Gender and Sexuality Studies 121: Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Subjects: Africa and the African Diaspora, American Conversations, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latin American Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, Sociology/Anthropology

Papercut Zine Library's Virtual Library
Check out Papercut's extensive online catalog of zines on a wide range of topics, which you can narrow via tag searching
Feminist Zine Archive at Chapman University
From the website: "Writings and artwork depicting feminism and women's issues."
Ace Zine Archive Project
From the website: "This is an online space dedicated to making ace and ace-related zines more accessible"
Sherwood Forest Virtual Zine Library
Browse a wide variety of zines by title and subject tag
Queer Zine Library
From the website: "...a UK based diy mobile library celebrating radical LGBTQIA+ self-publishing"
To search for online zines, check out the video on their "About Our Catalogue" page.
Zine Collection from the Digital Transgender Archive
From the website: "These works cover topics from identity politics and sexual liberation to the daily lives of queer-identified people. This collection illuminates some of the many intersectional challenges and victories of the LGBTQIA+ community."

DiSCO (Digital Scholarship Center)
The DiSCO is located on the 4th floor of Rolvaag Library (just up the spiral staircase) and offers a bunch of creative resources like 3D printing, a bookbinding kit, specialized design software, and much more.
The Cave (in DiSCO)
The Cave, our campus Makerspace, is located on the 4th floor of Rolvaag library (just up the spiral staircase and to the right) and offers a wide variety of physical craft materials. Definitely visit The Cave when it comes to actually making your zine!
Equipment Checkout
Need to take some original photos for your zine or record a video for a digital zine? You can check out all kinds of equipment from the equipment circulation desk on the 3rd floor of Rolvaag library. Click this link to view the catalog and reserve your equipment.

How to Make a Zine (Barnard)
A few different links to step-by-step guides for creating your own zines
Creative Commons Portal Search
Not all content on the web is free for you to use in your own creative works! Images, text, and other creative content are protected under copyright law. Use the Creative Commons search portal to find openly licensed content that creators will allow you to share, use, and remix for your zine projects.
If you aren't sure whether you can use something you find online, please reach out!