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The stripped, DIY experimentalism of SHOOT zine

Zine Scene — Conceived by photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya in the ’00s, the publication’s photos injected vulnerability into gay portraiture, and provided a window into the characters of the Brooklyn arts scene. A new photobook collates work made across its seven issues.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

What is a mommy kink, and why is everyone a mother now?

Mommy issues — In an extract from the second issue of PULP, a new erotic, queer zine, Megan Wallace dives into why mothers are currently the ‘kink du jour’.

  • Culture
  • Megan Wallace

This erotic zine dismantles LGBTQ+ respectability politics

Zine Scene — Created by Megan Wallace and Jack Rowe, PULP is a new print publication that embraces the diverse and messy, yet pleasurable multitudes that sex and desire can take.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

How women radicalised the world of self-publishing

Inside the revolution — For decades, women have been using independent zines to discuss the issues that matter to them – rejecting the mainstream media’s misogyny to take issues into their own hands. We talk to the most revolutionary publishers about what spurned them on.

  • Activism
  • Emma Finamore

How young Londoners are joining forces for Grenfell

Creativity in motion — Off The Block is a new print magazine celebrating London’s diverse creative scene, with all profits going towards the victims of last year’s Grenfell Tower tragedy.

  • Activism
  • Emma Finamore

Viewing sexual subcultures through a sociological lens

Lust & desire — From cannibalism and butt play to homemade sex toys, Phile is the new zine exploring and celebrating sexual diversity around the world.

  • Zine Scene
  • Salma Haidrani

Read an extract from Dream Nails’ reproductive justice zine

‘A trans man in a gynaecologist’ — Writer J Jones touches on the unspoken struggles of transgender men in an exclusive extract from Your Body Is Not Your Own – the reproductive justice zine from punk witch activists, Dream Nails.

  • Zine Scene
  • J Jones

How to stand out in the self-publishing scene

Five tips from Good Press — Nervous about getting your zine out to the audience it deserves? Matthew Walkerdine from Glasgow’s indie institution, Good Press Gallery, shares his wisdom.

  • Print
  • Salma Haidrani

The provocative photography zine celebrating loose living

Winging it — For their second issue, the team behind Loose have curated another zine full of roguish art and photography that celebrates the noble art of making it up as you go along.

  • Zine Scene
  • Niall Flynn

The complicated relationship between food & race in the UK

Skin Deep zine — The seventh issue of the London-based magazine Skin Deep explores the complex connections between British PoC and the modern food world. ‘‘There is no English history without our histories,’ explain co-founders Anuradha Henriques and Lina Abushouk.

  • Zine Scene
  • Salma Haidrani

Capturing small-town mischief in the Rhondda Valleys

Zine Scene — In a new zine, Welsh photographer Elijah Thomas documents the colourful characters that make up the tight-knit communities he calls home.

  • Zine Scene
  • Niall Flynn

The sex zines you should be reading in 2018

Five of the best — From sex work and sordid confessionals, to contemporary art and cult comics: we round up the most boundary-breaking independent publications.

  • Print
  • HUCK HQ

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