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Seizing the Means of Publication: Zines, Power, and Feelings

MasterScholars class taught by Zine Librarian Jenna Freedman, summer 2025

Monday: Getting to Know Zines

drawing of bears, one holding a zine, the other reaching for itMake a self-introduction zine (1-1:45)

(one-page zine folding technique)

Suggested contents (can be text, illustrations, poems, representational stand-ins, guessing games, Yelp reviews, etc.)

  • Cover: name & a self-portrait
  • Inside cover page: identities & metadata
  • Facing page: where you're from
  • Centerfold left: your family, animals, who you live with
  • Centerfold right: your friends, chosen ones
  • Facing back inside cover page: your house, your room
  • Inside back cover page: a story of your name
  • Back cover: Barnard summer playlist

Introductions by Sharing Zines (1:45-2:15)