feminism & women's history through zines

Feminism & Women's History Through Zinesfor the Schuler Scholars from Chicago

Presented by Zine Librarian Jenna Freedman

Read/skim your zine & excerpt to respond to these questions:

• Is your zine implicitly or explicitly feminist?• What are the visual elements, and how do

they interact with the text—support, contradict, call attention to?

• Why did the author choose this medium?

Zines• Definition• Types (also known as genres)• At Barnard• History

Library stuff • Find zines as genre/format• Subjects • ToC, summary• Google Books

Gratuitous cat

Inigo helping his human research queer Latina zinesCourtesy of Melissa Gasparotto

Credits & Links• Cover slide photo from post on Brooklyn

College zines blog by Devon Nevola• zines.barnard.edu • @barnlib • facebook.com/BarnardZineLibrary

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