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Zine

A zine (/ziːn/ ⓘ ZEEN; short for magazine or fanzine) is a magazine that is a "noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter". Zines are the product of either a single person or of a very small group, and are popularly photocopied into physical prints for circulation. A fanzine…

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Zines in United States political discourse

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Zine

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related to 1970s and punk · 45
Zine → Amateur, America, Artcore Fanzine, Blam, Bombsite, British, Burnt Offering, Chainsaw, Communication Blur, Cool Notes, Deptford, DIY, ENZK, Fumes, Grim Humour, Indonesia, Internet, Ireland, Jamming, July
related to Distribution and circulation · 41
Zine → AK Press, AZ, Benjamin Sommerhalder, Bitch, Brainscan, Bust, Café Royal Books, California, Cometbus, Confused, CornDog Publishing, Craig Atkinson, Dazed, Doris, Etsy, Giant Robot, Great Worm Express Distribution, In, Ipswich, Maximum RocknRoll
related to Rock and roll · 31
Zine → Archie Patterson, Bam Balam, Bill Rotsler, Bomp, Brian Hogg, California-based, Comics, Crawdaddy, Dave Marsh, East Lothian, Ed Ward, Eurock Magazine, Flash, Greg Shaw, Greil Marcus, Jay Kinney, Jymn Parrett, Ken Barnes, Lester Bangs, Mark Shipper
related to Zines in United States political discourse · 27
Zine → Among, August, Berkeley Barb, By, Canada, December, Detroit, During, East Lansing's The Paper, East Village Other, In, Iowa City, Liberation News Service, Los Angeles Free Press, Massachusetts, May, Middle Earth, New York, November, October
related to overview · 16
Zine → Almanack, Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's, Common Sense, Dada, Dissident, Fluxus, Harlem Renaissance, Many, Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Situationism, Surrealism, The, The Dial, This, Thomas Paine's
related to Zine fests, fairs, workshops, and clubs · 15
Zine → Amsterdam Zine Jam, At, Black Zine Fair, Brooklyn Zine Fest, Chicago Zine Fest, Feminist Zine Fest, Fest, Los Angeles Zine Fest, Other, San Francisco Zine Fest, Sticky Zine Fair, The San Francisco Zine, There, These, United States
related to 1930s–1960s and science fiction · 14
Zine → Amazing Stories, Chicago, During, Gernsback, Great Depression, Hugo Gernsback, In January, It, Over, Palmer, Raymond, Science Correspondence Club, The Comet, Walter Dennis
related to The early 2000s and the effect of the Internet · 14
Zine → Artcore Fanzine, Boing Boing, E-zine, In, Indeed, Internet, Last Hours, On, Rancid News, Reason To Believe, Since, UK Fracture, Webzines, With
related to 1990s, riot grrrl, and queer zines · 13
Zine → American, As, Bikini Kill, DIY Punk, May Summer, Mimi Thi Nguyen, Riot Grrrl Manifesto, Riot Grrrl Press, Scholar, The, The American, Women, Zinesters Erika Reinstein
related to The 2010s and modern zine activism · 10
Zine → Covid-19, Culture, Due, Fucking Trans Women, Gender, It, Mira Bellwether's, Sexuality, The Mary Sue, Zine-culture

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distribution ideas from their science fiction rootsinstance ofcreating zines0.80text
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the e-zine chronicling the Australian hardcore sceneinstance ofSome hardcore punk zines became available online0.80text
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