxes Team
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"Psycho.Moto Zine is a branch of the Antagonist Art Movement's press and has been in existence since 1988 under the original title East Coast Exchange. It acts as a venue for our writers, artists, and editors. In an attempt to create new forms of art and writing, the content is a mixture of fiction and nonfiction."
Jilted X
A zine that is containing printed illustrations done by the members of 'Jilted X'.
"Jilted X is an experimental mall goth band and multidisciplinary performance art duo featuring Esther Splett and Tiffany Paige. We use a haunted harp, crackling synth vibrations, punishing drums beats, magical midi wands, textural samples and our own grotesque physicality as arsenal in performing a collection of lovesick songs about murder, misandry and revenge, being dumb as resistance, self-loathing as resistance and resistance as resistance. We live in fear as we incite it. We are unapologetic about our constant apologies. We seek revenge."
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"Jilted X is an experimental mall goth band and multidisciplinary performance art duo featuring Esther Splett and Tiffany Paige. We use a haunted harp, crackling synth vibrations, punishing drums beats, magical midi wands, textural samples and our own grotesque physicality as arsenal in performing a collection of lovesick songs about murder, misandry and revenge, being dumb as resistance, self-loathing as resistance and resistance as resistance. We live in fear as we incite it. We are unapologetic about our constant apologies. We seek revenge."
jiltedx.tumblr.com
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A zine filled with great drawings that will catch your attention done by Tiffany Page. She is a mixed media artist, and a member of the band 'Jilted X'.
Psycho.Moto Zine #19
"Psycho.Moto Zine is a branch of the Antagonist Art Movement's press and has been in existence since 1988 under the original title East Coast Exchange. It acts as a venue for our writers, artists, and editors. In an attempt to create new forms of art and writing, the content is a mixture of fiction and nonfiction."