Day 1 of #CZF2015 was amazing! We had a fantastic opening panel, with moderator Jenna Freedman and panelists Ocean Capewell, Julia Eff, and Jonas discussing the nature of zines, the importance of community (and snail mail!), and their own aesthetic choices. Thanks to each of them!
The youth readers were fabulous, with poems about french fries, Mother’s Day, lightning, and thunder, as well as an excerpt from a perzine about high school crushes.
We finished strong with the exhibitor readers: Annie Mok, Celia Pérez, Martha Grover, Matt Davis, H. Melt, and Mimi Thi Nguyen. Topics included identity, community, sexuality, Forever 21, investigating for insurance fraud, "adolescent spiritual violence", and Sonic the Hedgehog. If you weren’t there, you missed out on a great night!
We’re looking forward to another excellent day tomorrow at Plumbers’ Union Hall!!