Publication

2009 - New York University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

66,000 words, Guess

Page Count

264 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivegirlzinesmakingm0000piep
  • ISBN-139780814767528
  • ISBN-100814767516
  • ISBN-100814767524
  • ISBN-139780814767511
and 6 more

Classifications

  • DDC305.42
  • LCCPN4836 .P54 2009
  • LCCPN4836.P54 2009
and 1 more
  • LCCPN4836 .P54 2009eb

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Girl zines: making media, doing feminismNew York University Press2009-01-01

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