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anatomical heart

issue one

$2/24 pages/Quarter size

by Bettie

Bettie writes that her initial intentions with this zine were to include a broad spectrum of content but in the end she found the content to mostly be revolved around her mental health. I'm glad her focus did end up being on her metal health because I found her writing to be real and the issues she faces are issues that many of us can relate to. Bettie describes her depression, meds, doctors, and happiness.

An excerpt,"The only change coming from CPN to psychiatrist to crisis practitioner like a ticking bomb. Occasionally the bomb would go off. I'd od on cocktails of prescription drugs, go to the hospital, get referred to CRHT, lather, rinse, repeat"

Cognitive Chaos

An itty bitty zine

$.25/8 pages/4.5" X 11"

by Christine

This "itty bitty zine" as Christine labels it was an entertaining read. I curled up on the couch chuckling as I watched her imagination unfold in her writing. She makes a list of twenty - six things to do when your brain oozes with boredom. I personally enjoyed #20 - Write a haiku on a park picnic table in cake icing. Christine included a short fiction story, "ROYGBIV" and wrote a piece on determining whether or not you suffer from Wal - Mart Supercenter Syndrome and . An excerpt from that:

"One of the reasons why Supercenter Syndrome is so incurable is because it is so new and so rampant. Doctors didn't begin to diagnosing this disease until Wal - marts started springing up in every town in America about ten years ago. What started as a quaint five-and-dime store in Arkansas during the 1970's has quickly become a haunting beacon of capitalism, plaguing everyone from bored housewives to Congressmen. "

corduroy stars three

Been A Good Year For The Roses

$1.50/44 pages/Quarter size

by Laura

Laura describes this zine as 'sad reflection'. She describes the moments when her heart was filled with love for people and places of her past. Laura's writing is once again open and raw, the beautiful kind.

An excerpt: "Will someone come and be my strength tonight? The colors are gone; the hues I once danced between, the melodies that once swirled beneath my feet. I am so ashamed."

corduroy stars 5

two boys and five weekends

$.50/18 pages/Quarter size

by Laura

Laura documents five weekends in her life and the individual impact each one had on her. Laura's writing simply touches your heart.

"If I had a wall large enough I could map out the events of my life using nails and string; I could have an intricate web of connections.

That is what this is about: going from point A to point B and the process involved. This is a vague and shadowy outline of how one year in my life evolved."

aubade #2

i am a ghost

$2/44 pages/Quarter size

by Katie

This text heavy issue of aubade zine is an accurate example as to why I have such a passion for zines and the zine community. This zine is one of the best reads I have had in awhile. I think it is the way Katie touched on life, the way she pin pointed emotions that so many of us feel but have a challenging time transforming into words. She writes about college, the people that have changed her life, her definition of perfection, language, family & relationships.

An excerpt, "i think that if you set up a group of morals for yourself that you truly believe in, it is possible to follow them with no mistakes. and i'm, not saying those morals can't change, and i'm not saying that i know what they are or fully understand who i am and why i am, but i am just saying that the possibility exists that i will understand one day."

Cursive Bomb #5

March 2007

$1/16 pages/Quarter legal size

by Hazel Pine

We all experience countless moments in our lives that change us, teach us, move us, etc. Hazel shares three of her own personal moments. These experiences include working for a wealthy family as a babysitter & some of the uncomfortable emotions that she felt, her observation & participation in a radical mental health workshop in Portland and thoughts on self hate + sexuality as an adolescent.

An excerpt, "And in our liberal school, our good democratic parents, we knew it was okay. But not how it transformed your world, how it made you understand it as those who were heterosexually privileged and those who weren't. That is - who was hating themselves over a boy and who was hating themselves for being."

Baby Girl #7

A journey of a daughter and her mother

$2/40 pages/Half size

by Lindsey

When Lindsey was 13 years old her mother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Lindsey wrote about the grueling experience that her family went through over an eight year time period after her mother's diagnosis. Printed inside of this issue are some of her journal entries. It is text heavy, emotional and an incredible experience to briefly see into someone's life who is dealing with something as major as cancer. Lindsey also adds vignettes dealing with her resentment, regrets, gratitude, strength, guilt, anger, fear and relationships with her mother & sister.

An excerpt, "It's an odd way to live life, waiting for your mother to die. Holidays fill me with a mix of trepidation and pressure-I feel the need to make each subsequent holiday better than the last, in case it is my mom's last."

aubade #4

virginia stories

$2/40 pages/Quarter size

by Katie

This zine was such a fantastic read. I thoroughly enjoyed the way Katie was able to walk back in time and describe the parts of Virginia that she grew up in. She has moved away from Virginia and describes how the communities there are changing and essentially disappearing.

An excerpt,"this zine started off as a project about virginia, but quickly turned into something else. this zine is about something way bigger than just this state i live in. it's about preserving the places we love--real and imagined."