This collection contains zines made by local & regional zinesters, with an emphasis on zines made by BIPOC, womxn, disabled, immigrant, and/or LGBTQIA+ zinesters. Content is current and has been sourced primarily from three local zine events, The Portland Zine Symposium (2023). Olympia Zine Fest (2023), and the Seattle Art Book Fair (2024). Other titles were ordered directly from zinesters and regional bookstores.
Browse the zine collection in person by visiting “The Corner,” where the zines are organized alphabetically by title.
Find and request zines through OneSearch using the keyword “zine” and filtering to “Wilson 2- The Corner.
Zines can be checked-out for 3-weeks at a time. Lost zines will incur a replacement fee.
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Format/Size |
Mini-zines, Folio or Digest-Size, Quarter-size and be made out of paper. Essentially, the zine must fit on the shelf! |
Oversize materials, pamphlets, brochures, indie literary journals, chapbooks, online only materials. |
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Subjects |
A diversity of contemporary viewpoints on a variety of subjects, such as: DIY/How-to, perzines, local/PNW, literature/poetry, feminism, community building, activism, race/antiracism, gender, comics, history, mental health, activism, history, punk/anarchism, food/culture, health, travel, political theory, LGBTQIA+, art, travel, humor, music, body image, etc. |
Zines containing hate speech (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.) towards marginalized individuals and communities.
Propaganda or advertising materials
Mis, dis, or mal-information. |
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Authorship |
Zines made by local (WWU, Bellingham, Whatcom County) & Regional (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia) makers AND/OR Zines made by BIPOC, womxn, disabled, immigrant, and/or LGBTQIA makers. |
Zines made by private, for-profit organizations
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Date |
Current (made within the past 5 years) |
Archival zines (such as 90s riotfirrl zines, 70s star trek fanzines, etc.) |
2) All submitted zines will be cataloged in OneSearch. We use the information on the zine itself to populate the catalog record. This information includes the author, title, publication date, subject, and genre. Please note that anyone can discover your zine via OneSearch, but only WWU Students, staff, and faculty can check-out zines. By submitting your zine for the collection, you consent to having it cataloged.
3) Slip your zine under the door of WL275. From Zoe's, walk towards Bellingham Bay through WL 270 (a large open study area). WL275 is straight ahead along the west wall of the large study room.
4) Exercise patience - it takes about a quarter for us to get things up on the shelf.