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Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism


Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism

Paperback by Piepmeier, Alison; Zeisler, Andi

Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism

£25.99

ISBN:
9780814767528
Publication Date:
18 Nov 2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
New York University Press
Pages:
264 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 - 23 May 2024
Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism

Description

The first book-length exploration of the quirky feminist booklets 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 loaded with handwriting, collage art, stickers, and glitter. Though they all reflect the personal style of the creators, they are also sites for constructing narratives, identities, and communities. Girl Zines is the first book-length exploration of this exciting movement. Alison Piepmeier argues that these quirky, personalized booklets are tangible examples of the ways that girls and women 'do' feminism today. The idiosyncratic, surprising, and savvy arguments and issues showcased in the forty-six images reproduced in the book provide a complex window into feminism's future, where zinesters persistently and stubbornly carve out new spaces for what it means to be a revolutionary and a girl. Girl Zines takes zines seriously, asking what they can tell us about the inner lives of girls and women over the last twenty years.

Contents

Acknowledgments Foreword by Andi Zeisler Introduction 1 "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 2 Why Zines Matter: Materiality and the Creation of Embodied Community 3 Playing Dress-Up, Playing Pin-Up, Playing Mom: Zines and Gender 4 "We Are Not All One": Intersectional Identities in Grrrl Zines 5 Doing Third Wave Feminism: Zines as a Public Pedagogy of Hope Conclusion Appendix: Where to Find Zines Notes Index About the Author

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