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Sharing my world through zines and illustration.

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Manly Zine fair is tomorrow! Saturday 26th July and Manly Library from 10am - 2pm. @keepalookoutfor @beachescouncil I am so excited to be back for my second year. Come visit my stall for Zines (largely focused on my experiences as a late diagnosed autistic adult) Art prints (original pieces and fan art) and adorable hand crocheted poptart fidget toys. #manlyzinefair2025 #zines #northernbeaches #autism #autisticartist #adultswithautism

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A zine on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria aimed at both autistic adults who have RSD, and people who wish to understand it better.

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WIPs on some new zines for next months zine fair at Manly Library! Subject to many reworkings between now and the big day. “Reasons to do nothing” was a result of today’s rabbit hole.

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Working on my next lot of zines ready for the Manly Zine Fair next month!

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I managed to get a solo, sunrise, trip to Freshwater Beach before the switch was flicked and Covid19 took such luxuries away from us. Not even a week after I took this photo, the beach was closed. When it opened again, it was only for exercise and only then if you kept constantly moving (one out, one in rule). I long to be back here. Sitting on the beach, taking lungfuls of the stunning ocean air. It’s my place. Even with the sand! But I only really learned this just before it was taken away from me. Once the world starts returning to normal, I will claim this beach as my second home. And I will never, ever, take such things for granted again

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Repost of my own memory from 2020, and we all know what happened in that year. In this post, I claimed Freshwater Beach as my second home. Little did I know that in two years time it would be our ACTUAL home.

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Cockatiels give all the love.

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Untangling the Mind Melt is about my unmasking journey as an adult with autism. This zine is my blood sweat and tears. I hope to be able to expand upon it.

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The most spoilt cockatiel you’ll ever meet, our little screm-bot WeeGee. This was so fun to make, and a little break from my heavier zines that were created for the same fair.

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Dearest Little Me - this zine is a special one. Essentially a love letter to my younger self. Growing up was pretty lonely and confusing for a girl born in the 80’s with undiagnosed autism. Writing this was an incredibly cathartic exercise.

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“My Adult Autism Pinterest Board” zine flip through. A collection of Pinterest photos that resonate deeply with me. This was a firm favourite at last weekends zine fair

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Tomorrow is the big day!

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sorry for how I acted when there were multiple noises happening at the same time

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Only a week to go! I’m so excited but nervous at the same time as a zine neophyte. Haha.

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Folks, meet my zine making assistant, WeeGee.

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Had some fighting words with my printer today. I was raging while naming my file “piece of shit.pdf” and sending to print for the thousandth time, and then it actually worked. Hahaha.

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Less than a month until my first zine fair!