new zines in

what I've been doing: chainsawing. waitressing. Planting garlic. Getting ready to get two puppies and two sheep.

New Zines to the distro at www.dorisdorisdoris.com/zinecat

Skinned Heart This is a beautiful and intense personal and political zine about racism, feminism, child abuse, rape, mental illness, cultural appropriation and a bunch of other life things. This is the kind of zine that first got me into zines and that I don't see enough of these days - that takes personal experiences, sees them through a political lens, and makes you feel, not just think.



2.50 u.s. or 3.60 intl

Cometbus #53

Cometbus was the first zine I ever read. It is stories, social commentary, interviews, mini-novels, punk. This issue is half Aaron Cometbus's writing and half Maddalena Polletta. Aaron has an interview with the founder of PUNK magazine, back in the very beginning of punk. and a couple stories, one of which mentions the time I stole a car to come visit him.

Maddalena's stories are about her mom dieing and the aftermath. Very beautifully written. Bleak and stunning.

3.75 u.s. or 4.50 int'l

SnarLibs

Here is a link to a blog about working in a center for domestic violence survivors:
cleanerlight.blogspot.com

today: working on the cover for the Encyclopedia of Doris, fixing the lightbulb in the dashboard of the car, trying to remember how to play the bass guitar.

Snarlas tour zine out! boring, like every other tour zine, but not quite as boring. It has SnarLibs, which are like MadLibs only Snarla related.

$3 SnarLibs pob 29 Athens OH 45701

new zines

Snarlas is playing at the Smiling Skull, Dec 8 with Not My Dog and hopefully Spooktober. Our record is actually out!

What I did this weekend: fed my neighbors sheep and dogs and chickens. and 8 puppies. Hopefully I am getting two. finally. dogs.

New zines in riotgrrrrdistro,

Gender Oppression, Abuse, Violence: Community Accountability Within the People of Color Progressive Movement
this is one of the best explanations of identifying and dealing with abuse within radical communities I've seen.
It is very straightforward, defining sexual harassment, sexual abuse/assault and intimate partner abuse,
talking about denial, minimizing, victim blaming, counter-organizing, and other ways people try to manipulate and get out of being accountable.
It has a great, detailed section on creating an accountablity process with the goal as "transformation toward liberation".

3.00

Taking Risks: Implementing Grassroots Community Accountability Strategies

written by a collective of women of color from Communities Against Rape and Abuse

this zine is a description of CARA's accountability guidelines for addressing sexual violence.
It's a great introduction to forming an community accountability structure.

the principles discussed are:

1.Recognizing the humanity of everyone involved. 2. Prioritizing self-determination of the survivor. 3. Identify a simultaneous plan for safety and support fo the survivor as well as others in the community
4. Carefully consider the potential consequences of your strategy. 5. Organize Collectively. 6. Make sure everyone in the accountability-seeing group is on the same page with their political analysis of sexual violence. 7. Be clear and specific about what your group wants from the aggressor in terms of accountability. 9. Consider help from the aggressor's friends, family and people close to the aggressor.
10. Prepare to be engaged in the process for the long haul.

2.50

Harlot, RN

a lot of my friends have been going into nursing school and becoming nurses lately, and I always think they should talk together because
they all have such intense experiences and feelings and I think it is such a great thing to be doing and I can't imagine working within the
established medical system and I am so glad when there are good people who are. So this is a zine by Megan, who is part of the "Down There" collective
and is now a nurse. This zine talks about how she ended up becoming a nurse, difficult things about it, union stuff, family stuff, and lots of other things, plus a sweet section on
plants she loves.


I love Megan and I love this zine.


1.50

The Zine Yearbook is a book with articles, stories, comics, and all that kind of stuff from lots of different zines. It's always great and it's a great way to find out about a lot of zines you don't know about.

6.00

pob 29 Athens oh 45701

distro

The Snarla's 7" record should be out any day for real, like probably on Monday. If you have a record player, and want to get one, it's $5. Also, I've updated and added a bunch of stuff to my distro a bunch so if you want to check it out, you should


riotgrrrr zine distro

doris 27 out now!

Just to let you know that doris 27 is out now!!! It's 2.65 by mail - or cash, stamps, check (cindy crabb) or paypal at doriszine@yahoo.com
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upcoming events

Here in Athens OHIO, we are doing a womens + transgender self-defense skill share on Monday Aug 17 6:00 at Highland Park. It is open to all, but please respect.

Our band, Sister Shuffle, changed it's name to Snarlas and are going on mini tour in August. Here's when. First, two shows in Athens:
Friday, Aug 21 Athens Ohio, at the Smiling Skull, with Stupid Party
Monday Aug 23 Athens Ohio, at the Union Bar, with Future Virgins and AD/DC

Asheville, NC Tuesday Aug 25
Chattanooga TN Wednesday Aug 26, at Toms house
Athens GA, Thursday 27, at the Hanger
Gainsville, FL, Friday 28, at Kickstand
Pensacola, FL, Sat 29, Sluggos.

the revolution starts at home zine

I am so excited about this new zine. It's about community acountability to partner abuse. Hopefully it'll get published as an anthology, but in the meantime, you can download it at the INCITE website. here is a link to where you can read it or download it online, at the INCITE women of color against violence website. here it is: the revolution starts at home