Overthrow the 10-Page Paperarchy — 2021

Overthrow the 10-Page Paperarchy:
Manifesto Zines

Workshop | Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm EST

The ten-page research paper has its value, but there are many other ways to demonstrate knowledge. By creating a zine (or podcast or activist campaign, or timeline, etc.), students can explore and show facets of themselves that highlight skills beyond those recognized and valued by an academy built by the ruling class to train its own to self-replicate. Zines and other self-publishing media can speak effectively to an audience beyond a grading-weary professor.

In this workshop, zine makers and zine librarians Jenna and Ziba will model zine-making as a means of challenging the white patriarchy. Participants will create teaching and learning manifesto zines that we hope will bring them joy and a sense of empowerment.

Presenters: Jenna Freedman & Ziba Perez

Photo of Jenna Freedman

Jenna Freedman is a zine librarian at Barnard College in NYC, she is also a zine maker and co-organizer of the NYC Feminist Zinefest. Jenna has published articles on zine librarianship and presented around the United States and in France on that topic as well as on other themes of library activism.

Photo of Ziba Perez

Ziba Perez is a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library where she helped create the first circulating zine collection in 2017, LAPL.ORG/ZINES #LAPLZineLibrary. Previous to that, Ziba was a senior librarian at the Long Beach Public Library in her hometown of California where she helped create the first circulating zine collection there in 2015, #LBPLZineLibrary. Ziba was also co-organizer of the Long Beach Zine Fest (2016-2019) #LBZF