Replies to Jenna's query for queer rural/anti-urban zines... (last edited 12/23/08 11:53 pm)
Replies to Jenna's query (or queer-y? get it?) for queer anti-urban zines (Replies she already saw):
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From http://community.livejournal.com/gender_roles/20995.html - pull_rank: "I don't know of any, but I'm definitely into the idea of progressive rural/anti-urban communities, so let me know what you find out."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queer_michigan/21465.html - bastardinlove: "I think I have a couple in my zine library. I'm out of town though. Have her email me at mirandawieck at riseup dot net and when I get home in a few days I'll try and find those."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/diyculture/425115.html - ohdear_b: "i would post this in zine communities on lj, i am sure someone could help.
jenna's zine is amazing. i sat next to the sassyfrass table at the philadelphia zine symposium and the zine was just so good."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/transyouth/273595.html - varinobo: "aw dang...I remember checking out a trans zine put together by people living in Halifax, Nova Scotia who mostly lived in rural areas before moving to Halifax. But damn it, I can't find it or remember the name..."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/gaybay/157780.html - charlessfo: "yes, check out Radical Faerie Digest aka RFD. "We promote rural queer and radical faerie culture, art and community through publishing and networking." not sure whether it is cross-gender or just for guys, but they might know of an alternative for wymyn if Jenna wants to ask over there
http://www.rfdmag.org/ "
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Replies to Jenna's query for queer anti-urban zines... (Replies she hasn't seen yet):
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From http://community.livejournal.com/torontoqueers/490457.html - ishai_wallace: "What's the Queer Zine Archive, and where do i find it? I've never heard of this but think a number of the youth i work with would be quite interested.
I don't have an answer to your posted question, althought i do work with a number of queer rural youth who i am sure woule also be interested in the answer.
good luck,
j"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/anarchoqueer/29057.html - arielhp: "the radical queer group in maine, naughty north, is going to start working on a new newsletter in the next month or so, and our newsletters are a little like zines. and the focus of this one was going to be queer life in rural maine. http://thenaughtynorth.blogspot.com/ is our website, and past newsletters are on it.
we aren't explicitly rural, but most everything naughty north does is a collaboration between folks is rural and urban (as much as it exists) maine."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queerottawa/210535.html - cannibal_x: "I wrote one not long after moving to Ottawa, that touched on rural and queer issues. It was called Castration Rite. there were 3 issues."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/gbltboston/207256.html - onewithbriteyes: "I don't know of any zines, but I have a friend who did some research on queer experiences in rural v. urban spaces, I can ask her what her sources were for rural areas."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/riotgrrrlvtnh/54122.html - elle_powerlifts: "check out my buddy xeroxheart she's always been based out of NH VT...I havent read her zines in a while but yea..." (I'm assuming xeroxheart is her friend's LJ name even though she didn't use the LJ-user code for the name in her comment.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/radicallyqueer/54151.html - anarchomo: "There's a magazine loosely connected with the Radical Faeries called RFD. Every issue the letters stand for something different, but they've been used to stand for things like Rural Fairy Digest and the like, and ruralness and gayness tend to be big themes. I'm not sure it's *anti* urban, though, and if you're looking for a queer primitivist view, RFD probably won't be very helpful. They did have a website last time I looked. Wish I had the time to find it for you, but it shouldn't be too hard to google."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/zinester/376885.html - unluckycharms13: "I used to help publish "Queers Writes: How to become a radical militant youth" for the youth center at the GLBT Community Center of Utah. it wasn't really focused on rural living but we had submissions from all over the state, some from kids living in the city, some kids living out in the farm areas. The Salt Lake Public Library has it in their zine library, I don't know if they do interlibrary loan with such things, but they might."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queerportland/539892.html - laxlady4: "hey,
i write a zine that has some themes about escaping the city-- what i did with my summer vacation. if she's interested or wants to talk more about it, she can email me at gjetwriteszines a t gmail dot com.
-gjet."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queerportland/539892.html - petitepomme: "RFD, radical faerie digest, is about this. It is more male-centric, but I believe it is often available at powell's." (I could be wrong, but since this was in a Portland community, Powell's might be a store in Portland or the surrounding area.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queerboston/205946.html - tommytesto: "Since you are in Boston, maybe check out Lucy Parsons radical book store, on Columbus Ave. in the South End.
http://www.lucyparsons.org/
Also, the radical faerie quarterly journal, RFD, is very rural, so might be worth checking out. Your friend also might want to check out Green Anarchy - again, a regular-ish magazine, but for sure anti-urban. Not specifically queer, but inclusive." (Oops, I'm not in Boston, but he assumes I am since my entry is in the queerboston community. I thanked him and told him the truth.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queermelbourne/55520.html - porn_into_this: "Dirt and Cheese by Carrot Quinn. The zine has a myspace, and the person who writes it has a blog at carrotquinn.blogspot.com"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/gaybaltimore/119942.html - emjsea: "Is R.F.D. (Radical Faerie Digest) still around?"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/radicalnyc/149363.html - natarajsiva: "I don't know of any, but I want to comment because I'm interested in the subject. To a small extent, I've experienced queer rural life, as well as queer urban life. I think this is the sort of thing that if you realize you want to read it and can't find it, maybe you should make it. I've looked for queer, radical secession websites and come up with just this:
http://www.secession.net/woman-v-nationstate.html
Not exactly rural-oriented but somewhat along those lines.
I've been thinking a lot lately about 1) eliminating the holds that urban living has over me and 2) finding an agrarian community where I can live in relative peace. I have a few tenuous connections there. Anyway, you can email me at brack.shaw at gmail.com"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/riot_grrls/1202104.html - myste_aeon: "Google: radical faeries. that should get you started. <3 myste"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/seattleactivism/89169.html - __bethel__: "Well, I can't help you with the zines, but I remember there was a documentary on queer life in rural areas of the US. I found it on Netflix about a year ago, but I can't remember the name of it.
Fascinating movie."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/transnews/1105957.html - topsecretplans: "I guess I should get around to making that one I've been intending to make for years..." (I told her if she ever made one to tell us.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queerportland/539892.html - bikerioting: "I'm sure the Idahoes would have plenty of ideas for a rural queer zine, if they haven't done one or two already: http://planetida.com/
Also, try e-mailing Whitney at Outright VT -- http://www.outrightvt.org/ -- it's a queer youth center in Vermont, the second least populous state in the US. They might be producing some interesting zines, and if not, at least Whitney might know where to look..."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/torontoqueers/490457.html - compasspoints: "there's a zine making group out of sudbury, or at least a popular education group that makes zines with youth there... i'm at my parents house, but can get you the zine information next week when i'm back in toronto. they're not explicitly queer, but i think they've got queer content. the group that made it is called 'myths and mirrors': http://mythsandmirrors.wordpress.com/
also, i've got a couple zines from rural nova scotia at home, and one about a woman treeplanting out of the thunder bay area. again, i can give you titles when i get home. again, as well, i think there's queer content, but they're not explicitly queer.
i grew up in rural northern ontario, and wrote/write a lot about that in my zine making, but it's less of a 'lauding rurality' thing. i also write poetry and prose, not perzines. i don't know if what i do would be of use to you, but could certainly send you some."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/denver_glbt/100425.html - syndetic: "I know the Denver Zine Library has some queer rural zines." (I asked her if the Denver Zine Library had a site.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/radicalsouth/134555.html - st_reinnovate: "I couldnt find anything- sorry.
But! I do know there was a group called the "radical farries" living in one of the more woodsy/rural areas of TN who might have something.
good luck!"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/genderfuck/92319.html - dom_ino: "try cannon county in tennessee, home of short mountain sanctuary. we're re-populating this place with country queers." (I asked if they had any zines.)
(His reply:)
"the sanctuary has the Goatzette, but that's not so much a 'zine as it is a newsletter of what's happening around the sanch.
radical faeries in general have RFD, which is a full glossy magazine, it's been in print for 25 years I think? awhile."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/anarchoqueer/29057.html - thee_privy: "rfdmag.org
rural faerie directory
cheers"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queer_tally/49665.html - tryin2evolve: "it was suggested to me that you check out the radical faeries
http://www.radfae.org/ "
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From http://community.livejournal.com/gaycolumbus/96682.html - antipixie_karee: "Do you know if she's tried any of the local independent bookstores?" (I'm assuming she meant the ones in Columbus, so I told her no because we don't live around there, and asked for names of them and also additional information for them like sites, addresses, phone numbers, etc.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/torontoqueers/490457.html - juicebelly: "hey, your friend may want to check out the canadian lesbian and gay archives, if she hasn't already. it's right at church and wellesley." (I told her we weren't from around Toronto, but I asked her if the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives had a site.)
(Her reply:)
"indeed they do, number one search result on google: http://www.clga.ca/
good luck, it sounds like a really interesting project!"
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From http://community.livejournal.com/queeractivism/245950.html - speaksiren: "Hmm... cool! I know of one, but of course, I can't remember what it was called.
You should check out qzap.org. You might find some stuff there.
Good luck!" (I told her to tell me if she ever remembered the name of the zine that she knows about.)
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From http://community.livejournal.com/transnews/1105957.html - corvidity: "http://www.rfdmag.org/
not quite sure if they're still publishing...i think that there is some problems...but they've been around forever..."
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From http://community.livejournal.com/radicalsouth/134555.html - goodbyelazarus: "RFD magazine: http://www.rfdmag.org/ "
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From http://community.livejournal.com/anarchoqueer/29057.html - jack_jackrum: "A few years ago I was lucky enough to get copies of a few issues of a zine called Sticky Fingers by a guy named Ed Gravy. They were about many things, but one theme was rural/garden life as opposed to urban queer life. Highly suggested if you can find a copy." (I asked if he knew where the zine was based.)
(His reply:)
"I googled it and found an old PO box: PO Box 2615, Olympia, WA, 98507
That's all I could find. Sorry."
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So in summary,
* bastardinlove's zine library - e-mail her at mirandawieck at riseup dot net
* unknown-title (person can't remember title) zine in Halifax, Nova Scotia (from varinobo)
* Radical Faerie Digest (RFD) - http://www.rfdmag.org , also apparently (from charlessfo, anarchomo, petitepomme, tommytesto, emjsea, myste_aeon, st_reinnovate, dom_ino, thee_privy, corvidity, and goodbyelazarus)
* RadFae.Org: Radical Faerie Web Server (which might not be the same as the Radical Faerie Digest, since the site doesn't seem to be the same), http://www.radfae.org (from tryin2evolve, although they might have meant the Radical Faerie Digest, I don't know)
* Naughty North - http://thenaughtynorth.blogspot.com/ (from arielhp)
* cannibal_x's zine Castration Rites
* onewithbriteyes's friend who doesn't have zine but has research on queer experiences in rural areas
* elle_powerlifts's friend xeroxheart has a zine or something
* "Queer Writes: How to become a radical militant youth" done for the youth center at the GLBT Community Center of Utah, in the Salt Lake Public Library's zine library (from unluckycharms13)
* laxlady4's zine - e-mail her at gjetwriteszines a t gmail dot com
* perhaps look at Lucy Parsons radical book store in Boston, http://www.lucyparsons.org (from tommytesto)
* Green Anarchy zine, regular-ish anti-urban zine, not specifically queer, but inclusive (from tommytesto)
* Dirt and Cheese by Carrot Quinn, http://carrotquinn.blogspot.com (from porn_into_this)
* a site http://www.secession.net/woman-v-nationstate.html (from natarajsiva), also interested in this subject, e-mail her at brack.shaw at gmail.com
* not a zine, but a good documentary on queer life in US rural areas, on Netflix, can't remember the name (from __bethel__)
* topsecretplans wants to make one
* The Idahoes (?) might have some or at least know where to find some http://planetida.com (from bikerioting)
* try e-mailing Whitney at Outright VT (queer youth center in Vermont), http://www.outrightvt.org (from bikerioting)
* the zine-making group in Sudbury, near Toronto, Canada, called Myths and Mirrors, http://mythsandmirrors.wordpress.com (from compasspoints)
* zines from rural Nova Scotia (from compasspoints)
* a zine about a woman treeplanting out of the Thunder Bay area (again in Canada) (from compasspoints)
* compasspoints wrote about growing up in rural northern Ontario in her zine-making (poetry and prose, not perzines)
* The Denver Zine Library has some queer rural zines (from syndetic)
* not a zine, but a newsletter called Goatzette about what is happening for Short Mountain Sanctuary/Cannon County, Tennessee queers (from dom_ino)
* perhaps the local independent bookstores in Columbus, Ohio? (from antipixie_karee)
* The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in Toronto, http://www.clga.ca (from juicebelly)
* unknown-title (person can't remember title) zine (from speaksiren)
* (even though you already know about it) speaksiren says to try Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP), http://www.qzap.org
* Sticky Fingers by Ed Gravy, one theme was rural/garden life as opposed to urban queer life, last known address was PO Box 2615, Olympia, WA, 98507 (from jack_jackrum)