Zines

Zines (pronounced "zeens") are handmade, self-published booklets. The zine-making community is comprised of all kinds of people: young/old, rich/poor, white/brown/black, priviledged/marginalized, abled/dis-abled. Anyone can make and publish a zine about any topic. My favorite types of zines are called "perzines" because they are about something unique and personal to the author. I made my first zine in my teens before I even knew what a zine was. It was a family yearbook with funny captions. In 2003, I made my first comic zine called "Kosmic Commander and Adventure Girl: Citizens of the Universe." It was only 8 pages, but it cemented my love for zines, as well as comics. Now I make zines regularly. I love that I can have an idea, express it using words/images/collage, and I can create a finished product without having to get input from anyone, and without having to consider whether or not the content will appeal to a greater/commercial audience. For me (and my ADHD brain), zine-making satisfies my desire to create, to see quick results, and to be able to share my original/imperfect work with others.

An exploration of what it was like growing up as a multi-cultural Latina in the US who valued being white over Nicaraguan until she took an emotional journey back to the land of her birth.

Brutally honest and raw poems about sexuality, predators, growing up in New Orleans, family, and being a half-white, half-Latina from the South.

Excerpts from a birth chart Stelli's mother had made from a place in New Orleans that disappeared after Hurricane Katrina. The extremely accurate information helped Stelli feel a sense of relief, as if someone finally explained who she was to herself.

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