My Zines

Hi, I’m Olivia M., and I’ve been involved in zine culture since Fall of 2014. Since I discovered zines I’ve made over 25 zines of my own, traded hundreds of zines with other zine-makers, edited the Asexual Content zine, helped found and run the Ace Zine Archive, run a zine Tumblr, contributed to many compilation zines, tabled at several zine fests and other art events, run several zine workshops teaching about zines and how to make them, and almost completed work on a zine-trading social network Android app called Let’s Trade Zines, to be launched in the near future. Basically, my life revolves around zines! Other current projects include being the head organizer for the Litchfield County Zine Fest and creating a zine anthology book of the first seven issues of my personal zine (meta)paradox. I also run a Discord server about zines called Zines and Zinesters, which you can find here: https://discord.gg/DrRyFx9

Here’s a link to my Etsy shop: http://etsy.com/shop/ParadoxNowCreations

Identities that are important to me include: 27 years old, queer, bi/panromantic, gray-aromantic, (gray) asexual, femme, autistic, chronically ill (I have multiple sclerosis, hypothyroidism, chronic depression and anxiety, and more), neurodivergent, disabled, mixed Latinx, atheist, secular humanist, feminist, skeptic, programmer, nerd, and cat lover.

I write about all of these identities and more in my zines, as well as write fiction, draw comics, take photos of interesting things, and cut and paste everything together!

Here is the current list of zines I’ve made or edited:

  • (meta)paradox #1
  • (meta)paradox #2
  • (meta)paradox #3
  • (meta)paradox #4: The Religion Issue (not currently available)
  • (meta)paradox #5: The Neuroqueer Issue
  • (meta)paradox #6: The Brainweird Issue
  • Meta (meta)paradox
  • Anecdata #1
  • Anecdata #2
  • Anecdata #3
  • Anecdata #4
  • Anecdata #5
  • Anecdata #7 (no, that’s not a typo, I haven’t finished #6 yet and #7 was a 24 hour zine)
  • Psychometry
  • Psychometry #2: Little Voices Everywhere
  • In Veritas Lost
  • Uncanny #1
  • Ephemeral #1
  • Ephemeral #2
  • Asexual Content #1: Relationships
  • Infinitism: The Zine
  • Let’s Make a Zine! An Interactive Workshop: The Zine!
  • Dark Light
  • Mirror Walk
  • Seamless
  • Possession Obsession
  • Ailenn and Mark: First Meeting
  • Ailenn and Jay: The Interview
  • Dream a Little Dream
  • Nostalgia Whiplash #1: The Internet of 2005-2007
  • A short zine on zines made for another zine workshop
  • Summer Playlist zine

I’m currently working on these zines:

Here is where I’ll list the zines (not my own) I’ve contributed pieces to:

  • Problem Skin Zine – “Under My Skin” (also printed in Anecdata #1)
  • Mental Health is Ugly – “The Mental is Physical”
  • Chroma Zine – “Situated on Spectra” (also printed in (meta)paradox #2)
  • The Bandit Zine: Love + Heartbreak – “Finding Asexual Love” (also printed in (meta)paradox #4)
  • Technophilia #0 – “Transhumanist Feels” (also printed in (meta)paradox #3)
  • f-ace-ing silence #4 – “Gray-A Definitions, Division and Silencing in the Ace Community”
  • No Missing Pieces #2 – “I Talk About Myself Too Much” and “I ❤ Lists” (also printed in (meta)paradox #2)
  • Hairy Femme Mother #2 – “Hairy Disabled Latina Femme” (also printed in (meta)paradox #5)
  • All in Your Head #3: (A)Sexuality, Intimacy, and Identity – “Am I Gray? Gray Areas of Identity and Impairment” (also printed in (meta)paradox #3)
  • All in Your Head #4: Cure – I contributed to a round table discussion in this issue
  • Sober Queers Do Exist – “Fear and Habit”
  • FEMME: Part 1 – “Queer and Femme” (also printed in (meta)paradox #5)
  • Versions of Violence: Queer Women and Femmes on Heterosexism – “Heterosexism and Invisibility”
  • STATIC Zine: Heal & Grow – “Zines and Healing”
  • Flourish Zine – “Queer Ace”
  • Femmes & Flowers: Coloring Book Zine – a photo of me was made into a coloring book drawing in this zine
  • Bi Focus: Coming Out – “Bi Myself” (also printed in (meta)paradox #5)
  • Mixed Up! Vol. 2: The Mixed-Race Queer & Feminist Zine – “Guacamole Memories”
  • Dragon Trainer High School – “Sephy & Gwendolyn” (an art piece)
  • If there is an Aces in the Church #2, I will have a piece in it. It’s written, but I didn’t submit it in time for it to get into the first issue.
  • The Last Time I Cried Volume II – Untitled piece
  • Paper Currency #1 – A piece on my “first zine” that got me into zines
  • Riot Grrrl Reviews #1 – Several reviews
  • A Paw-Culiar Cuteness – A drawing titled “Calvin”

Zine and related events I’ve tabled at:

  • East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest 2016
  • Pioneer Valley Zine Fest 2017
  • Springfield Book Crafters Fair 2017
  • Queer/Trans Zine Fest 2017
  • Railroad Days Street Festival 2017
  • Western Massachusetts Queer Makers Market Summer 2017
  • New Zineland 2017
  • Betty Zine Fest 2017
  • Northampton Print and Book Fair 2017
  • New York Queer Zine Fair 2017
  • Winter Solstice Queer Makers Market 2017
  • NYC Feminist Zine Fest 2018
  • Massachusetts Feminist Zine Fest 2018
  • Pioneer Valley Zine Fest 2018
  • Queer/Trans Zine Fest 2018
  • New York Queer Zine Fair 2018
  • Western Massachusetts Queer Maker’s Market Summer 2018
  • Flywheel Comics Fest 2018
  • Pioneer Valley Zine Fest 2019
  • NYC Feminist Zine Fest 2019

Places I’ve taught zine workshops:

  • Stanford Splash! Fall 2016
  • Stanford LGBT-CRC (as a part of the Flourish program)
  • Douglas Library (Canaan, CT) (x2)
  • David M. Hunt Library (Falls Village, CT)
  • The Cornwall Library (Cornwall, CT)
  • Bushnell Sage Library (Sheffield, MA)
  • Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference 2018
  • Northeast QTPOC Conference 2018
  • Northeast LGBT Conference 2018
  • Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference 2019

Upcoming events I’ll be at:

  • Litchfield County Zine Fest 2019
  • Western Mass Queer Makers Market Summer 2019
  • NY Queer Zine Fair 2019