#queerarcana

[queertrashdistro]

reboundary - a zine about processing, boundaries and relationships

another zine by jade mars of queer arcana.

(in english)

This zine was created during spring 2016 and is a collection of affirmations, boundaries, and reminders to myself. It was written as a way to process the past couple of years of my life and as a means to think about my past, current and new relationships; I hope that it can be useful to other people as a springboard for thinking about one's own boundaries, needs and desires.

available from queer trash distro at the zinefest berlin on october 29th 2016

[violet-velveteen]

A mini guide to Berlin, my favourite city! With a load of brunch suggestions, other vegan (and non-vegan) places to eat, and queer/ radical places to hang out. Includes attached fold-out double-sided map section, with maps of Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg.

[autistic-flirting]

When you’re part of an autistic couple and you and your partner keep sending each other submissions from autistic-flirting, saying ‘it’s us!’

[violet-velveteen]

A mini guide to Berlin, my favourite city! With a load of brunch suggestions, other vegan (and non-vegan) places to eat, and queer/ radical places to hang out. Includes attached fold-out double-sided map section, with maps of Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg.

[violet-velveteen]

(re)bound(ary) - a zine about processing and relationships by Jade Mars. This zine was created during spring 2016 and is a collection of affirmations, boundaries, and reminders to myself. It was written as a way to process the past couple of years of my life and as a means to think about my past, current and new relationships; I hope that it can be useful to other people as a springboard for thinking about one's own boundaries, needs and desires.

[violet-velveteen]

A zine about being sexually dysfunctional whilst participating in sex-positive queer spaces. Written by four queers, this zine discusses feeling excluded from sex-positive spaces, the limits of consent, not feeling queer 'enough', bad sex and sad sex. Some things about us (from the introduction): We are a group of four white queers, and - despite differing gender identities - were all assigned female at birth and are now usually read as women. We are all currently physically non-disabled, in our 20s, south London-based, attracted to people of various genders, have had shitty abusive relationships (mostly but not exclusively with men), are currently suffering or have previously suffered from various mental health problems, love cats. Content note: these pieces include subjects such as rape, sexual assault and coercion, abusive relationships, self-harm, anxiety and depression. The writing also reflects cisnormativity and internalised homophobia and misogyny.

[violet-velveteen]

Not Trans Enough: a compilation zine on the erasure of non-passing and non-conforming trans people, edited by Eddie Jude of latebloomzines.etsy.com. With over 30 contributors and 50 pages of writings, stories, poems, comics and images, this zine explores the multiple lived truths of trans and non-binary people who feel, in some way or another, the pressure to 'conform' to dominate narratives of what it means and looks like to be trans. This zine explores the notion of trans authenticity created by cissexist ideas of gender 'normalcy' and breaks them down; tears them apart. This zine asks us if we can envision something new and broaden our ideas surrounding identity and gender. This zine is printed in colour and can be ordered with purple, blue, yellow, or pink cover pages. "Can we envision something new? Where femininity is celebrated; where violent masculinity isn’t acceptable; where intersectional experiences of violence and oppression are not removed from our gender identities? Where self-determination is seen as truth? My hope with this zine is that it becomes a stepping-stone on the path to growth and understanding, and while I know that it could never represent all experiences, I hope that it demonstrates that a wide range of truths exists, and that there is no such thing as not being trans enough." There is also a tumblr related to this zine: http://nottransenoughzine.tumblr.com/

[violet-velveteen]

My Top 5 Fish Suppers was inspired by a call-out I made earlier in 2016 - I asked friends to suggest topics for zines for me, and this was the result! The zine is a record of my favourite fish or seafood meals that I have ever eaten, from moules-frites (mussels and chips) in the south of France to prawn tempura in Tokyo. It's also quite possibly my most middle-class zine yet!