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I would bludgeon panphobes so hard they develop panophobia. And you should to.

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This is a forced entry This is the algometry This is panophobic This is the last conflict

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Gallery window drawings for @trevisocomicbookfestival My exhibition ‘Panophobia’ opens here on Saturday night 😏 #panophobia #trypophobia https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPD-hmHYQ1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o5wamu3y9xhx

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Fear of Everything: Panophobia in the Music Industry

The era of zines in the 1990s was a time filled with social, political, and cultural change. With these changes came many new opinions and a constant flow of media, specifically the explosion of zines as a form of expression. I had the opportunity to search through the University of Iowa’s riot grrrl and underground music zine collection from sisters Sarah and Jen Wolfe. The duo collected items relating to both the riot grrrl movement, its political and social influences, and other personal mementos. However, other pieces were based solely on the music rising in the 1990s, including both the more significant, nationally-covered bands and smaller local artists.

I focused on the zine created by Jen and Sarah Wolfe called Panophobia, which revolves around the local music industry of Iowa City, along with some surrounding music acts of larger scale. The creative idea behind the zine is the focus on fear; each interviewer asks the band members what they are afraid of, humanizing these stars. I found the emotional aspect of the zine to be extremely unique. Many people attempt to glorify the music industry and those at the center of its hype; with a new interview style, musicians are seen in a different light.

One interesting aspect of the zine is not only the content, but the structure as well. Some issues are more visually based, including comics, pictures, and doodles. The comics are almost always related to the topic of fear in humorous ways, adding another dimension between interviews to intersect the idea of fear. Another fun part of the zine is the vocabulary included; obscure fears and their definitions are posted at the bottom of each page, adding to the Wolfe sisters’ complex idea of horror. Other issues of Panophobia are almost completely void of imagery, focusing on the interview aspect of their content. These variations feel both odd yet comforting in the inconsistency; the reader truly feels as if a real person is writing these articles for their own interests rather than focusing on the opinion of others on what should be done. Another example of the human error within Panophobia was in one issue, one of the authors forgot the names of a few band members she interviewed along with forgetting to press record on an audio-recorder! These mistakes, while they may seem unprofessional to some, add to the humor and genuineness of the zine’s image and dialect.

The name of the zine, Panophobia, literally translates as “fear of everything” or an omnipresent sense of evil. This title is fitting and humorous considering the basis of the content. The Wolfe sisters focused on the music scene both in Iowa City and other nearby communities, creating a broad audience. I did not recognize many of the names of bands interviewed, other than outside references to riot grrrl groups such as Bikini Kill and Bratmobile. The zine seems to lack any political motivations; the focus is set on the music and humanity itself behind the era’s musicians, which I think would have been refreshing in such a brash time for music with riot grrrl and political resistance happening. The only real social references made were from a few comments from one underground band stating their lack of desire for media coverage like other riot grrrl groups.

One main difference I found within Panophobia in comparison to other zines from the same time was the focus not being on the author’s opinions. The variations in both submitted or interview-based text were made up of the views of others, rather than the zine feeling like a diary of some kind. Focusing on other people was incredibly refreshing after scouring through other texts made of whining, pointless, unreadable stories published during the same period. The light, pure-hearted narrative within some issues of the zines was both odd and interesting in relation to the text sometimes focusing on topics like fear and death.

Overall, I feel as if Panophobia was extremely interesting due to its strange focus on the taboo topic of fear by so many big names of the local music scene in the 1990s. I found the zine to be a right balance of information and opinion within its context. While it may not have contained an overwhelming political or social influence, the information and act of humanizing the music industry’s favorite players gave Panophobia an exciting twist.

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365 Days of Alissa White-Gluz: day 21

“This is panophobic. This is the last conflict.”

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Happy to have reached the arse end of the week 🙃 #watercolour #panophobia https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_UIgEH42i/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13f2t4ifuc83e

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