pansycore distro

Pansycore Distro is currently carrying:

Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet, volume 1

Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet, volume 3

Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet, volume 4

Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet, volume 5

A Little Light in the Darkness #1

Zines to be carried soon:

Functionally Ill

Learning to See in the Dark (formerly A Little Light in the Darkness)

PansyxCore

Zines in the works:

Making New Maps #1

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Always looking for more zines to distro! If you have a zine you’d like me to consider distributing, zap me an email and let me know: pansycoredistro(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Still looking for submissions to Making New Maps #1! The call for submissions is here: http://pansycoredistro.tumblr.com/post/18562190394/making-new-maps-1-changed-submission-deadline-etc

Some new zines will be added to Pansycore Distro soon! And at least one zine that was in the distro isn’t anymore (at least until / unless I can get more copies).

Also, I still need more submissions to my new compilation zine Making New Maps #1, so check out the call for submissions (it’s on my tumblr page) and see if you wanna submit something, or if you know someone who might then feel free to share it.

Call For Submissions - Making New Maps #1

edited (new contact info, new new deadline, etc)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

MAKING NEW MAPS is a compilation zine about reconsidering, making changes to, or stopping their current or future socially and/or medically transitioning as transgender, transsexual, intersex, genderqueer or otherwise non-binary, gender variant, questioning, and other people.

Here are some ideas to get your thoughts flowing:

~ moving beyond the dominant narratives & images of trans* and genderqueer identities and experiences and transition paths

~ gender & body autonomy (or lackthereof) and intersex, trans*, and genderqueer people; gender policing, stereotyping

~ the pathologization of trans*, intersex, non-binary, etc. people

~ transitioning medically underground

~ herbal / holistic / alternative transition methods

~ non-binary folks and transitioning (socially and/or medically)

~ misogyny, transmisogyny, and anti-femininity in trans* (and queer) spaces & communities

~ shifting gender identity, expression, experiences before, during or after social and/or medical transition

~ stopping transitioning (voluntarily or involuntarily) socially and/or medically

~ navigating gendered spaces (bathrooms, etc.)

~ language, pronouns

Please feel free to submit anonymously, or using a pseudonym or a nickname if you like. Essays, poems, rants, journal entries, short stories, etc. appreciated! Maximum of 3 pages single-spaced per submission, please!

Artwork (drawings, photos, collages, etc.) totally welcome & appreciated! 1-2 pieces per submission!

*Please use Trigger Warnings in your submissions where applicable.*

DEADLINE: September 30, 2012

Send submissions to Jordan at pansycoredistro(at)gmail(dot)com

Please email me to get my address if you want to send something via “snail mail”

edited (new contact info, deadline, etc)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

MAKING NEW MAPS is a compilation zine about reconsidering or stopping the current or future course of social and/or medical gender transition for any reason. This zine is for binary & non-binary transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, questioning, intersex, and other folks who are at any stage of social or medical transition.

Here are some ideas to get your thoughts flowing:

~ hierarchy of trans*ness; moving beyond the dominant narratives & images of trans* experiences & identities, gender expressions, transition paths, etc.

~ misogyny, transmisogyny, and/or anti-femininity in trans* and genderqueer spaces & communities (and in cis gay/lesbian/queer spaces & communities).

~ gender & body autonomy (or lackthereof) and intersex, trans*, and genderqueer people

~ the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM, “Bible of psychiatry”), WPATH/Harry Benjamin Society, and the pathologization of trans* and intersex people

~ language, pronouns

~ transitioning and classism, racism, dis/ability, medical status, mental health status, ageism, etc.; pressure to transition

~ medically transitioning via underground hormones & surgery; holistic/alternative transitioning

~ gender policing, gender essentialism, gender stereotyping

~ non-binary gender identities & gender expressions and transition therapy; transitioning (medically and/or socially) as a non-binary-gendered persyn

~ moving beyond dominant images & narrative of “genderqueer”; the genderqueer community (is there one?)

~ stopping transitioning (voluntarily or involuntarily) socially and/or medically; lack of information about & support of stopping medical transition in trans* spaces & communities;

~ shifting gender identity and/or expression before, during or after social or medical transition

~ coming out vs not coming out

~ navigating gendered spaces (bathrooms, etc.) as a binary or non-binary trans*, intersex, genderqueer, etc., person

Essays, poems, rants, etc. all welcome but no erotica, please – I want this zine to be accessible to kids & teens as well as adults! (And obviously no racism/xenophobia, classism, ableism, transphobia, transmisogyny or misogyny or sexism, homo/queerphobia, ageism, etc.!) Please feel free to submit anonymously, using a pseudonym, or using a nickname if you like.

Maximum of 3 pages single-spaced per submission, please! Typed or handwritten.

Artwork (drawings, photos, collages, etc.) totally welcome & appreciated! 1-2 pieces per submission!

DEADLINE: June 30, 2012

Send submissions to Jordan at pansycoredistro(at)gmail(dot)com

P.O. Box 10752

Takoma Park, MD 20912

((this isn’t my zine, i just wanted to pass it along for anyone who may be interested cuz it sounds rad. Carrie said i could post this.—Jordan of Pansycore Distro))

from We Make Zines http://wemakezines.ning.com/group/queerzinesandqueerzinesters/forum/topics/call-for-submissions-trans-and-genderqueer-adolescence-stories?

Topic: Essays, anecdotes, comix, poetry from Trans and Genderqueer folks telling stories of going through puberty and adolescence. Take that as broadly or specifically as you’d like; literally how your body was changing and how your brain was dealing with it, or going to a dance and how that made you feel, to coming out to your family, teachers, classmates, etc…

Audience:  7-12 grade students.

Specifics: The pieces should be free of cursing and super overt sexual content. Keep in mind that 7^th graders are about 13 years old.

Why/Purpose: I taught a piece from the zine, The Next Body, in my 7/8^th grade zine writing class, in it the writer is discussing his decision to have top surgery. After class a student approached me asking for an extra copy of the piece to give to her friend who has recently come out as Trans. “She is getting super big breasts and having a hard time dealing with it” my student told me. I gave her an extra copy of the piece and went home to dig through my books and zines to find more I could offer. It’s rough trying to find age appropriate material for a Trans kid. It’s imperative that young people who are Trans and Genderqueer see themselves in print, ideally in the curriculum but at the minimum in readings a queer, liberal, concerned, shit starting teacher passes on to them. I know, I know… all GLBT kids should see themselves in print but it’s extra hard to find Trans material, that’s why I want to start with the T as opposed to GLB.

Puberty and adolescence are hard for everyone but it’s extra alienating and difficult when you feel alone and radically different from everyone else. I want this zine to be an offering to Trans and Genderqueer kids who need to see themselves in print, to know that they are not alone. I want it to offer comfort and hope to some young people who may be struggling. I want it to open the eyes and hearts of non-trans kids so they become allies. I also want it to open up dialogue between students, parents and teachers. It’s my job to teach students reading and writing but the bigger more satisfying and important part of my job is to offer support, care, and guidance to ALL kids in their emotional and personal development. Unfortunately, as a society, we’re forgetting some kids, we’re looking the other way when Trans kids need us to look right at them and say “You are okay, you are in fact, amazing - just the way you are. And you’re not alone either.” I’d like this zine to be a move towards that.

I keep this quote in mind when I’m writing curriculum and deciding what to teach for the year. Perhaps it will inspire you.

“When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see or hear you, whether you are dark-skinned, old, disabled, female, or speak with a different accent or dialect than theirs, when someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes a world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.”

 –Adrianne Rich

Send submissions to: Brilliantmistake01@gmail.com

Please send as an attachment in basic word formatting with “Zine Submission” as the subject.

Include; a title for your piece, how you’d like to be credited - the name you’d like to use, and any contact info you want included in the zine. If you’d like a copy of the finished product send me your mailing address.

Deadline: March 1, 2012.

Publication: April, 2012

You can e-mail me with questions, suggestions, complains, that kinda stuff too.

Thanks!

Carrie

site: pansycoredistro dot-webs-dot-com

pansycoredistro on gmail

pansycoredistro on tumblr

pansycoredistro on twitter

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

MAKING NEW MAPS is a compilation zine about reconsidering or stopping the current or future course of social and/or medical gender transition for any reason. This zine is for binary & non-binary transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, questioning, intersex, and other folks who are at any stage of social or medical transition.

Here are some ideas to get your thoughts flowing:

~ hierarchy of trans*ness: moving beyond the dominant narratives of trans* male and trans* female experiences & identities; beyond the dominant narrative of genderqueer; emphasis on medically transitioning & doing it a certain way; misogyny and transmisogyny in trans* spaces & communities; gender policing & gender essentialism; binary gender identities and expressions being seen as the default, superior to non-binary identities & expressions

~ misogyny, transmisogyny, anti-femininity in trans male / trans masculine, trans female / trans feminine, and non-binary spaces & communities, and in cisgender gay/lesbian/queer spaces.

~ gender & body autonomy (or lackthereof) and intersex, trans*, and genderqueer people

~ the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM, “Bible of psychiatry”), WPATH/Harry Benjamin Society, and the pathologization of trans* and intersex people

~ language, pronouns

~ transitioning (socially and/or medically) and classism, racism, dis/ability, medical status, mental health status, ageism, etc.; pressure to transition

~ medically transitioning via underground hormones & surgery; holistic/alternative transitioning

~ gender policing, gender essentialism, gender stereotyping

~ non-binary gender identities, non-binary gender expressions & transition therapy; transitioning (medically and/or socially) as a non-binary-gendered persyn & being misgendered / mispronouned, alienated from binary trans & gay/lesbian communities and spaces;

~ moving beyond dominant images & narrative of “genderqueer”; the genderqueer community (is there one?)

~ socially and/or medically “detransitioning” voluntarily or involuntarily; lack of information about stopping medical transition; lack of support for “detransitioning” within trans* communities and spaces

~ shifting gender identity before, during or after social or medical transition

~ coming out vs not coming out

~ navigating gendered spaces (bathrooms, etc.) as a binary or non-binary trans*, intersex, and/or genderqueer, etc., person

Essays, poems, rants, etc. all welcome but no erotica, please – I want this zine to be accessible to kids & teens as well as adults! (Also, absolutely no racist/xenophobic, ableist, classist, ageist, sexist or misogynistic or transmisogynistic, queer/homophobic, transphobic, cissexist, or otherwise bigoted crap!)

Maximum of 3 pages single-spaced per submission, please! Typed or handwritten.

Artwork (drawings, photos, collages, etc.) totally welcome & appreciated! 1-2 pages per submission!

DEADLINE: May 5th, 2012

Send submissions to Jordan at nervoushabitdistro(at)gmail(dot)com

P.O. Box 10752

Takoma Park, MD 20912

(please repost/reblog/share this if you and/or people you know may be interested!)

sabbatofwolves:

…..There is some promise in this new movement of people.  Starting in Greece in 2008, this wave of rebellion has spread from Tunisia, to Egypt, Syria, Spain, England, and now the USA.

     But we are worried about this movement of the “excluded” 99%.  For instance, we have seen people who are part of the upper 25% of this country entering into the organizing of this movement and trying to hide their middle/upper class, bourgeois-bohemian (or Bo-Bo, as the French say) backgrounds.  The upper 25% of the USA owns 87% of the wealth.  This includes many individuals who make roughly $100K per year.  While this is only a fraction of the income of the wealthiest 1%, it nevertheless separates us poor folk from the yuppies, some of whom are taking lead organizing roles in occupations across the country.

     Though all of us “99 percenters” may be below the top rung on the ladder of wealth, there is no question that some are much worse off than others.  To lump everyone together under one banner ignores differing individual and group experiences of life in this screwed-up country.  Some of us are way at the bottom, barely hanging on, low-paid, under-employed, unemployed, or making money in informal, illegal, and often dangerous ways.  We have been precarious for some time, moving from town to town, job to job, having no real roots and no possible future under the dictatorship of capitalism.  People who are suddenly upset because their stocks have taken a nose dive don’t necessarily share our interests and are not particularly trust-worthy, especially in leadership roles.  It is likely that our needs and desires differ immensely.

     Like the American and French revolutions of the past, Bo-Bo’s have always usurped the energy that came from the oppressed and exploited to carve out an even more comfortable niche for themselves.  We have no interest in this happening again and will actively thwart all the Bo-Bo’s and overbearing managers who wish only to reform capitalism into something a bit leaner and greener.

     The promise of this movement is that, in theory, it can be lead by anyone, everyone, or even no one at all.  We futureless people must put the Bo-Bo’s in place and begin to self-organize with others who share our desires for a world without haves and have-nots and without the politicians, police, and prisons that keep the have-nots in their place.  Those who have already secured their own comfort and stability in this society are unlikely to keep pushing for a revolutionary break with the capitalist routine, and this kind of rupture is the only thing that can end this sad state of affairs.  This means that we must find each other—all of us who are sick of wage slavery and rent, who recognize that the problem is not only with corporations and bankers but with the entire economic system itself, who know that it’s not enough to get money out of politics, and who know that the police, who always repress dissent to maintain business as usual, are our enemies.

     It’s certainly worth it to participate in the open assemblies of the Occupation at Westlake, and we encourage everyone to attend.  Because of its open nature, the assembly can be influenced by new, fresh ideas rather than the old ones that are smelling worse and worse each day.  This moment in time is a precious one,
and we must make the best of it.  This new movement is activating people across the country and is combating the widespread apathy that has ruled over young people for decades.  Whether it ends in disappointment and failure is up to us.
 
     So let’s make the most of it, huh?  Experiment, create, and if you feel like it, destroy what destroys you.  Hold nothing back and let go.  USE YOUR IMAGINATION.  Perhaps we could turn Westlake into a riotous orgy of joy, freedom, and rebellion rather than a sterile shopping trough.  Before this moment passes, let’s go knock the Bo-Bo’s out with their fancy wine, uncork the bottle, and drink ‘til we’re drunk on total freedom.

wavesofchords:

Trigger Warning for animal abuse, animal killing

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Do-NOT-Adopt-to-Ethan-Weibman/253047474706774

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/08/03/shelter-says-baltimore-man-brutally-killed-cats-and-kittens/

http://gothamist.com/2009/08/21/man_accused_being_serial_cat_killer.php

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/21/sean-lynde-nyc-man-killed_n_265765.html

(from the Facebook page)

Ethan Weibman (goes by different aliases), abetted by his girlfriend Jorden Donohue, is adopting cats from shelters and rescues as well as getting them off of Craigs List. He’s TORTURING and then KILLING these cats methodically. He is currently charged in BALTIMORE, MD with animal cruelty and mutilation. He has ties to NY and MA as well. All shelters / rescues / Craigs List people in the NC, VA, MD, DC, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, NH, VT, ME areas should distribute this WIDELY. He is traveling around and adopting cats that he then tortures through breaking teeth, beating, and dismembering!!! PLEASE NOTE: This is intended to be distributed to the rescue community and animal lovers as a “be on the lookout”.