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20 Words or Less About Depression - Added 1.9.26 - (Maamyyrä - 2011 - The Icarus Project) Words, Lit, Prose, Photo, Depression, Self Care
Activist Approach to Domestic Violence, An(.pdf) Activism, Assault, Relationships, Abuse, Sexual Violence
Activist Trauma & Recovery(.PDF)- Activism, Mental Health
An Activist's Guide to Basic First Aid (.PDF) - Activism, First Aid, DIY Guide
Alone and Together - Added 7.7.25 - Physical Health, Disability, Minizine, Accessibility, COVID-19, Pandemic, Collective Care, Mental Health, Community
Ancient Egypt & Disability - Added 1.9.26 - (Disability Action Research Kollective) Disabled People, Ancient Egypt, Ma'at, Bes, Dwarfism, Blindness, The Cairo Toe, Prosthetics, Suicide, Ancient Texts, Djeho, Harpocrates, Deities, Premature Birth, Hatshepsut, Pharaohs, Horus, Khnumhotep, Walking Devices, Pataikos, Ptah, Pereniankh, Queen Ati, Roma, Seneb, Club Foot, Cerebral Palsy, Siptah, Scribes, Osteoarthritis, King Tutankhamen, Genetics, Spinal Issues, Anysis, The Durham Hand, Geheset, Khnum-Nakht, Dental Conditions, Double Germination, Per-Nefers, Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben
And Still I Rise - A Zine About Domestic Violence(.PDF) - Domestic Assault, Consent, Violence, Relationships
ANTIFA Super Soldier Training Manual #1 - Strength Training(.pdf) Exercise, Lifting, Weights, Bodybuilding, Barbells, Dumbbells, Athletic Training, Powerlifting, Body Positivity, Activism Guide, DIY Gym, Nutrition, Muscles
Anxiety Sucks. Come Relax a Little with Me! - Added 1.9.26 - Minizine, Anxiety, Self-Care, Self Help, Advice, Calmness
Attitude Adjustment - On Being Crazy in a Crazy World(.PDF) - Comics, Mental Health
Autism Rep in Cartoons- Added 7.7.25 - (Jude Cope) - Autism, Mental Health, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, El Tigre, Scooby Doo, Rick and Morty, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dead End: Paranormal Park
Awkward at the Doctor(.PDF) - Queer, Healthcare, LGBTQA, Homophobia, Transphobia
Be There for Each Other Because the System is Not, and Won't Ever Be, on Our Side(.PDF) - Self-Care, LBGTQA, Physical Health, Mental Health, Disease, Wellness, Suicide, Support
Beautiful Truth(PDF) - (Dexter Freud, 2024) - Sketches, Illustrations, Self-Portrait, Artist Process
Becoming a Mid Wife in 10 Easy Years Part 4 (.PDF) - Motherhood, Midwives, Birth, Babies, Parenthood, Fathers, Mothers, Labor, Childcare, Doula, Children, Stories, Comics
Bedbound Diaries(.PDF) (Eman) - Chronic Illness, Health, Perzine, Diary, Art, Poetry, Allah, Muslim, Pain, Sickness, Prayer
Bedside Companion, The - The Zine For When You Can't Get Out of Bed - Added 1.9.26 - Depression, Self Care, Self Help, Advice, Questions, Minizine
Being Borderline- Added 7.7.25 - (Eclipse Moontower) - BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Relationships, Psych Ward, Heartbreak, Love, Illustrations, Desolation, Melancholia, Minizine, Mental Illness, Mental Health
Birth as Power(.pdf) (Bloom Collective) - Organic Childbirth, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Birthing, Midwife, How-To Guide, DIY Guide, Nutrition, Prenatal
Bleeding Ache, The(.PDF)(Sharin F. Ali) - Poetry, Prose, Mental Health, Depression, Self-Harm, Substance Use, Anxiety, PTSD
Body Image During a Pandemic(.PDF) - Body Image, Body Positivity, Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Fatphobia, Social Media, Lockdown, Quarantine, Anxiety, Depression
Breathings - Daily Tips to Improve Your Well Being- Added 7.7.25 - (Lele Saa) - Mental Health, Self-Help, Self Care, Advice, Cute, Illustrations
Care Culture Collaborative #1- Added 7.7.25 - (Spring 2025) - Poetry, Health, Photography, Resources, Reproductive Health, Abortion, Long Beach, California, Art, Collage, Prose, Healthcare, Print, Norfside LB Outreach
Chasing Perfect - A Primer on Asian American Women and Psychology - Added 1.9.26 - (Jordan Alam - 2013) - Psychology, Asian Americans, Women, Ethnic Studies, Culture, Mental Health, Barnard College, Colombia University, Stigmas, Family, Immigrants, Model Minority Myth, Stereotypes, Math, Science, Microaggressions, Counseling, Therapy, Honor, Class, Income, Domesticity, Body Image, LGBTQA+, Relationships
Chicory #1(.PDF) Herbs, Herbalism, Tea, Health, DIY Guide, Medicine
Chronically - A Constant State of Sickness- (Lindsey Esplin) CW: Medical Gaslighting, Non-Specific Mentions of Childhood Abuse, Death, Abandonment, Ableism, Chronic Illness, Diagnosis, Health
Cripple Punk Mag #1(.pdf) - M. Sabal - July/Aug 2022 - Disability, Accessibility, DIY, Punk, Music, Subculture, Scenes, Interviews, Essays, Winterwolf, Afro-Surrealism
Cripple Punk Mag #2(.pdf) - M. Sabal - Sept/Oct 2022 - Disability, Accessibility, DIY, Punk, Music, Subculture, Scenes, Interviews, Essays, Venues, Shows, Nova Twins, Music Recording, Diversity, Zines
Cripple Punk Mag #3(.pdf) - M. Sabal - Feb/March 2023 - Disability, Accessibility, DIY, Punk, Music, Subculture, Scenes, Interviews, Essays, Saoirse, The Dilators, Zines, Corvallis Scene, Masking, Winterwolf, Anthems, Mental Health, Disability Justice, Books, Pits
DeEscalation and Grounding Skills for Activists, Revolutionaries, and Everyone! - (KC Van Der Zee and Kangs Trevens) Activism, DIY Guide, Trauma, Grounding, Non-Violent Communication, Self Regulation, De-Escalation
D.I.Y. Doula Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion(.pdf) - Abortion, Self-Care, Reproductive Rights, Medical Procedure, Physical Health, Mental Health, Sexual Health, DIY Guide, Pregnancy, Grief, Symptoms
Disability Film Analysis Tools- Added 7.7.25 - (Disability Action Research Collective) - Representation, Disabled, Disability, Ableism, Hollywood, Movies, Filmmaking, Character Development, Stereotypes, Prejudice, Depiction, Writing, Storytelling
Does Work Make You Sick?(.PDF) - Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Employers, Health, Wellbeing, Disability, Injury, Activism, Unions, Organizing, Bosses
The DOs and DON'Ts of the Wild & Free(.PDF) - (by Adam Gnade) - Self-Care, Mental Health, Anxiety, Activism, Advice, Depression, DIY Guide
Down with the Blues - My Struggle with Addiction(.PDF) (Angel) - Opioids, Pain Killers, Narcotics, Oxycontin, Fentanyl, Heroin, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Narcan, Sobriety, Overdose, Rehab, Treatment, Poetry, Art
Emotions! How to Deal with Negative Emotions - A Guide - Added 1.9.26 - (Mia - Nov. 2025) - Minizine, Mental Health, Emotions, Negativity, Advice, Self Care, Self Help, Stress Management
Everybody's Daughter(.PDF) (Sharin F. Ali) - TW: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Suicide Ideation - Poetry, Prose, Disordered Eating
A Female Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology Crash Course - (Scout Duncan) Female Anatomy, Genitalia, Uterus, Medical Diagrams, Ovaries, Vagina, Menstrual Cycle, Pregnancy, Abortion Laws, Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood
For When Life is Painful(.PDF)(Kind Strangers) - Pain, Emotional, Self-Care, Quotes, Audre Lorde
Gorda Puta(.PDF) (Cherry Vecchio) Spanish Language, Fatness, Fat Activism, Sex Work, Love, Family, Relationships, Poetry, Photography
Hair and Nerves(.PDF) (Eman) - Illustration, Art, Sketches, Drawings, Pain, Chronic Illness
Hair and Nerves II(.PDF) (Eman - 2023) - Illustration, Art, Sketches, Drawings, Pain, Chronic Illness
Handsome Testimonial, A - The Life & Times of James Scott (1829-1912)(.PDF) (Gill Chrenshaw - 2023) - Disability, Deafness, Hearing, Textiles, Workers, Yorkshire, England, Deaf, Victorian Era, Disabled Mill Workers, Unions, Labor
A Hastily Assembled Guide to Being Alone(.PDF) - Quarantine, Lockdown, Boredom, DIY Guide, Mini-Zine, Mental Health, Self Help
Health and Safety at Militant Actions(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting, Health, Medical, Safety, DIY Guide
How I Survived My Teenage Years- Added 7.7.25 - (Mollusc Dimension) - AAPI, ESEA, East Asian, Asian, LGBTIQA+, Non-Binary, Neurodivergence, ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Queer Asian, Trans, Transmasc, Bisexual, POC, BIPOC
How to Access Healthcare (When You're Poor As Fuck)- Added 7.7.25 - (Kim Adamski) - Healthcare, Doctors, Medicine, Insurance, American Healthcare System, US Capitalism, Advice, Low Income, Mental Health, Dental, Optical, Reproductive Care
How to Question Your Gender Without Going Insane- Added 7.7.25 - (Isaac James, 2025) - Genderqueer, Identity, Mental Health, Gender, Non-Binary, Genderfluid, Self Care, LGBTQA+
I am Not Ed Sheeran(.PDF) (Russ Kazmierczak Jr.) Ginger Identity, Redheads, Hair, Humor, Comics
I Love You, But #1(.pdf) (Stephanie Knipe) - Emotional Abuse, Relationships, Gaslighting, Control, Cis-Men
I was a Teenage Girl(.pdf) - Wesley Sueker - Transgender, LGTBQA+, Women, Sex Education, Girls, Puberty, Middle School, Bullying, Teen Girls, Adolescence, Pre-Teen, Barbie, Flirting, Perzine, Journaling, Collage
In Pain Zine- Added 7.7.25 - (Emma Major, 2024) - Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Disability, Pain, Paintings, Poetry, Invisible Illness, Digital Art
It Makes Me Sad You Are No Longer Sober - Added 1.9.26 - Sobriety, Weed, Alcohol, Drinking, Chronic Pain, Black & White, Digital Art, Collage, Photo, Minizine, Memory, Changes, Typography
Itchy Legs(.pdf) Illustration, Perzine, Health, Skin, Scars, Medication, Self-Care
Jane - Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973(.pdf) - Firestarter Press - 2004 - Reproductive Rights, Abortion, Pro-Choice, Roe v Wade, Health, Pregnancy, Right to Choose, Feminism, Illinois, Chicago, Clinics, Women, Politics
Lady Gardens(.pdf) - Pubic Hair, Shaving, Gender, Grooming, Vagina, Bush, Gender Politics, Feminism, Women, Porn, Labiaplasty, Razorburn
Lady Hell(.pdf) - 2022 - Reproductive Rights, Art, Collage, Illustration, Poetry, Roe v Wade, Abortion, Feminism, Right to Choose, Anti-Choice, Supreme Court, Pro-Choice, Risograph, Stories, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Horoscopes, Pregnancy, Fetus, Miscarriage, Bodily Autonomy
Lantern in the Dark - The Freedom of Anthroharmonics - Added 1.9.26 - (Toni Hazel - Lantern in the Dark Press - Winter Solstice 2025) - Anthroharmonics, Society, Humanity, Organizing, Philosophy, Identity, Reflection
Mental Healthy(.pdf) (by Jenny Eden) - Art, Illustration, Writing, Mental Health, Self-Care, Meditation, DIY Guide, Self Help
Nerve Pain(.PDF) (Eman) - Illustrations, Chronic Illness, Disability, Textured Hair, Dance, Pain, Fashion
Nervous System (PDF) (Blue Bubble Zine - Nov. 2023) - Illustrations, Nerves, The Body, Mixed Media, Collage, Sketches
Old Enough to Know Better: A Pro-Choice Zine From an Anti-Choice Childhood(.pdf) - Jacqueline Bryk - Reproductive Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Politics, Anti-Choice, Religious Right, White Woman Grief, Pregnancy, Roe v Wade, Supreme Court, Babies, Adoptions, Abortion, US Politics, Elections, Government, Feminism, Catholicism, Religion, Children, The Unborn
Old Habits Die Hard(.PDF) Comics, Mental, Lobotomy, Brain, Sci-Fi
Openbook Archives: June Issue- Added 7.7.25 - (June 2025) - Self Care, Wellness, Mental Help, Rest, Coping Tools, Creative Healing, Affirmations
Pathologize This! A Mental Health Zine #1 - Added 1.9.26 - Mental Illness, Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Poetry, Prose, Sexual Abuse, Trauma, Survivors, Elliott Smith, Suicide, ADHD, Depression, Music, Medication, Families, Addiction, Ableism
Pathologize This! #2(.pdf) TW: Suicide & Sexual Assault Mentions - Mental Health, Grief, Writing, Prose, Photo, Anxiety, Depression, Self Harm, Medical Fatphobia, Sexual Abuse, Consent, Sex, ADD, ADHD, Medication, Manic Depression, MDMA, Therapy
Peer Review #2 - Ten Theses on Science and Radicalism - Added 1.9.26 - (2025) - Vaccines, COVID-19, Scientific Community, Public Health, Debate, Anarchism, Technocracy, Technology, Rebellion, Experiments, Government, Lab Elite, Capitalism, Profit, Mutual Aid, Anti-Civ, Health, Medicine
Pepperspray, CS, and Other Less Lethal Weapons(.PDF) - Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide
Play! Fight!(.pdf) - Kinky Sex, Political Theory, Fetishism, Kink, Sex, Consent, Politics, Anarchomasochism, Anarchism, Body Politics, Perversion
Post-Roe TX(.pdf) (Fall 2022) - Austin, Texas, Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Roe vs. Wade, Pro-Choice, Clinics, Abortion Networks, Green Wave, Green Tide
Radical Mycology- (Spore Liberation Front) DIY Guide, Mushrooms, Fungi, Spores, Gardening, Foraging, Identification, Medicinals, Shrooms, Cooking, Mycorestation, Ethnomycology
Recipe for Growing Up Trans(.pdf) (Aaron) Trans, Minizine, Illustration, Mental Health, Self-Harm, LGBTQA+, Queer, Religion, Family
Safer Sex 101- Added 7.7.25 - (Kim Adamski) - Consent, Sexual Health, STDs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Condoms, Dental Dams, STD Testing, DIY Guide, Internal Condoms, PREP, PEP
Saints & Disability - Added 7.7.25 - (Disability Action Research Collective) - Ableism, Saints, Christianity, Catholicism, The Church, Disability, Disabled, History, Representation, Medieval, Middle Ages, Relics, Cults, Canonization, Physical Health
Sick Futurity(.PDF)(Lyndsey Beutin & Cal Biruk - July 2022) - Diabetes, Insulin, Medication, Healthcare, Medicine, Capitalism, Pandemic, COVID, Carbs, Diet, Sugar
Signs You are Dealing with a Narcissist - Added 7.7.25 - (Zera Faro) - Mental Health, Disorders, Self Care, Narcissists, Narcissism, Partners, Friendship, Self-Help, Warning Signs
Some Things People Have Said to Me About My R*pe(.pdf) (by Chelsea Sieg) - *CW - mentions sexual assault* - Consent, Victim Blaming, Shame, Minizine
Star Trek & Disability Part 1 - The Trouble with Cripples - Added 1.9.26 - (Disability Action Research Kollective) Star Trek, Disabled People, Representation, Sci-Fi, Disability, Diversity, Philosophy, Actors, Privilege, TV Industry, Stereotypes, Screenwriters, Villains, Special Episodes, The Original Series, Dwarfism, Plato's Stepchildren, The Empath, Non-Verbal, Nonspeaking, Mutism, Howie Seago, Deafness, Sign Language, Loud as a Whisper, Worf, Klingons, Paraplegic, Ethics, Suicide, Wheelchairs, Euthanasia, Statistical Probabilities, Deep Space 9, The Next Generation, Doctor Bashir, Sarina, Neurodivergent, Sensory, Chrysalis, Cataplexy, Enterprise, Daedalus' ENT, The Menagerie, Strange New Worlds, Captain Pike, Mobility Impairment, Lower Decks, Bigotry, Learning Disability, Character Development
Street Medic Handbook(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Health, Activism, Resistance, Protest, Safety, Book
Sustainable Activism and Avoiding Burnout(.PDF) - Self-Care, Mental Health, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
Take a Rest - A List of Restful Activities(.pdf) - Wesley Sueker - Summer 2022 - Relaxation, Physical Health, Mental Health, DIY Guide, Advice, Zen, Sensory, Social, Emotional, Creative
The Testosterone Survey Zine(.pdf) (Rena Yehuda Newman) - Health, Transgender, Transition, Hormones, Comics, Medical Industry, Medication, How-To Guide, Medical Study, Queer, Gender, LGBTQA+
Thrift Witch Vol. XII - Earth Grounding(.PDF) - Witchcraft, DIY Guide, Earth, Rituals, Art, Collage, Magick
Top Surgery Recovery in Community(.pdf) Trans, Surgery, Healthy, Recovery, Healing, Communities, Medical, How-To, Relationships, Self-Care, LGBTQA, Gender
Transcending Anatomy(.pdf) LGBTQA+, Queer, Trans, Sexuality, Gender, Identity, Relationships, DIY Guide, Bodies
Transfer DIY HRT- Added 7.7.25 - Transgender, Transitioning, HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Medicine, Estradiol, Testosterone, Estrogen, Antiandrogens, Side Effects, Prescriptions, Dosing, Dosage, Injections, Testing
Tubes Tied & No Regrets - Another Perspective on Parenting(.pdf) - Kathy Labriola - Mongoose Distro - Parenting, Birth, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Childbearing, Surgical Procedure, Overpopulation, Non-Breeding, Childless Couples
Understanding A Deaf World - Deafness, Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired, Disability, Auditory, Hearing Aids, Implants, Deaf Community, Lip Readinging, Sign Language, ASL
Using Essential Oils & Aromatherapy(.pdf) - Carol Wiley - DIY Guide, Nature, Health, Healing, Carrier Oil, Diffusers, Sensitivities, Therapeudics, Skin Care, Recipes, Acne, Hair Care, Alopecia, Nail Care, Baths, Massage, Cleaning, Spirituality, Aphrodisiacs
Vacczine(.pdf) (Coin Operated Press - 2021) - COVID-19, Pandemic, Health, Quarantine, Healthcare Workers, Photo, Doctors, Nurses, Vaccines, Melbourne, Australia, Stories, Prose, Poetry, Illustrations, Lockdown, Isolation, Masks
Virus + Me- Added 7.7.25 - Physical Health, Online Trends, Going Viral, Social Media, Viruses, Diseases, Internet, Minizine, Bacteria, COVID-19, Pandemic, Labor Ethics, Capitalism
Visual Narrative of My Complex Thoughts as a Person Living with ADHD- Added 7.7.25 - ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Design, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Complex Thoughts, Feelings
Vitamins, Minerals, & Mental Health - The C.P.A.B.'s Discussion of Wellness - Added 1.9.26 - (Vickie) - Minerals, Vitamins, Supplements, Diet, Nutrients, Macros, Dosage, Side Effects, Toxicity, Health, Guide, Magnesium, Calcium, Micronutrients, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Riboflavin
Weird Kid Guide to Soothing Heartbreak, The(.PDF) Relationships, DIY Guide, Mental Health, Love, Romance, Break Up, Self Help, Self Care
The Wellnesszine #1: Growth(.pdf) - Emotions, Growth, Change, Adolescence, Drawings, Illustrations, Poetry, Prose, Photography, Fiction, Nurturing, Relationships, Hormonal, Body, Mixed Media, Adulthood, Playlists, Self-Care, Trees, Nature, Chronic Perspective, Journey, Gratitude
Wheelchair History- Added 7.7.25 - (Disability Action Research Kollective) - Wheelchairs, Wheeled Devices, Disability, Ableism, Medical Devices, Mobility, Medical History, Vintage Photos
Why We Mask - It's Not "Just a Cold"- Added 7.7.25 - (Laurel Lynn Leake) - Physical Health, Disability, Masking, Disease, COVID-19, Pandemic, Healthcare, Mental Health, Wellness, Chronic Illness, Queer, LGBTQA+, Self-Care, Disability Justice, Infection, Immune System, Long COVID, Comic Illustration, Vaccines
Yeast of Your Worries, The(.pdf) (Erica Zelfand, Winter 2006) - DIY Guide, How-To Guide, Sexual Health, Vagina, Yeast Infection, Medication, Diet, Herbology
A Young Male's Guide to... An Informative Zine for Guys Who Like Guys- Queer, Gay, LGBTQA+, MLM, M4M, Relationships, Sex, Communication, Romance, Love, Body Image, Male Anatomy, Foreskin, Oral Health, Testicles, Prostate, Masturbation, Mental Health, STDs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Condoms, AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis
Your Brain is Trying to Kill You - A Zine About Things to Do During Depression Episodes - Added 1.9.26 - (Ivy L. James) - Depression, Episodes, Overwhelmed, Sadness, Self Harm, Advice, Self Help, Self Care, Minizine
