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Abigail Oswald's avatar

This is such a cool idea!

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Portia Elan's avatar

Thank you!!😊

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Tricia Mowat's avatar

I love this so much! I love the flashbacks to Ani DiFranco and Tori Amos. I saw Ani DiFranco in concert at UVic. Magical. Did you go to UVic too? I’m going to print a zine tomorrow at work. And maybe some for my class too :-)

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Portia Elan's avatar

YES! How have we not talked about UVic before?! Also — R has been using the zine with her high school students, with some hilarious results!

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Karissa Swanson's avatar

I really enjoyed reading this. I felt seen when you wrote, "I was letting myself think and see and feel without trying to shape those thoughts or experiences or feelings for an imagined audience. I like my brain better without that audience."

This folded Zine makes me think of the journals I used to pass back and forth with my middle school friends. Your title, "Now That's What I call Middle School" made me remember all those "Now, That's what I call MUSIC" CDs of music that I didn't buy because I didn't listen to the cool music. (It sucked then, but it's now one of my quirks. I guess I get to go into this on my Zine!)

I'm printing three of these. One for me, one for my partner, and one for my soul sister. This is fun!

-KS

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