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mk zariel {it/its}

@mkzariel.bsky.social

hey, i’m doing a fundraiser bundle for a trans friend in need and there hasn’t been much movement. would everybody please share on social media, and donate if you can? thanks 💗 #transcrowdfund #mutualaid #trans #queer #disabled #anarchism #freezines #crowdfunding #gofundme
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Fundraiser for Laz Halliwell by mk zariel and 14 others

Fundraiser for Laz Halliwell: 52 items for $0.00

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October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM

Vinegar Zines

@vinegarzines.bsky.social

More than 150 downloads in less than a week! Thank you to everyone who's stopped to read, and for those that are interested, grab a free copy now!

@zinetown.bsky.social @atozines.bsky.social @zinepromo.bsky.social #zineshop #zines #freezines

Vinegar Zines @vinegarzines.bsky.social · Sep 5

Drawn Through the Telephone, a 175 page zine where artists, writers, and musicians re-interpret prompts based on mystery sources, is out now!

The zine (and music tracks) are free to download on itch right now: vinegarzines.itch.io/telephone

Drawn Through the Telephone by Vinegar Zines

An original anthology based on suspiciously familiar prompts.

vinegarzines.itch.io

September 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Casper (they/them)

@3ant.bsky.social

Careceiver, a disability zine (1/2)

#zine #disability #disabilityzine #zines #freezine #freezines

The cover of the zine says Careceiver in bold text with a collage of a person in a pink bed below it. They are surrounded by cartoony blue flowers, a crescent moon, and swallow birds in flight, as well as one strawberry on a vine. It is dark in the room and there is a pink sawtooth star in the window near their bed. They appear to be tired. Below the collage it says Casper Elliot.

A two page spread. The first page says: Why don’t caregiver and caretaker have opposite meanings? It's because caretaker is the older word. It was used in reference to maintenance of objects as well as people. The word "caregiver" became popular much later in the context of taking care of other people, possibly as a way to acknowledge their personhood. The word caregiver is flexible and can describe the work done to take care of elders, children, and disabled people, and can refer to paid or unpaid arrangements. In spite of this, there remains a lack of language surrounding the very ordinary human experience of taking care others.
Page two has a list that says: That's my... Parent/Child, Partner/Spouse, Brother/Sister/Sibling, Teacher/Student, Doctor/Patient, Caregiver/?????(Five Question Marks) Something is missing here… (There is an arrow pointing to the question marks line, which is circled.)

Another two page spread. Page three has an ornate floral border and says: We have the word "patient," but many disabled people don't have professional caregivers. The vast majority of care work is unpaid and done by a family member or other loved one. Despite the variety of relationships through which disabled folks get their needs met, there's still not a highly flexible counterpart to caregiver.
Page four says: Why does this language gap matter? Beside the heading is a colorful painting of a person in bed looking tired. There is another person beside them holding their hand. The second person’s head is hanging low as if in sorrow. There is a bulleted list. The first bullet says: Disabled people and their caregivers are often lonely. This is not helped by a lack of recognition of their important relationships by society
Second bullet: While caregiver support groups of all kinds are common, disabled people are often partitioned off into patient support groups where members share an illness. This undermines cross-disability solidarity and movement building

August 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Ace 🗡🥀

@acemistakes.bsky.social

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💬 0 🔁 7 ❤️ 5 · It's Here!!! · *drumroll please* Introducing: This Is Hungry Work: A Hozier Inspired Anthology (The above image is clickable, click it to be taken to a downloadable version of t…

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July 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Mari Adkins

@marifromky.bsky.social

hey @pauljessup.com #freezines #zines #zinelibrary

www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/virtual-zine...

Virtual Zine Library | sherwoodforest

Home of the Sherwood Forest Zine Library's Virtual Zine Library featuring hundreds of free downloadable zines! The home page shows zine categories and recently added zines as well as details on how to...

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July 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Awakari

@bluesky.awakari.com

Ctrl-ZINE is an independent smol web project, and its Issue 17 Vol. 2 happens to contain pieces by two of my favorite people on the fediverse. @ rootcompute has a great piece here about his time on and thoughts about the fediverse, and @ ttntm wrote a ...

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May 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM

Beware! The Radio

@bewaretheradio.bsky.social

Londoners! Zine fiends! Heard of Zinebox London? Some copies of our zine #1 have appeared in the box...
It's near Harringay Green Lanes Station (see map in images).

#zineculture #freezines #smallpress #diyculture #london

Google Maps image showing location of Zinebox, near Harringay Green Lanes Station.

Screengrab from Zinebox.London on Instagram, showing a copy of Beware! The Zine issue 1 being held up in front of the zine box at Harringay Green Lanes Station, London.

May 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM

cosmo💫

@cosmonautiks.bsky.social

hello friends!!💖
I have added 3 of my zines to my ko-fi for $0 or pay what you can :) they are digital .pdfs so you'll be able to instantly read them⭐
go to my bio and click on my carrd link, then click "free digital zines!!" to read em🐈‍⬛

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