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A Litany for Survival

For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone for those of us who cannot indulge the passing dreams of choice who love in doorways coming and going in the hours between dawns looking inward and outward at once before and after seeking a now that can breed futures like bread in our children’s mouths so their dreams will not reflect the death of ours:

For those of us who were imprinted with fear like a faint line in the center of our foreheads learning to be afraid with our mother’s milk for by this weapon this illusion of some safety to be found the heavy-footed hoped to silence us For all of us this instant and this triumph We were never meant to survive.

And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning when our stomachs are full we are afraid of indigestion when our stomachs are empty we are afraid we may never eat again when we are loved we are afraid love will vanish when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid

So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive

- Audre Lorde

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Zine woes

I am having a difficult time getting into the headspace for writing this new zine (to be debuted at the Richmond Zine Fest this Saturday!). I just keep thinking about my mom and how I miss her more than I expected and how my feelings about her passing are very complicated. I can’t get in the activist-y headspace right now. Maybe that’s okay? Maybe I can work with and meet myself where I’m at instead of smashing me into a self that I can’t fit into right now.

Now just to figure out how to put this into a zine that would be meaningful to others and the ‘bigger struggle’.

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Happy Birthday, Warsan Shire, born 1 August 1988

Nine Quotes

I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are still together.

Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.

At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before.

My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.

His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.

Don’t assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don’t say anything you can’t stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

You are terrifying and strange and beautiful, someone not everyone knows how to love.

Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.

But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy.

Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer. In 2014 she was appointed the first Young Poet Laureate for London.

Photograph

by Amanda Patterson for Writers Write

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

<< FATASS CUTIE - a comix/ arts compilation zine about navigating this hell world as a fat person. I guess it’s also kinda born out of a desire to see more shit about fatness just being whatever, but also chill, or hot, or not bad- instead of some ‘posi’ or patronizing fat positivity… but like, from a place that’s like ya the world is terrible and i hate everything but check out this cool photo of my butt… & like in that sharing of experiences, and being badass bitches & self identified fat hoes, sharing our pains & frustrations and being like “ya bud me too, but 4 me it’s like this…” >>

Open to all people who self identify as ‘fat’ and wanna talk about it, who feel weird, or fucked up about ourselves sometimes, and/or the world. This is a zine about knowing we are so damn cute (if we want to be that) but not always feeling that way.

DEADLINE- August 1st!

Plz circulate, and send submissions or questions to [email protected]

[selfcarezine]

The Self Care Journal is 100 pages of worksheets, journal prompts, coloring pages, and more! Get yours now!

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wanderer issue #2 rough draft~ finished now, test printing the zine very soon!

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Unpublished and unpaid and praying not to run out of patience before I run out of time. Or words. Nightmares of empty throats. Fathers who are in your ear with practical doubts, friends who put you on with no true belief, loved ones with money wondering why you don’t have any, wondering when you’ll grow up and take a real job, worrying would you rather not be with them — running out of words, out of patience. On days when there is no luxury in your life, as in no cushion anywhere between your dreams and your delusions, and everything — even time and love — is skinning itself like raw knees as you edge past.

excerpt from “The Tunnel of Stolen Throats,” from John Vincent Greco (Rich Baiocco)’s zine Death in a Rifle Garden (via dakotafloyd)

This excellent zine is available here! http://pioneerspress.com/catalog/artist/john-vincent_greco

(via wearepioneerspress)

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bone folder/paper scorer for crispy creases

embroidery floss + tapestry needles for peeps that stitch-bind

Sortkwik or Tacky Fingers for easier collating

rubber cement or glue sticks!

Sharpies or black art pens in assorted widths

grayscale markers for making things look shadowy

...

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I’m free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can’t really understand what it means. All I know is I’m totally alone. All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who’s lost his compass and his map. Is this what it means to be free?

~ Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)

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i think i grew a little today—but only in spirit. 

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This is a sneak peek at my upcoming A Facilitator’s Guide to Psychological Mutual Aid in Jails and Prisons, which will be completed this Thursday.

This chart is the inmate eligibility decision-making flow chart used to determine what type of peer support an inmate is eligible for.

(Note: This peer support program is specifically geared towards offsetting the increasing need for professional mental health assistance in institutions, which is why people without mental health concerns are ineligible.)

Copyright Megan Osborn 2014

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Art assembly line! Liam and Jack are painting mailing envelopes to pack Pioneers Press orders in! 

If you want one with your order just say something about it in the order notes and we’ll make it happen!

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Then she told herself, ‘Stop being so weak. Grow up and get over it.’ And then she never felt anything again.

Unknown (via veganfirebender)