Write it yourself? Feminist perzines as participatory playgrounds
- Creator
- Nijsten, Nina
Write it yourself? Feminist perzines as participatory playgrounds
Perzines, short for personal zines, are in between diaries, letters, and blogs but also draw upon other life-writing conventions such as autobiography, and photography. Author argues that feminist perzines are a form of life-writing which embrace the 'personal as political' by covering taboo topics such as experiences with self-harm, menstruation, and eating disorders. Author wants to look for a definition of the feminist perzine genre and to find out why feminist perzines are made in the so-called digital age, when blogs and social media offer platforms for publishing feminist life-writing.
- Creator
- Nijsten, Nina