Who is the closest friend you’ve made through zines?

 What is your first memory of making friends through zines?

 How are the friendships you’ve made through zines different from
 the friendships you’ve made in other ways?

 What other memorable personal connections have you made through
 zines? Dates? Jobs? Roommates?///Enemies//?//?/

 When you read a zine you like, do you get in touch with the person
 who wrote it?

 If you’ve been in zine worlds for a while (like a decade or more),
 how have the ways you make and sustain zine friendships changed
 over the years?

Hey All, Our summer intern Lee is working on a zine about the friendship networks between zinesters. I told them that we'd pass this on, so feel free to share with the zine folks you know. > *Have you made friends through zines?* > > As someone who's made many friendships through zines, from close > friends to far-flung penpals to passing but delightful acquaintances, > I'm putting together a zine about zines and zine community as a way > that people build and maintain friendships, and I'd like to hear about > other people's answers to any of the questions below (no need to > answer all of them), or any other thoughts & memories you have about > meeting people via zines: > > 1. > > Who is the closest friend you’ve made through zines? > > 2. > > What is your first memory of making friends through zines? > > 3. > > How are the friendships you’ve made through zines different from > the friendships you’ve made in other ways? > > 4. > > What other memorable personal connections have you made through > zines? Dates? Jobs? Roommates?///Enemies//?//?/ > > 5. > > When you read a zine you like, do you get in touch with the person > who wrote it? > > 6. > > If you’ve been in zine worlds for a while (like a decade or more), > how have the ways you make and sustain zine friendships changed > over the years? > > > Reply to _lee@sheerspite.ca_ <mailto:lee@sheerspite.ca>!I'll happily > send print or PDF contributor copies to anyone who replies, and if I > am going to refer to something you've said, I'll check in with you > about it before it goes to print. > Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7mGYNgOlYz/ > <https://www.instagram.com/p/C7mGYNgOlYz/> > *~please share!~* Thanks!! Milo -- ------------------ Milo Miller Co-Founder the Queer Zine Archive Project https://qzap.org milo@qzap.org They/Them/Their _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info