Zines
The zines collected below are about community, imagination, and grassroots empowerment. They each express critique of commercial big tech, each in different ways, from political analysis and constructive alternatives to creative speculation and play. A zine is a self-published, non-commercial (or cost-recovery-only) booklet that can be about pretty much anything. They’re made with feeling, not polish, so zines are scrappy and a bit chaotic. They are, however, still creative works with moral rights. Please note and adhere to the licensing information on each zine before copying. You may be able to order a physical copy from their creators.
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Academizines!: A Manifesto
The authors of this zine, Zach Frazier and Spencer Keralis, propose zines as a powerful form of public writing in a time when traditional scholarly publishing is collapsing under the weight of its own neoliberal corruption. It presents principles and…
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LOOMING, Issue #2
A zine dedicated to exploring the impacts of technology, particularly digital technologies. Our title is intended to invoke a few things: the human-scale technology of hand looms that have been used for millennia to weave textiles; the power-looms that displaced…
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Power Tools, Issue 2
Why fascists hate art, the myth of human amplification, the need for space for silence, sex bots, the AGI redactions and the fight for cognitive liberty. This second issues features seven creatives, including illustrators, writers, designers and artists. It is…
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Power Tools, Issue 1
This zine explores AI as a power structure, religion and tool for tech billionaires. The first issue features eight creatives, including photographers, cartoonists, designers, artists and writers. It’s a mix of short stories, poems, essays, and art with critique of…
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Flash Fic Friday, Vol. 1
These stories were originally published in June-August 2025. Each one is a tiny snippet of dystopian – and sometimes even utopian – fiction about the future of AI, digital technologies, and education.
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LOOMING, Issue #1
A zine dedicated to exploring the impacts of technology, particularly digital technologies. Our title is intended to invoke a few things: the human-scale technology of hand looms that have been used for millennia to weave textiles; the power-looms that displaced…
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