We hear constantly that 鈥減ens and paper are dead,鈥� and 鈥渟creens are taking over our lives.鈥� But there is one small corner of the world where pens, paper, scissors and glue are alive and well: the world of zines.
Zines are handmade, self-published magazines that are about almost anything, from politics to music, arts and raw personal experience.
Zines date back to the 1930s and first grew out of science fiction fan culture. They evolved through the 鈥�70s and 鈥�80s alongside changes in technology, like photocopying, and then burst into broader public consciousness with the Riot Grrrl punk rock movement of the 1990s. Although zine creation died down a bit with the expansion of the internet, zines are now making a comeback.
Host Frank Stasio is joined by zine makers, a zine distributor, a scholar and an archivist to talk about the history and influence of zines and take a look at where zine culture stands today.
Stasio talks with Cindy Crabb, creator of 鈥�,鈥� an autobiographical zine that has been published since the early 1990s; Nyky Gomez, the creator of , a zine distributor for zines by, for, and about people of color; , creator of the zine 鈥淒ream Whip鈥� and the founder of Durham鈥檚 ; , the research services and collection development librarian at Duke University鈥檚 who works with their ; and , a fellow at the who is currently working on a book about the history of girl zines.
Radway will be talking about her research at the center
