Just added to the Stranger Danger catalog:
(meta)paradox #5 -- Olivia has been a longtime supporter of Stranger Danger & so it’s sweet to be carrying her zine in the distro. She calls this one “the neuroqueer issue,” with writing on “the intersection of queerness and neurodivergence (having a neurology that diverges from what is considered “normal”).” Olivia uses her writing to explore being queer, femme, Latina, atheist, autistic, & panromantic asexual, and how these parts of her identity interact with and influence one another. There’s so much in here that it would be impossible to recap it all in this description. It’s very personal, very text-heavy, & very long -- 88 pages! You’ll be reading this one for days.
Secondhand Emotion #2 -- I really loved the first issue of this zine & so I was thrilled to discover that the second issue is also incredible. It carries the subtitle of “navigating the politics of attraction in late capitalism through a nihilistic feminist lens” & the writing inside is candid & powerful. Here Cassandra looks back on past relationships (& her actions once they ended) in order to dig through feelings about race + location + desirability + social capital. In doing so she works through difficult questions & realizations about herself, her past partners, and her community. This is one of the best zine series being published today, I promise you.
Get ‘em over at Stranger Danger!