#aids zines

[ali-ali-al1]

Doing my EPQ (extended project qualification, UK thing) about queer history is great, apart from the fact that every time I try and sit down to research I end up on the verge of tears

Big Feelings Babey 👍

[unionyaoizine]

INTEREST CHECK FOR THE UNION YAOI ZINE IS GO!

Please fill out the interest check form if you're interested in buying or participating in this zine!

All proceeds will go to IATSE's mutual aid fund (AID IA) which goes into the hands of animation workers who are struggling to pay their bills due to layoffs!

Form will close Friday August 30th! Turn on notifications for updates!

[hkthatgffan]

Here are some amazing Gravity Falls fan projects currently going on that I feel deserve some further promotion and discussion. Check them out and support them if you can. Gravity Falls fans rock!

@tenyearsofbillcipher: A Zine celebrating 10 years of Bill Cipher. Currently available for pre orders that have been extended till the end of September!

Order Here!

@gf-seasons-zine: A non-profit Gravity Falls zine centred around the Pines family hanging out in the different seasons of the year. Pre-orders for the zine will open September 24th.

Carrd Link

Back To The Mystery Zine: Organized by @awhphooey and CelestialCherri, this is a zine celebrating the return to Gravity Falls, where the weirdness never fades. Currently in interest check for 7 more days!

Interest Check Form

@mystery-twin-mystery-bags: Organized by my friend @fordtato. Stickers, pins, posters, buttons, charms & more by your favorite Gravity Falls fan artists for randomized packages. All proceeds going directly to Gaza relief! Currently accepting applications!

Application Form

[trektasticzine]

Our fundraiser for Palestine is now live!

Badges and stickers are now for sale on our shop website!

All profits made from these items will be donated to the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), which works to provide urgent medical care to Palestinians suffering under occupation, in Gaza and the West Bank as well as in refugee camps in Lebanon.

The QR code on the "are you on the side of genocide?" sticker links to the Palestine Matters resource carrd when scanned.

Now we need you! 🫵

Please share this post to get this project more exposure!

Link to our shop:

Palestine Matters carrd:

[optictuna]

Just finished this up!

A collection of strategies and my own thoughts on how to get started using your art for mutual aid and community strengthening.

Available digitally (free) and physically (paid).

[pixelsandpapers]

We're looking for indie comic features right now!

As we work on our first magazine edition we'll be hunting for independent artists to promote. Our first theme covers topics such as greek/roman mythos, doorways and openings, beginnings, coming of age, and options and resolutions. If this matches your comic or one you enjoy please give us a recommendation either on this post or in our asks box along with how to contact the author. We will not be too strict about theme as this is our first issue.

For more terms, specifications, policies etc. please check below.

We do ask that all submissions be SFW for a general audience (if you have questions about what is and isn't appropriate please contact us, we will be happy to discuss)

Fancomics are welcome

Less popular comics are preferred and will be prioritised

Yes you may absolutely submit yourself or your works

Yes we have a separate column for additional artists that don't make comics

No comics will be featured without consent from the author

Spreads, interviews, articles, etc will be approved by the author in question before release to the public

This is NOT an official publication, we receive no funding, nobody gets paid. This is all volunteer work offered by a couple of comic artists with too much time.

There are no contracts involved with this and no small text other than "help us spread our magazine"

finished magazine will be posted on Tumblr, Tapas, and Webtoons. Authors may share the magazine anywhere else they please.

Ask box is always open to questions and concerns. Questions are free too!!

[all-things-are-nothing-to-me]

I'm tabling a mutual aid fair on Saturday.

[apricotbuncakes]

Please help me raise enough funds for surgery. We're 48% complete (almost halfway)!

$2,861/$6,000

Gofundme

Paypal

[the-hot-zone]

i saw the AIDS memorial quilt for the first time this weekend. nothing prepares you for seeing the size of the panels in real life: the average size of a grave. the grief makes you want to lay down into a panel to fit yourself to a grave's dimensions. the quilt is one of the largest pieces of folk art in the world according to one of the volunteers & each square is so meticulously personalized with poetry, words in other languages, music, photographs, handprints, messages, and more--you can feel the grief physically. and it remained one of the emptiest locations at pride for the entire weekend.

[jojotier]

Hey all, guess who got to write a piece for the incredible @worldbeyondzine! Here's a little taste of what you can expect with my piece- a werewolf in love...

It was a blast working with so many talented creators bringing their own unique and gorgeous spin on transmasc horror, and I can't wait for y'all to see the amazing work everyone's put in!

Preorders are open now!! All profits will go to various Palestinian gofundmes when all is said and done

[noneedtofearorhope]

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, approximately seven hundred people experiencing or at risk of homelessness are killed from hypothermia annually in the so-called United States.

Absolutely no one should be left to sleep outside during cold weather yet a range of factors may force people to sleep in the cold; from discriminatory shelters kicking people out, being kicked out of a house during a storm, being forced to flee an abuser, simply being unprepared, etc. Raids sweeps and anti-homeless laws, such as anti-camping ordinances push people to camp in hidden and dispersed areas which puts them more at risk.

[kikisdeliveryzine]

Verified here!

Donate $5USD (50SEK) or more & send your receipt HERE for a Kiki's Delivery Zine discount code!

Every additional $5USD donated will donate a community copy to our pool too! More information here.

[trektasticzine]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Trektastic Zine is holding a fundraiser for Palestine. 🇵🇸

We did say we had an announcement to make and here it is!

First of all, we are aware that this is a divisive topic amongst people and that we may well receive backlash for this, however we have decided to stand by our principles. No human beings deserve to live under violent occupation (or, to be frank, genocide). We also feel it is right to utilise a platform like this project to make a difference if we can.

What's happening?

We have created some designs which show solidarity for Palestine and which (subtly - we don't want to sideline Palestine as the main focus) incorporate Star Trek themes, in order to link this cause to the theme of our zine. We will be selling these designs as badges and stickers - which we are in the process of ordering an initial small batch of. We will restock if they sell successfully.

Where is the money going?

Any and all profits we make from these products will be donated directly to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), which works to provide immediate medical care to Palestinians suffering under occupation, in Gaza and the West Bank as well as in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

https://www.map.org.uk/

PLEASE SHARE 🔄

We can make this fundraiser successful if we are able to make a profit on these items (eg. make back more money than we've spent). Given the success of the zine, we're hopeful, but we need your help! The more awareness is brought to this project, the greater its chance of success and the chance to make a difference, so please share this post!

Stay tuned for updates on this project!

[gregdotorg]

Chris Rusak's latest studio zine, HOME, contains the conceptual fragrance artist's reflections of his own dislocation in light of the loss of home and family experienced by Palestinians in Gaza. It's slight, heavy, and beautiful, and Rusak is donating the proceeds to organizations providing mutual aid to Palestinians.

[satansfavoritedyke]

I made my first zine! I'm gonna get copies at the local library and leave them around town in inaccessible places I'm unable to go because I'm a disabled mobility aid user with mobility restrictions, so that people start noticing how horrifyingly inaccessible this stupid town and the world at large is.

[harriet-de-g]

Cette liste est un extrait du chapitre sur "pour les proches" issu du zine «Toujours mal quelque part» 📖. Pour lire la suite, rdv sous ce lien

◽ À commencer par la base de la base : on ne remet pas en question quelqu’un·e qui exprime ses limites. Même si c’est frustrant parce que ça change les projets, même si ça veut dire aller plus lentement, même si on pense qu’elle pourrait faire un petit effort. Seule la personne concernée peut décider de qu’elle est ou non en capacité de faire.

◽ Ça implique aussi de ne pas culpabiliser les personnes parce qu’on doit s’adapter à leurs besoins, par exemple en pointant à quel point c’est contraignant pour nous. Respecter ses proches handi·es n’est pas une faveur, ça devrait être normal.

◽ L’être humain en face de vous vit avec ses douleurs depuis assez longtemps pour avoir essayé un nombre incalculable de pistes thérapeutiques. Alors sauf quand c’est demandé, on arrête avec les conseils santé décalés, que vous serez probablement la centième personne à rabâcher.

◽ On gère son sentiment d’impuissance avec soi-même. Des fois, on va voir ses potes souffrir à en pleurer et on pourra rien faire à part les laisser tranquille. C’est normal de vouloir aider dans ces moments, chercher des solutions, mais on revient au point précédent. Le risque c’est juste que la personne qui en bave se sente en plus coupable de ne pas réussir à aller mieux par elle-même.

◽ « Prend soin de toi », « n’hésite pas si t’as besoin » sont des phrases assez faciles à prononcer, mais assez peu efficaces. Le plus simple, surtout en période de crise, c’est de proposer des trucs concrets : « je passe vers chez toi, t’as besoin de courses ? », « je peux faire ta vaisselle pendant que je suis là », « cette tâche a l’air de te prendre beaucoup de temps, est-ce que tu voudrais de la relève ? ».

◽ Les discours sur le dépassement de soi, ça conduit beaucoup de personnes à se mettre en danger, à abîmer leur santé avec la croyance que le mental peut tout. Ça ne viendrait pas à l’esprit d’encourager un·e pote avec une jambe cassée à faire de la randonnée. Ce n’est pas parce que la peine ne se voit pas qu’elle est moins handicapante.

◽ La douleur (et les capacités physiques en général) ne sont pas des données fixes, parfois un truc est possible, comme monter des escaliers, d’autre fois non. Être douloureux·se chronique c’est un constant calcul entre les choses à faire et l’énergie disponible. Seule la personne dont le corps va en subir les conséquences après-coup peut décider si elle veut « faire un effort ».

◽ Si on sait que l’activité qu’on s’apprête à faire exige beaucoup d’énergie pour l’autre, on qu’on a un doute, c’est bien de prévoir des plans B. Quand Machin a ultra envie d’aller à la plage, mais que c’est pas possible, peut-être qu’on peut se programmer une soirée film à la place, au lieu de juste annuler. C’est aussi une façon de montrer à ses proches qu’on les apprécie et soutient dans tous leurs états, pas uniquement quand iels sont « capables ».

◽ Quand on commence à connaître bien une personne, ça peut-être plus facile de repérer les signes qu’elle atteint ses limites avant que celle-ci s’en rende compte : irritabilité, ralentissement ou au contraire empressement… Dans ces moments ça peut être chouette de proposer du relais sur la tâche en cours, ou de chercher un endroit de répit pour une pause. Pour autant, attention à ne pas entrer dans des mécanismes d’infantilisation. On n’a pas 100 % du temps envie d’être raisonnable, et c’est OK.