Zines from the Borderlands: Storytelling about Mixed-Heritage How can zines create new narratives and representations for mixed-heritage people, LGBTQ communities, and people of color who are stereotyped or ignored in mainstream media? What is the role of zines, DIY and self-publishing within marginalized communities? How can zine culture open up space for intersectional conversations about identity and cultural hybridity? Come participate in a vibrant conversation about race, gender, sexuality and media with four zinesters, activists and media-makers. Multimedia panel presentations will touch on themes such as: telling inclusive and intersectional stories; DIY and self-publishing; zine creation, production, and distribution; leveraging zine culture for racial and LGBTQ justice and movement building, and more. Panelists include: Nia King, filmmaker, zinester and editor of MXD: True Stories by Mixed Race Writers Daniela Capistrano, founder of the POC Zine Project and DCAP Media Jenna Freedman, Barnard Zine Librarian and author of the zine Lower East Side Librarian Moderated by: Anne Hays, founder of Brooklyn-based zine distro, Sleeping Creatures, and founding editor of Storyscape. April 24th, 2014 7pm-9pm Brooklyn Historical Society, Great Hall Free This event is co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Zine Fest, a 2-day festival showcasing 150 writers, artists, publishers, a zine exposition and public talks on April 26th-27th; ABC No Rio, a collectively-run center for arts and activism in the Lower East Side; and BlueStockings Bookstore, a feminist bookstore, cafe and activist center.

1. Zines in the Barnard Library:
Collecting, Providing Access and Preserving
Zines from the Borderlands
Presented by Zine Librarian Jenna Freedman
Zines from the Borderlands:
Storytelling about Mixed-Heritage
Brooklyn Historical Society, 2014

2. Browse your zine & excerpt. Discuss with your
group on one or more of these questions:
• How is mixed heritage identity expressed (or
hidden) in the zine?
• What are the visual elements, and how do
they interact with the text—support,
contradict, call attention to?
• Why did the author choose this medium?

3. Barnard's zines are written by women (cis- and
transgender) with an emphasis on zines by
women of color. We collect zines on feminism
and femme identity by people of all genders.
The zines are personal and political publications
on activism, anarchism, body image, third wave
feminism, gender, parenting, queer community,
riot grrrl, sexual assault, trans experience, and
other topics.

7. Gratuitous cat
Quinn, fosterling of
Erin Fae, poses with
Imaginary Windows #4

8. Credits & Links
• Cover slide photo from post on Brooklyn
College zines blog by Devon Nevola
• zines.barnard.edu
• @barnlib
• lowereastsidelibrarian.info