Self-Made Spines: Healing, Politicization, and Education through Zines

This project explores the capacities of zines to heal, politicize, and educate. Zines are informal magazines of both original and appropriated texts and images. They are often committed to distributing radical information to readers and—as “alternative textbooks”—can inspire direct action. This project contextualizes the increased presence of zines on Oberlin College’s campus in 2013, including three comic strips created in response to the March 4th racist events, and the “Disorientation Zine” created by students during fall orientation