Halloween 2011!

So I heard on the radio that if you were a,

Pan Am stewardess,

a PlayBoy Bunny,

Amy Wine House

or someone from the Black Swan for Halloween this year

that you A: were boring and B: had no creativity or imagination.. good thing i didn't dress up as any of those things this year.

I originally wanted to be a bar beer maiden...

But that changed to me going as a sugar Skull from the mexican day of thew dead :)

The whole costume cost me around 40$ after buying the clothing second hand , finding the face paint and hitting up the dollar store for some flowers and hair things.

The make up took me like 2 hours in the morning to do. but it was sooo worth it.

I spent my day working at the store scaring small children every time they would see me. then i had a night on the town with my friends at the apartment in Toronto :)

It was a good time.

Zine

So I was browsing through Sheridan's library the other day and i saw a book self covered in What look like cute little scrapbooks call zinez.

Little did i know how serious and diverse they wold be.

from she's so very... ( that deals with depression,mono,bands ans life)

To and art school love letter (that was one persons od to art school)

To picture books labled fish kiss

Im obsessed now.

I want to buy some

or at very least make my own.

:)

http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine/

ZINE is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier.

A popular definition includes that circulation must be 5,000 or less, although in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 1,000, and profit is not the primary intent of publication.

Zines are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circulation. Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art and design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, single topic obsession, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by revenue from sale of zines. Small circulation zines are often not explicitly copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. In recent years a number of photocopi

ed zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution

What’s a Zine?

A zine is a handmade, self-published magazine with a strong focus on personal interests and creative design of text, layout, and graphics…

Riot grrrl was an underground feminist punk movement based in Washington, DC, Olympia, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and the greater Pacific Northwest which existed in the early to mid-1990s, and it is often associated with third-wave feminism (it is sometimes seen as its starting point).^{[citation needed]} Riot grrrl bands often address issues such as rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, and female empowerment.

Some bands associated with the movement are Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Excuse 17, Heavens to Betsy, Fifth Column, Calamity Jane, Huggy Bear, Adickdid, Emily's Sassy Lime, The Frumpies, The Butchies, Sleater-Kinney, Bangs and also queercore like Team Dresch.^[1] In addition to a music scene and genre, riot grrrl is also a subculture; zines, the DIY ethic, art, political

action, and activism are part of the movement.^[2] Riot grrrls are known to hold meetings, start chapters, and support and organize women in music.^[3]