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