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Portland Zine Symposium 2019 at PNCA

Sharing our cute table with Brown Girl Rise

Cool project alert!

Sharing this Call For Submissions for a really amazing upcoming project we heard about:

I'm looking for anyone interested in taking part in a collaborative zine project about the experience of Vulva Pain due to Vulvodynia/Vulva Vestibulitis, Pudendal Neuralgia, Pelvic Floor dysfunction and any other related pain issues. I’m inviting people to contribute writing, poetry, photography, drawing or any other type of visual art that speaks to their experience of Vulva Pain. This could reflect on the impact the pain has had on your well being, relationships, sexuality, how you talk/don’t talk about it with others, frustrations/experiences with medical professionals, what recovery/healing looks like for you or how you take care of yourself. These are just a few ideas based on some common themes I have picked up when speaking to others. Any other ideas/themes are more than welcome. I recognize that this type of health issue has a different meaning and results in a different experience for everyone, so there is really no right or wrong way to contribute to this project.

I am hoping that this will be a supportive experience for individuals involved and in distributing the zine will hopefully open up some dialogue about a type of pain that can feel taboo to discuss openly with others and is not well understood by most medical professionals. The aim of this collaborative is to acknowledge the distress and debilitation of having a vagina that hurts, the impact it has on relationships and sex, and a celebration of recovery in whatever form recovery and healing may take place.

If you would like to be involved please email me at nicole.shaw3@gmail.com. I am hoping to have all the contributions by mid-May and to put the zine together by mid-June.

Gentle Reminders About Care Postcard

Gentle Reminders About Care Postcard

Now in our etsy shop: Gentle Reminders About Care Postcard by When Language Runs Dry contributor Karen Hixson These are 5 x 7 laminated cards created in the spirit of her 'Beyond the Bubble Bath' self care article from issue #4 of When Language Runs Dry. 

The front (color) includes care reminders and the back (black & white) contains an area for using a dry erase marker to make notes on your care plan intentions (wipe clean with dry tissue). An awesome gift or training tool for social workers, activists, mental health professionals, peer support folks, volunteers and anyone who is interested in harm reduction oriented self & community care.

Print Fancy at Reading Frenzy

We're so excited to have been asked to participate in Reading Frenzy's first ever Print Fancy recent release party!  We'll be reading an excerpt from the new issue.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12th, 6:30PM

Print Fancy!

Recent Release Party & Self-Publisher Social

Join us for the first ever Print Fancy! We believe every new print publication deserves a party, so we're hosting a bi-monthly round-up for the recently self-published! This month we're featuring A Field Guide to the Aliens of Stark Trek The Next Generation #3 by Zach, Dear Shane, I tried to kill myself  by Jazz McGinnis, Whoosh! #3 by Katherina Audley,Bumpstart #6/7 by Karen Giezyng, When Language Runs Dry co-edited by Meredith Butner, and The 415th Time by Michael Heald.

Anyone with a recently self-published title is welcome to come and consign their publication before 7:30pm. All entries will be featured in a special display for the evening and listed in a written round-up on our blog. There will time to mix and mingle and a rapid fire round of readings from a handful of self-publishers.

We'll provide light refreshments, as well as information on local publishing resources.

Support Reading Frenzy!

Portland's super special bookshop/gallery/event space needs our help. Reading Frenzy, who since 1994 has devoted itself to a mission of supporting independent/alternative media and culture, has been a very important part of my life in Portland: stocking their shelves with my zines, hanging my paintings on their walls, carrying crafts I made by hand when I was just learning to sew, being a resource and inspiring me along with so many other people and projects in the Portland community and beyond. I know a slow day can be lonely because I worked behind the counter there for three years, and word is that things have been especially slow lately. Please visit the shop and show them how much they matter by spending some cash. Not in Portland? You can shop online and read more about the store and their situation on their website.