1. Zines in the Barnard Library:
Collecting, Providing Access and Preserving
Young Women's Feminism
Presented by Zine Librarian Jenna Freedman
WGSS Council
Columbia University, 2015
2. What are zines?
(you tell me)
(using some images from zines as a guide)
(images used with Reading the Body class,
taught by Laura Ciolkowski)
3. What are Barnard zines?
Barnard's zines are written by women (cis- and
transgender) with an emphasis on zines by women
of color. We collect zines on feminism and femme
identity by people of all genders. The zines are
personal and political publications on activism,
anarchism, body image, third wave feminism,
gender, parenting, queer community, riot grrrl,
sexual assault, trans experience, and other topics.
4. What about the Barnard Zine Library?
• Is it the BIGGEST zine library?
• Is it the FIRST zine library?
• Is it the BEST zine library
No.
No.
No.
5. What's so great about it then?
It's the best cataloged.
Seriously.
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9. Gratuitous cat
Chu-hi, whose human is
minicomics artist Carrie
McNinch, reads Are You
There God? It's Me,
Menopause.
10. Credits & Links
• Cover slide photo from post on Brooklyn
College zines blog by Devon Nevola
• zines.barnard.edu
• @barnlib
• lowereastsidelibrarian.info
• zinecats.tumblr.com
Editor's Notes
Thanks!
Warning: animations
Go through images a little.
Self-published
Self-distributed
Motivated for reasons other than fame or money—to participate, contribute
Print culture
Anarchopunk tradition
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Zine policy.
Began POC mission perhaps as a do-gooder, also influenced by my early exposure to personal zines was by POC. Knew that wasn't the default, but that I could make an effort to have a collection where white wasn't the default either.
Ten years and 4,000 zines later, evolved awareness of interrupting zine/riot grrrl narrative as solely white, middle-class movements.
Collection policy also evolved.
Zine policy.
Began POC mission perhaps as a do-gooder, also influenced by my early exposure to personal zines was by POC. Knew that wasn't the default, but that I could make an effort to have a collection where white wasn't the default either.
Ten years and 4,000 zines later, evolved awareness of interrupting zine/riot grrrl narrative as solely white, middle-class movements.
Collection policy also evolved.
Mixed—some yes, some no
Book/journal
Authors
Special collections & stacks
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