Hello and welcome to the New Mexico Zine Library!
You can call me Rata de Pan, or just Rata, I am the owner and runner of this account. I go by it/he/they pronouns and I am AuDHD! I will aim to post my own zines here semi-regularly, however I do have a very busy schedule and may leave for extended periods of time.
All of the zines I create for this will likely be political/relate to social justice. I would like to ask that any zines that are submitted be the same, but that is not required. I've found that zines are a very quick and easy way to spread information, and I think having an online archive people can visit so they can print out and distribute these zines will be a good way to spread that information even further. Times are scary right now, and I want to do my part in helping to spread information as far as I can as quick as I can.
Feel free to print out and distribute any zines you find on this library! That's what it's here for!
What are zines?
Zines are small handmade art books that are self published. Usually the circulation of these zines is very small, since they're typically only distributed locally, but my hope is that people everywhere will add and distribute zines from this library.
Who can submit zines to the library?
Anyone and everyone! So long as your zines aren't derogatory towards minority groups and don't contain misinformation, I will post any that are submitted! The more specific requirements are on the submissions page.
Who counts as minority groups?
I count any group of people who has historically been oppressed by the people who are in power to be a minority group. For a non exhaustive list:
LGBTQIA+ people
BIPOC
Women
Disabled people
Immigrants
People who are not Christians or atheists
Lower class people
Houseless people
Etc.
So, I will absolutely not tolerate discrimination towards those groups. Period.
As for a list of those I don't consider to be minorities:
White people
Cisgender heterosexual men
Any conservative/right leaning political group
Christians
Police officers
Politicians
Billionaires/Extremely rich people
I will accept zines that are critical of these groups. If you are a member of any of these non-minority groups and you see a zine critical of said group, I would like to request that you refrain from immediately blowing up and dismissing them out of hand. I know it can be hard to listen to criticism and it's easy to get defensive when you feel attacked. However, getting mad and blowing up doesn't help anyone, and can actually make the issues they brought up worse. Please listen, consider what you can do to help, and then help.
How can I make zines?
I have a couple of templates for zines that are in the format I will use when making zines and an instruction manual on how to make one yourself!
^ zine template with text
^ zine template without text
^ zine instructions
Happy zineing!! :3