Pen Fight

came across this gif I handmade 10 years ago 😊 #DIYzines

A pixel drawing thatvreads : save the date, nov 15th, pen fight 10th birthday party @ mmu. Theres a drawing of a birthday cake with a pencil-shaped candle

Save the date! I'm going to be celebrating Pen Fight's 10th birthday on Nov 15th at Manchester Met Uni, and you're all invited. More details to come soon 🎂🎉🥂

You know what is more tiring than doing a zine fair? doing 3 in the space of a month 🥱

I do on my Etsy, but it needs a bit of work before I re-open it again

if you'd like to buy one, they're listed now: penfightdistro.com/product-cate...

New things like... 👀 MAKE ZINES CHEAP AGAIN!

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badges that read: straight white men aren't punk, swap zines with me, maggie she may be a woman but she ain't no sister, the sun tells wapping lies, I'm in public space I'm not public property, don't touch me, leave me alone, up for trades. there's also a picture of 2 girls with a kangaroo, and a man reading a newspaper being surprised by an ostrich

I'm retiring some badge designs to make room for 💖 new 💖 things, so grab them while you can from my brand-new LAST CHANCE section, where I've also added zines I have the last copies of that will not be re-stocked.

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A stack of small comics that have been folded by hand. The comics are “How to Make Mini-Comics by Doc Pop”. Behind them is a clipboard filled with unfolded comics.

Folding a big batch of mini-comics today. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to make small zines like this, check out this tutorial https://docpop.org/2018/01/how-to-make-mini-comics-my-guide-to-cutting-and-folding-an-8-page-zine/

the copy of Resistance! Kes’s quick guide to anti-trans oppression and resistance in the UK. There is a drawing of a person protesting and many protest banners in the background

Resistance! Kes’s quick guide to anti-trans oppression and resistance in the UK is a new zine up on the store for sliding scale down to £0.

penfightdistro.com/shop/resista... #DIYzines

2 giant safety pins in the entrance, in view is a stand of zines with "grrrl zine fair"

A table laid oit with zines and a big banner saying pen fight over it

A giant image of some scissors in front of various putdoor marquees

Having a lovely time at Grrrl Zine Fair (taken before the crowds turned up)

A TIMELINE OF TRANS RIGHTS A "MODERN PROBLEM": AND HISTORY in these trying times for our community, we often hear the rhetoric that the transgender 'issue' is a "modern problem", and that the concept of being trans is relatively recent. We at GREEBO put together a short but concise history of the integration of trans medicine into Western society to once again loudly proclaim, "We were always here!"

YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE NEEDS YOU TO ATTEND SMALL SHOWS, START A BAND, TAG STICKERS ON LAMP POSTS, GRAFFITI IN BATHROOM STALLS, MAKE A ZINE, UPCYCLE YOUR CLOTHES, BUY MERCH FROM LOCAL BANDS, FIND YOUR PEOPLE, AND UPLIFT EACH OTHER. DIY FOREVER.

If essays on queercore, queer gig reviews, timelines of trans rights and history, trans piss art, zine making guides, band recommendations, a guide to queer britain, and all things DIY queer punk interest you, this'll be a zine for you.

4 issues of the zine "greebo", the issue at the front which is most visible is pink on a black background with an image of a skeleton in a kinda laid back position. it reads: Greebo, art - music - poetry

New in stock! 4 issues of GREEBO an alternative queer zine celebrating music, art, literature and culture.

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#diyzines

3 badges in blue, pink and yellow tha say "steal photocopies"

you'd probably also like this one too then

Large library shelf filled with individual zines

Closeup of shelf with colorful zines on display

So impressed with the zine section at the Multnomah County Public Library. Human creative expression at its best 📕💪🏽💥

a graphic advertising Pen Fight Distro tabling at Grrrl Zine Fair 2025. There's a picture of a zine called a whisper or a shout about street harassment. The rest of the graphic reads: sat 20th and sun 21st september, at the Old Waterworks, North road, SS0 7AB

a poster for Grrrl Zine Fair 2025. Reads: Free Entry RSVP & full line up grrrizinefair.com @grrrizinefair grrrlzinefair.com 20th & 21 September Saturday 2-9pm Sunday 12-6pm ART & PUBLISHING STALLS LIVE MUSIC - DJS — CREATIVE WORKSHOPS COMEDY TAROT READING YOGA SCREEN PRINTING PORTRAITS PHOTO BOOTH ZINE EXHIBITION — - ZINE LIBRARY STOKED (VEGAN FOOD) SABABA (COCKTAILS) LAZY SLOTH COFFEE LEIGH ON SEA BREWERY ZINES: HATE ZINE - SWEET-THANG THIIIRD KIA CREATES PAGEMASTERS LOOK DEEPER - SEEDLINGS — AYSHE-MIRA YASHIN PEN FIGHT DISTRO - KATIE IN COLOUR BUHAINS CAROLINE WINTERS HAYLEY WELLS BEX BOP - PAPER MOON ZINES - THE EX- EDITOR RAGE ZINE - SHAZLEEN KHAN - WEED ZINE - IZZY ARGENT FUNA YE + THE PIDGIN LIBRARY SLOWSLOWZO ZINES & MORE! CATERPILLAR PRESS

This weekend! I'll be at The Old Waterworks in Southend along with a bunch of amazing zine makers for @grrrlzinefair.

RSVP to the fest for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grrrl-zine...

a large badge that reads "boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I make zines on company time" with a yellow star shape and pink outline in the background.

finally made some riso-printed badges #diyzines

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life (zine edition):

* taking a photo of your haul after the zine fest
* someone trading zines with you
* getting a spark of a new zine idea and excitedly starting to make notes for it
* ~fancy binding~
* finding some excellent collaging material

a round yellow sticker that says " I traded zines today"

I made these 💫 reward stickers 💫 for giving out to people when they trade zines with me at fairs! I don't experience zine trades anywhere near as much as I used to so I'll be doing some things to encourage it a bit more #DIYzines

a hand holding a small zine titled: council a zine about council housing. there's a picture of a tower block

back in stock - the updated version of Council: a zine about council housing. It costs a quid! penfightdistro.com/shop/council...

It’s my birthday! Buy some Pink Mince and help support independent queer publishing (and a middle-aged homo’s rigorous moisturizing regimen) #zines #queerzine #gayzine pinkmince.com

Zine Maker Create printable zines in your browser. Free, open-source, and privacy‑respecting.

Since I didn’t add any analytics tracking on purpose for privacy reasons to zeenster.com I have no actual idea how many people are visiting it / using it. But based on the ingress logs I can tell probably around 500-1000 daily visits since I published which is pretty cool.

Please share your zines!

The cover of my zine 'Iconic' about LiveJournal icons, a bunch of colorful 100x100 pixel images all set out in a grid "A zine about design, aesthetic and LiveJournal icons from the early 2000s"

Did you used to make LiveJournal icons? Do you still have some of the ones that you made? I'm looking to include more icons in the second print run of my LiveJournal Iconic zine and would love to see yours!

Share them here: form.jotform.com/252444103676...

#OtD 1 Sept 1949 trans revolutionary Leslie Feinberg was born. Ze worked in factories before writing powerfully about LGBT+ issues and publishing hir first novel, Stone Butch Blues, in 1993. Hir last words: "Remember me as a revolutionary communist" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8159...

fron cover of a zine, titled Weird canteen, the digestion issue. there's a picture of a china plate with a turd on it

front cover of a zine, titled Weird Canteen, eggs. There's a picture of an oil style painting of a fried egg

WEIRD CANTEEN: a zine about the strange side of food. With writing, comics and illustration.

We've got two new issues in stock. Issue two is about DIGESTION 💩, issue 3 is on EGGS 🥚. Plus issue 1 is back in stock! 🍕https://penfightdistro.com/product-tag/weird-canteen/ #DIYzines

The image shows a black and white image of a paper guillotine. Above the bladed handle it reads: "If this is the only guillotine you have - use it." Below the handle it reads: "MAKE ZINES"

#DIYzines

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

@pollyrowena.bsky.social on nature writing, chronic illness, and the controversy surrounding Raynor Winn’s memoir, The Salt Path.

Complained by email again 2 weeks ago and didn't get a response, so called them today and the customer service rep suggested I stop using the service and hung up on us 👍

Sorry if you've sent me mail, I'm still not getting it.

a black zine over, the words "Gayze: a queer way of viewing the world" are atop a white lace doily

a zine article titled "a beginners guide to queer archive"

a zine page titled femme/butch, with photos of a person wearing femme and butch styled underwear, both have "lucky you" in the photo

Gayze is about the queer way of viewing the word, featuring different queer artists, writers, and photographers. Includes writings on queer bookstores, Section 28, femme clothing, and queer archives.

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A black and white poster which states: Walk The Night Zine Workshop Sat Aug 30th 5:30pm £2 ticket For trans men *, by trans men* We are the men you've been looking for. Zines: anti-censorship by marginalised groups for marginalised groups, no skill, all instinct. Arthole CIC Unit 3 307-315 Cowbridge Road CF5 1JD. The men in the middle are sitting on a bench holding queer zines. The first says: "My boy, these queercore zines are incredible! How do I make my own zines which share my transmasc experience, opinions, and advice?" The second responds: "Why, simply scan the QR code and get a ticket to the Walk The Night zine workshop! No experience needed, all resources provided." There is a QR code in the bottom left corner.

If you're in the Cardiff area, transmasc+, and are interested in zines (or just wanna meet other transmascs), then come along to this workshop! www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-the-n...