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Julie Setele
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Librarian, sociologist, zinester. Reproductive justice, prison abolition, books (especially romance novels), cats, and women’s soccer (Gotham, Chelsea, USWNT). Free zines at juliesetele.com

Free Palestine. Land Back. Black Lives Matter.

They/them.
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I carved this stamp yesterday after singing this song in my head all day! The video is kinda going viral (for me, at least) on instagram and I hope Mamdani sees it!
#linocut #diy #stampcarving #mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I did it! I cataloged the stamps I’ve carved since May!
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I’m making a card catalog of the stamps I’ve carved!

Ultimately I plan to record all the stamps in a sketchbook, but for now this method is great.

In the second photo, the stamps I’ve already cataloged are on the left. The ones still to do are on the right.

#linocut
An array of index cards with hard-carved stamps printed on them. The large stack is complete and includes the date I carved it, what it is, and what inspired it/who drew it A bunch of hand-carved stamps made mostly out of Pink Pearl erasers, but also some pentel erasers, some speedy-carve, and some random erasers. They are in two stacks. There’s probably 40 stamps on the left, and possibly just as many on the right.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Also, the scary season is never ending thanks to fascism, so I give you: ghost cat!
A hand-carved stamp and print of a ghost cat (a black cat covered in a white sheet; the cat is in a playful pounce sort of stance). I drew this based on clip art.
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I liked them so much that I made a zine gathering together the month’s creations. I’ll add a scan of the zine as a free download on my website later today. Meanwhile, you can find images of the inside on instagram: www.instagram.com/jujubeees.zi...
The cover of a minizine “Pink Eraser Artober 2025”. Those words are carved into a stamp with ridged edges; the words are colored in pink, purple, and blue. Another stamp of the author’s initials (JS) is printed on the bottom-right corner of the zine.
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Here are some of my fave stamps that I carved during the October challenge.
A hand-carved stamp and print of a bear (like from the state flag of California) outline, with the word “pride” carved into the middle and colored in rainbow-style. A hand-carved stamp and print of an angry Pingu (penguin) holding up a heart. I drew this based on the meme of angry Pingu crafting through the horrors. The heart is colored in pink, and Pingu’s beak is colored in orange. A hand-carved stamp and print of an orca (let’s ORCAnize, y’all!) A hand-carved stamp and print of a baby elephant with a heart
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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In May, Laura Chenault taught me how to carve stamps using linocut tools. In October, I completed a daily challenge set by Serena Rios McRae. I’ve continued to carve stamps daily.

These four were traced from images I found online, mostly on Canva. Image credits in alt text.

#diy #linocut
A fat mermaid babe hand-carved stamp and print; original image found online A hand-carved stamp and print (in both red and black) of an anatomical heart with flowers growing out of it. Original drawing is by “historical vintage vector” on Canva. A hand-carved stamp and print (in black and in green) of an anatomical lungs where flowers make up the bulk of the lungs. Original drawing was by Niscalasign on Canva. A hand-carved stamp and print (in black) of a cat bathing itself while making direct eye contact with the viewer. Original drawing is by PanaceaArt on Canva.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Are you neurodivergent and queer and have a relationship with food? We want your art/writing for a new free zine!

We are hosting 4 optional, virtual work-in-progress sessions - including one this Saturday morning!

Get details and sign up at tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats
On a background of produce at a grocery store or farmers market is this text: Weird Gay Eats Are you neurodivergent, queer, and conscious about those things? Do you have a relationship with food? We want your art/writing for our new free, collaborative zine WEIRD GAY EATS! On a background of snack food in a vending machine is this text: Weird Gay Eats Join us for a virtual Work-In-Progress session: • Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9AM to 10:30AM EST / 7:30PM to 9PM IST • Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 11AM to 12:30PM EST / 9:30PM to 11PM IST • Saturday, Nov. 8 from 9AM to 10:30AM EST / 7:30PM to 9PM IST • Wednesday, Nov. 12 from 7PM to 8:30PM EST / Thursday, Nov. 13 from 5:30AM to 7AM IST https://tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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We are so very excited to announce the call for submissions for WEIRD GAY EATS!

This new, free internet zine about neuroqueer people’s relationship to food is edited by Jyotsna Ramesh and Julie Setele.

Full details at tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats
On a background of snack food in a vending machine is this text: Weird Gay Eats Contribute your art &/ or writing to a new zine about neuroqueer people's relationship to food! Details: https://tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats Deadline: Sat. Nov. 15 @ 11:59pm EST / Sun. Nov. 16 @ 10:29am IST Edited by @jojorambles & @jujubeees.zines On a background of snack food in a vending machine is this text: Weird Gay Eats We are hosting some optional, virtual Work-In-Progress sessions for anyone who wants to chat, co-work, or even collaborate with other contributors. Details and sign-up at: https://tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats On a background of produce in a grocery store or farmer’s market is this text: Weird Gay Eats Contribute your art &/ or writing to a new zine about neuroqueer people's relationship to food! Details: https://tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats Deadline: Sat. Nov. 15 @ 11:59pm EST / Sun. Nov. 16 @ 10:29am IST Edited by @jojorambles & @jujubeees.zines On a background of produce in a grocery store or farmer’s market is this text: Weird Gay Eats We are hosting some optional, virtual Work-In-Progress sessions for anyone who wants to chat, co-work, or even collaborate with other contributors. Details and sign-up at: https://tinyurl.com/WeirdGayEats
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I converted a couple Toni Morrison essays into minizines, available as free downloads here: juliesetele.com/2025/09/24/t...

Fight fascism. Fight racism. Resist!
Two minizines rest against a bunch of old books. The minizines are essays by Toni Morrison: “Peril” (2009) and “Racism and Fascism” (1995).
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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My (academic) library has access to the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database, and I searched it for this topic. Here’s the best I could find. I think only the first (Marion) is a picture book.
CLCD record for *When Marion Copied* (2006) CLCD record for *Junie B, first grader* CLCD record for *The Homework Machine* CLCD record for *How I survived middle school: Cheat sheet*
October 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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This Sunday, Sept. 21, I will be presenting twice at Queer Zest Zine Fest, a free online zine fest.

At noon (Eastern), I’ll do a one-hour livestream chatting about and reading from my zines.

Then, at 4pm, I’ll moderate a panel of zine librarians.

Join us live! Link in next post
Screenshot of my presentation, with the featured slide showcasing my name and a collage of various stuff, including a heart, a raised fist, a black cat, a Celtic symbol, a megaphone, a sun, a flower, a camera, a pomegranate, a crow or raven, and a soccer ball. Sunday, Sept. 21 12-1pm eastern time: Julie Setele 2pm: how to make stickers at home with Hikarii 4-5pm: zine librarians panel with Julie Setele A rainbow-themed “meet the artist” page for Julie Setele. ABOUT ME Hi, my name is Julie (they/them). I'm a librarian, sociologist, and zinester. I make zines about soccer, queerness, and being human. My zines are available as free digital downloads on my website. Free Palestine! CONTACT web: juliesetele.com IG: jujubeees.zines email: juliesetele@gmail.com FUN FACTS • I have two cats, Eris and Frassy • I love arts and crafts • I read a lot, especially romance and sci-fi • I am trained in Irish dance • I support reproductive justice, prison abolition, and Black Lives Matter A cat is caught mid-yawn and looks fierce while lying next to three “Bi+ Icons” minizines. The minizine has a rainbow with a heart on it. The bottom one is colored in the pansexual flag colors. The middle one is uncolored. The top one is bisexual flag colors.
September 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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New FREE 20-page fanzine for Chelsea FC Women! Read it on your device or print and fold to make a booklet.

Shout out to @cfcwfanzine.bsky.social for offering much more thorough analysis throughout the season! Subscribe to them!

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#woso #ChelseaFCW #barclaysWSL
Zine cover: on a Chelsea blue background in white text are the words “A fan’s guide to Chelsea Women, 2025-2026” with a graphic of a woman football player kicking the ball Screenshot of the digital layout of this 20-page zine
September 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Buffalo State community:

You are warmly invited to join the Social Justice Book Club this fall as we read *Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072*.

Anyone interested in joining the book club should fill out this form: forms.office.com/r/qPN3hUcaM3
[White text on a red background] Fall 2025 every other Thursday, 12:20-1:20pm SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOK CLUB [a fist emerges from a book] Join us as we read utopian sci-fi set in a futuristic NYC! Sign up today! Free book for students Open to all Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff Made possible with support from Butler Library, the Muriel A. Howard Honors Program, Student Leadership & Engagement, and Equity & Campus Diversity [book cover for EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, by M.E. O' Brien & Eman Abdelhadi, image is of a stylized map of New York City] [black text on a white background] Fall 2025 every other Thursday, 12:20-1:20pm SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOK CLUB [a purple fist emerges from an orange and purple book] Join us as we read utopian sci-fi set in a futuristic NYC! Sign up today! Free book for students Open to all Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff Made possible with support from Butler Library, the Muriel A. Howard Honors Program, Student Leadership & Engagement, and Equity & Campus Diversity [book cover for EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, by M.E. O' Brien & Eman Abdelhadi, image is of a stylized map of New York City]
August 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Buffalo State students! There’s still time to sign up for my Social Justice Through Zines class!

Students will read and analyze zines, and make their own.

Our first class is on Tuesday.
Flyer for LIB 389/WGS 389: Social Justice Through Zines. Fall 2025, TR 3:05-4:20pm, CRN 2649. This course examines social justice movements through the lens of zines (self-published, DIY works). Students will study zines in the library collection & create their own zines. Taught by Prof. Julie Setele, PhD, MLIS. Flyer has images of crowds at a protest holding up signs, as well as a raised fist, plus a Black man with a short haircut and a light-skinned woman with long curly hair holding up megaphones.
August 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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I had the opportunity to vend at my first in-person Zine Fest this past weekend! I handed out almost 100 of these catalog minizines I made, in addition to about 150 other free zines. I also *sold* my first zines. It was so nice getting to connect with people over my work. ❤️✂️🌈
A white person in a green shirt that says “libraries are not neutral places” is holding their hands out, like “ta-da!” They are also wearing a black face mask and a pink fanny pack. They are standing behind a table, decorated with a mauve tablecloth, boxes of zines, and a colorful rainbow sign that says “Julie Setele ZINES” and provides payment info. Zines are also splayed out on the table. A gorgeous mural on the side of Just Buffalo Literary Center. Rectangles in rainbow colors fan out from a typewriter, with a sky blue background. A minizine on a wooden surface. Along the top of the zine are pennants with hearts in them; one heart is colored in red.”Julie Setele ZINES” is written across the middle, with Julie’s name in a cursive font. At the bottom it says “free downloadable zines on soccer, queerness, being human, and more” A cat lays on a wooden desk next to a bone folder, scissors, and zines that are in the process of being folded.
August 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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It’s a week before classes start and my syllabus minizine is ready! I’m so excited to teach this class again
A minizine rests on a wooden structure. The zine has a series of rainbow hearts along the top. It says “fall 2025,” “LIB 389 / WGS 389: Social Justice Through Zines.” The word “zines” looks like colorful ransom note letters. Along the bottom of the zine is a series of raised fists, including two holding signs. The signs read “Butler 314” and “TR 3:05-4:20pm.”
August 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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This darling is helping me get ready for zine fest!
A cat lays on a desk, on top of the zines her human is trying to fold. She is laying face-up, with her eyes closed and her mouth slightly open with her tongue showing between her teeth. A folded zine “Our Existence is Resistance” is next to her. Poster for ZINEFEST 2025 SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 11 a.m. - 4 pom. 468 Washington St, Buffalo, NY SPONSORED BY BOOK ARTS CENTER BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER GUTTER POP AND MORE
August 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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This Brazil v Colombia Copa América final is wild.

The commentator said this as we went to halftime. It is a MOOD!

#woso
Screenshot of a discord message from me (jujubeees) to a channel called “live game chat”: "Everyone is upset and screaming about something" — LOL 2 people have laugh-reacted
August 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I’m taking a letterpress class over the next three weeks. I made this today (typesetting, hand-inking, and printing it on a proof press [?]). The words are from Octavia E. Butler.
A letterpress-printed card with some flowers, two overlapping hearts, the text “shape change,” and some kind of critter with a long tail
July 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Brand new, free zine containing submissions from around the world on the theme of how we’re feeling about the US these days.

Free to read/download here: juliesetele.com/2025/07/07/f...

Much thanks to all who submitted their work!

#zine #diy #politics #liberation #freedom #fuckthefourthofjuly
A zine is on a wooden desk. The zine has an upside image of Lady Liberty, with the text “fuck the fourth”
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I made this blackout poetry piece this morning! “Happy” fourth, y’all.
Blackout poetry on a page of printed text, with everything crossed out except for these words: In pursuit of “Whew whew whew” The Baldpate Directed all of his energy toward driving the alien away Shooting Shooting In the swamp lowlands The last Might soon disappear There was abundant opportunity For a hypothetical period In the Bog-swamp
July 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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There’s a very short turn-around for this, but perhaps you, too, are feeling rageful and inspired…

Submissions due by Sunday July 6 @ 5pm eastern to fthefourthzine@gmail.com
Fuck the Fourth The USA is a fascist shit show (again / still) and yet we're supposed to celebrate?! When I hate everything, I make a zine. Wanna join me? Channel your emotions into something artsy/poetic/etc. that captures how you feel about the US right now. Submissions due by Sunday July 6 @ 5pm eastern to fthefourthzine@gmail.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I started playing around with watercolor in February, taking classes online with Alex Kincaid for the past few months. My mom requested a painting and I made this from a traceable template and lesson from Alex.
A watercolor painting of an iris, with stem and buds. The iris is several shades of purples and pinks. This painting was made by Julie Setele from a traceable template created by Alex Kincaid.
July 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I wrote this poem and carved this stamp. Free Palestine!
A letter to a family in Gaza By Julie Setele (with help from Mariame Kaba and Maya Angelou) Words cannot express My sorrow My rage My complicity In your destruction Since October 7 1948 1619 1492 The genocide rages on Every bomb dropped Every aid package denied Every resolution vetoed A new chasm of pain The size of a people Everything is connected Never again is now But we are not doing enough I am not doing enough To protect you from harm How do I end this poem How do we end the suffering I know it’s a discipline But hope is not my forte* Still we rise^ — *Mariame Kaba said, “hope is a discipline.” ^Maya Angelou said, “still I rise.” [At the bottom of the image are four stamps of a watermelon, carved out of an eraser]
June 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM