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Girl Zines Collection , 1967-2003 (ongoing) (Bulk: 1991-1999))
18 boxes (9 linear ft.)

Collection number: MS 434

Abstract:
Self-published magazines created primarily by young women and girls, who share a strong feminist perspective. Topics include "third wave" feminism, lesbian relationships, erotica, and fat liberation. The collection is comprised primarily of individual issues, mostly dating from the 1990s.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on use:

Permission must be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection and the copyright holders to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use."

Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Girl Zines Collection consists of self-published small magazines (known as "zines") created primarily by young women and girls, who share a strong feminist perspective. Topics include "third wave" feminism, lesbian relationships and erotica, and fat liberation. The collection is comprised primarily of individual issues, mostly dating from the 1990s, some of which were used in the book, A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World, edited by Karen Green & Tristan Taormino (NY: St. Martin's, 1997).


Information on Use
Terms of Access and Use
Restrictions on access:

The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on use:

Permission must be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection and the copyright holders to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use."

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Girl Zines Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

History of the Collection

This collection began with a donation of zines to the Sophia Smith Collection by Tristan Taormino in in 1999. In 2004-2005, zines that were originally part of the Tinuviel Papers were added to this collection.

Accruals:

Periodic additions to collection are expected and may not be reflected in this record.

Processing Information

Processed by Burd B. Schlessinger and Indigo M. Pfaff-Powers, 2006


Additional Information
Contact Information
Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

Phone: (413) 585-2970
Fax: (413) 585-2886

Email Reference Form: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/emailform.html
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Language
English


Contents List
Ablaze, #7, ; #10,
n.d. n.d.

Box 1: folder 1
Abuse, #3,
n.d.

Box 1: folder 2
Action Girl Guide, #1,
Winter 1993-1994

Box 1
Action Teen,
n.d.

Box 1
Adventure Playground, #3,
Spring 1997

Box 1
Ain't Nothing like Fucking in Moonshine!, #10,
Summer 1995

Box 1
Alien, #7, ; #10,
n.d. 1997

Box 1: folder 3
Alien Girl, #2,
Summer 1995; Winter 1995

Box 1
A Little Pamphlet, (2 copies)
Feb 1996

Box 1
All Hail Me, #11,
n.d.

Box 1
Alright!, #4, ; # 5,
Summer 1994 n.d.

Box 1: folder 4
Alternative to What?, #2,
n.d.

Box 1: folder 5
Amazine,
n.d.

Box 1
Ampheta-Zine, #1,
n.d.

Box 1
Amputate,
n.d.

Box 1
Anhedonia,
Spring 1995; Summer 1995

Box 1
Annzine, #1, ; #2, ; #3, ; #4, ; #5, ; #6,
Mar 1995 Sep 1995 Nov. 1995 Spring 1996 Fall 1996 Jan 1997

Box 1: folder 6
Another Lofi Technology: Story,
n.d.

Box 1: folder 7
Apegirl, #1,
n.d.

Box 1
Aphrodite's Trousers, ; #2,
Spring 1996 n.d.

Box 1
April Fool's Day, #1, (2 copies)
n.d.

Box 1
Attitude Problem, #25,
n.d.

Box 1
Backseat, #1,
Jul 1996

Box 1: folder 8
Ball-Buster, #2,
Nov 1993

Box 1
Bamboo Girl, #2, (2 copies); #3, ; #4, ; #5,
1995 circa 1995 circa 1995 circa 1996

Box 1: folder 9-10
Battle Dress: 3 Women in Black,
1994

Box 2: folder 1
Ben is Dead, #23, ; #25,
Spring 1994 1995

Box 2
Beer Frame, #3, ; #4,
Sep 1994 Mar 1995

Box 2: folder 2
Bee's Knees, #1,
n.d.

Box 2
Behavior that has you Worried, #1,
n.d.

Box 2
Bestiary,
n.d.

Box 2
Between no longer and not yet, Or, Learning to think with Pain,
May 1997

Box 2
Big Miss Moviola Directory, #1,
n.d.

Box 2: folder 3
Bikini Kill: A Color and Activity Book,
n.d.

Box 2
Bikini Kill: Girl Power, #2,
n.d.

Box 2
Billy's Mitten, #9,
n.d.

Box 2
Bitch, #24,
1989

Box 2
Bitter Critter, #1, ; #2,
1996 n.d.

Box 2: folder 4
Blah Blah Blah, #3,
n.d.

Box 2
Blood Sisters,
n.d.

Box 2
Blue Hole, #1,
1995

Box 2
Blue Stocking, #1,
Winter 1996

Box 2
Bobby is Fred, #2,
n.d.

Box 2: folder 5
Bobby ("Bobby said Girls can't Skate…"),
n.d.

Box 2
Boji for the Mentally Ill, #3, ; #4,
Sep 1994 Winter/Spring 1995

Box 2
Boris Thru the Donut, (2 copies)
n.d.

Box 2
Bookstore Review: 37 People,
Spring 1987

Box 2
Boy-Wonder, #1,
n.d.

Box 2
Brain Spa 'Zine,
n.d.

Box 2: folder 6
Brat, #5,
n.d.

Box 2
Brat Attack, #3,
1992

Box 2
Bunnyhop, #7, ; #8, ; #9,
1996 1997 1998

Box 2: folder 7
Bunny Rabbit, #4, ; #6,
1994 n.d.

Box 2: folder 8
Burn Collector, ; #3, ; #4,
n.d.; Summer 1995 n.d. n.d.

Box 2
Bust, #4, ; #5, ; #6, (2 copies); #7, (2 copies); #8, ; #9, ; #11,
Summer/Fall 1994 Winter/Spring 1995 Fall 1995 Spring/Summer 1996 Fall/Winter 1996 Spring/Summer 1997 Summer/Fall 1998

Box 3: folder 1-3
Busy Bea's Bush, #3,
circa 1991

Box 3: folder 4
Butchies, #099,
Nov 1998

Box 3
Buttercup Gold, #1,
Summer 1996

Box 3
Butterknife junior,
n.d.

Box 3
Butt Raisin, #1,
Sep 1992

Box 3
Cake Walk, (3 copies)
Apr 1997

Box 3: folder 5
Caper Times, #12,
Mar. 1999

Box 3
Catch of the Day, (5 copies)
Fall 1997; Spring 1998, Summer 1998

Box 3: folder 6
Cats and Dogs Pschogenie 76,
n.d.

Box 3: folder 7
Caught in Flux, #1, ; #5,
Spring 1993 Spring 1996

Box 3
Cha Cha Charming,
Winter 1998

Box 3
Chatty Cathy, #1, ; #2,
n.d. n.d.

Box 3: folder 8
Chemical Imbalance, #1,
n.d.

Box 3
Chickfactor, #4, ; #5, ; #6, ; #7, ; #8, ; #9, ; #10, ; #11,
Fall 1993 Winter 1994 Summer 1994 Fall 1994 Winter 1995 Summer 1995 Fall 1996-Winter 1997 Spring 1998

Box 4: folder 1-2
Chimps, #1, ; #2, (2 copies)
n.d. n.d.

Box 4: folder 3
Choozy Distribution, (2 copies);
May 1996 1997

Box 4
Chronic Stressors,
Spring 1995

Box 4: folder 4
Chunklet 11,
Summer/Fall 1996

Box 4
Cinnamon Stick, #3,
1997

Box 4
Circumspect, #4,
1995

Box 4
Cometbus!, #37, ; #38,
n.d. 1996

Box 4: folder 5
Cosloidian, #2,
n.d.

Box 4
Crucial Variable, #2,
n.d.

Box 4: folder 6
Crystal Blue Persuasion, #3,
Summer 1996

Box 4
Cunt-a-licious,
n.d.

Box 4
Cupcake, #3,
1996

Box 4
Danzine, #14,
n.d.

Box 4: folder 7
Dagger, #25,
Summer 1999

Box 4
Dead Eyes Magazine, #6, ; #7,
n.d. n.d.

Box 4
Dead Possum, #1,
n.d.

Box 4
Deepsix Superstition, #2,
Summer 1991

Box 4
De/create, #2,
Jun 1994

Box 4
Deneuve, #2,
Apr 1993

Box 4: folder 8
Derelict Speedball, #1, ; #2,
Summer 1992 Spring 1993

Box 4
Disarm, #2,
1996

Box 4
Discombobulation, #11,
1993

Box 4
Dissonant Accost, #1, ; #3, ; #6, ; #8, ; #13,
1987 1994 n.d. 1995 n.d.

Box 4: folder 9
Don't Even…#3, ; #4,
n.d. circa 1995

Box 5: folder 1
Don't Shoot, #13, ; #14, ; Vol. 2, no. 1,
1995 Summer 1995 Spring 1996

Box 5: folder 2
Don't Touch my Bikini,
n.d.

Box 5: folder 3
Double Bill, #3,
circa 1993

Box 5
Dreaming of Amelia, #1,
Autumn 1995

Box 5
Dykatude, #3,
Spring 1997

Box 5: folder 4
Dyke Tyke, #2,
1997-98

Box 5
Easting: By Ford and Pills,
1996

Box 5: folder 5
Ecce Queer Vol. 1, #1,
Fall 1991

Box 5
Emily's, #5,
1993

Box 5
Emotional Biscuit, #12,
1994

Box 5
Empty Quarter, #1,
May 1991

Box 5
Engelbert Humperdinck, #2,
1993

Box 5
Epson Energy, #1, ; #2, ; #3,
Apr 1999 1999 1999

Box 5: folder 6
Escargot,
Autumn 1995; Spring 1996

Box 5: folder 7
Everything I Touch Turns to Shit and Garbage, #1,
1994

Box 5: folder 8
Evil Twin,
n.d.

Box 5
Fantastic Fanzine 3.5,
n.d.

Box 5
Fat Boy Fan Club, #14, ; #15,
Summer 1995 1995-1996

Box 5: folder 9
Fat Girl, #2, ; #5,
1995 1995

Box 5: folder 10
FBIO,
May 1992

Box 5: folder 11
Femme Flicke, ; #2, ; #3, (2 copies); #4, ; #5, ; #6, (2 copies); #7,
Jul 1996 circa 1996 n.d. n.d. 1996 circa 1996-1997 1997

Box 5: folder 12-13
Fierce Femme,
n.d.

Box 6: folder 1
File 13, #15, ; #16,
Spring 1993 Summer 1993

Box 6
Fishin' Buddies, #1,
n.d.

Box 6: folder 2
Five Dollar Walk,
1994

Box 6
Fix Me,
n.d.

Box 6
Flatter!, #5, ; #7, ; #8, ; #9,
1994 1996 1996 1997

Box 6: folder 3
Flim Flam, ; #2,
Summer 1996 Winter 1997

Box 6: folder 4
Flower Bridge, #1,
Spring 1997-98

Box 6: folder 5
Flypaper, #4,
n.d.

Box 6
For Paper Airplane Pilots, #5,
May 1995

Box 6
Foxy Digitalis, #2,
Apr 1996

Box 6
Frank's Depression,
1992

Box 6
From Nods to Nothing,
1996

Box 6
Gap Tooth Bitches
, #1, 1994

Box 6: folder 6
Get Hit Smashed Smacked Punched the Whole Way Home,
n.d.

Box 6
Ghoul Girl, #1,
1996

Box 6
Gingerboy,
n.d.

Box 6: folder 7
Ginger's Hut,
Jan 1995

Box 6
Girl Band Guide, #7,
Nov 1993

Box 6
Girl Cola, #4,
Dec 1992

Box 6
Girl Con,
1997

Box 6
Girl Frenzy, #3, ; #4, ; #5, ; #6, ; Millennial,
n.d. Aug 1993 n.d. n.d. Nov 1998

Box 6: folder 8-9
Girlfriends,
May/Jun 1995; Aug 1998

Box 6: folder 10
Girl Germs, ; #3, ; #5,
n.d. n.d. n.d.

Box 6: folder 11
Girl Hero, #2,
Feb 1994

Box 6: folder 12
Girlie Jones, Vol. 1, #3,
Aug 1995

Box 6
Girl Jock, #10,
1993

Box 6
Girl Power!,
n.d.

Box 6
Glue, #2,
Aug 1992

Box 6
Goddess Violated,
n.d.

Box 7: folder 1
Good Faerie, #7,
n.d.

Box 7
Googlebox, #4, (2 copies)
Winter 1995

Box 7: folder 2
Go Metric, #4,
Winter 1996

Box 7: folder 3
Gorgeous,
Dec 1996

Box 7
Graham Cracker Cereal, #1, ; #2,
1994-95 n.d.

Box 7: folder 4
Grit, #3,
n.d.

Box 7: folder 5
Ha!, #2,
Spring 1998

Box 7
Hands Off XOXO,
n.d.

Box 7
Hayfever, #1,
Apr 1995

Box 7
Head Shaved Smooth,
1993

Box 7: folder 6
Heavens to Betsy,
n.d.

Box 7
I Love You, Hello Kitty!,
n.d.

Box 7
Hessian Obsession, #2,
n.d.

Box 7
Hey Girl!, #2,
Spring 1996

Box 7: folder 7
Hey Girlfriend,
n.d.

Box 7
Hey There, Barbie Girl!, #4,
n.d.

Box 7
Hip Mama, #9,
1996

Box 7: folder 8
Hit It of Quit It, #8,
Fall 1996

Box 7
Honeysuckle,
1995

Box 7: folder 9
Housewears,
n.d.

Box 7
Hungaro, #2,
1992

Box 7
Hursay,
1994

Box 7
Hyacinth,
May 1993; Autumn 1993; 1994

Box 7: folder 10
Hysteria, #8,
Spring 1995

Box 7: folder 11
Ice Cream and Cheese Vol. 1, #2,
Nov 1993

Box 7
I Love Amy Carter, #4,
Jan 1994

Box 7
I Kicked a Boy!, #4,
n.d.

Box 7
Imaginary Friend, #3,
Apr 1996

Box 7: folder 12
I miss you all!,
Sep 1994

Box 7
I'm Muscle not Bones,
n.d.

Box 7
I'm Not Shy…I Just Hate People, #3, ; #4,
1995 May 1996

Box 7: folder 13
I'm Not Waiting,
circa 1997

Box 7
Incite!, #26, ; #27, ; #28, ; #29,
Autumn 1994 Summer 1995 Feb 1996 May 1997

Box 7: folder 14
Independent Catalogue, #2,
Mar 1993

Box 7: folder 15
Indignant Gingham, #1,
Mar 1995

Box 7
Inkling, #1, ; #2,
1993-1994 circa 1995

Box 8: folder 1
International Hipster, #1,
Summer 1993

Box 8: folder 2
Interrobang?!, #3,
Winter 1996-97

Box 8
Introductory Mechanic's Guide, (2 copies)
n.d.

Box 8: folder 3
Isollae, #1,
n.d.

Box 8
Jailhouse Turnout,
1996

Box 8: folder 4
Jen, #1,
1993

Box 8
Jigsaw, #5.5,
circa 1994

Box 8
Jing Bang, #4,
May 1994

Box 8
Joe Preston's Legs A.K.A 'Germ of Youth', #1, ; #2, ; #3, ; #4,
n.d. Summer 1992 Oct. 1992 Winter 1992-1993

Box 8: folder 5
K, #28,
n.d.

Box 8: folder 6
Kali Yantra,
1998

Box 8
Kappa King, #1,
1992

Box 8
Kelp, #5,
Summer 1995

Box 8
Kitty Magik, #1, ; #2, ; #3, ; #4, ; #5,
Fall 1997 Summer/Fall 1998 Summer/Fall 1999 Winter 2000 Summer 2000

Box 8: folder 7-8
Kill Rock Stars,
Winter 1995-1996

Box 8: folder 9
Kill the Robot, #6,
n.d.

Box 8
Krash Karp!, #4,
n.d.

Box 8
Kusp, #1,
Summer 1995

Box 8
Kutie, #2, ; #3, ; #4, ; #5,
1998 n.d. n.d. n.d.

Box 8: folder 10
Ladies Art Revival,
Spring 1998; Fall 1998; 2000

Box 8: folder 11
Last Meanderings, #1,
Nov 1994

Box 8: folder 12
LA Weekly,
n.d.

Box 8
Lezzie Smut Vol. 1, #1, ; Vol. 1, #3,
Sep 1993 1994

Box 8: folder 13
Libel, #15,
n.d.

Box 8: folder 14
Liberation Through Hearing,
Spring 2001

Box 8
Lighter Shade of Peroxide, ; #9, ; #11,
May 1995 n.d. n.d.

Box 9: folder 1
Lipstick my Espionage, #2,
n.d.

Box 9: folder 2
Lofi is Forever,
n.d.

Box 9
Love and Rockets, #50, (a folder of materials)
1996

Box 9
Lowest Common Denominator, #18,
Summer 1996

Box 9: folder 3
Lucid Nation, #1,
1995

Box 9
Lusy's Angry, #2,
n.d.

Box 9
Madeline, #1,
Fall 1995

Box 9: folder 4
Mail Libel,
circa 1993

Box 9
Mary had a Mammogram, #8,
n.d.

Box 9
Marika,
n.d.

Box 9
Maximumbo, #105, ; #109, ; #122,
Feb 1992 Jun 1992 Jul 1993

Box 9: folder 5
Maximum Rock-n-Roll, #129, ; #130,
Feb. 1994 Mar 1994

Box 9: folder 6
Maxine, #1, ; #2,
1995 1996

Box 9: folder 7
Meat Cake, (6 copies); #4,
circa 2000 n.d.

Box 9: folder 8
Miau!, #5,
Aug 1998

Box 9: folder 9
Milk-Toast, #2,
circa 1993

Box 9
Mimi's Revenge, #1,
Summer 1995/Winter 1996

Box 9
Minus Times, #21, ; #23, ; #24,
1997 circa 1998 1998

Box 9: folder 10
Miss Love,
n.d.

Box 9: folder 11
Miss Mary Mack, ; #4,
n.d. circa 1994

Box 9
Missoula City Massacre Presents: Needlenosepliers,
n.d.

Box 9
Mohawk Beaver, #3, ; #4, (2 copies); #5,
1997 1998 1998

Box 9: folder 12
Molasses Soulkiss, #2,
1993

Box 9
Mommy and I are One, ; #2, ; #3, ; #4,
n.d. Spring 1995 n.d. Summer/Fall 1996

Box 10: folder 1
Mona, #1,
1995

Box 10: folder 2
Monster, #2,
n.d.

Box 10
Mouthful of Monkey Bile,
n.d.

Box 10
Moxie,
circa 1997

Box 10
Mr. Lady Records and Videos,
n.d.

Box 10: folder 3
Mucho Coolan' Manifesto,
n.d.

Box 10
Muffin Boones, #10,
Summer/Fall 1995

Box 10
Murder can be Fun, #11,
n.d.

Box 10
My Brightest Summer, #2, ; #3, ; #4, ; #5.1,
n.d. n.d. n.d. circa 1997

Box 10: folder 4
My Evil Twin Sister, #2,
n.d.

Box 10: folder 5
My Life and My Sex Thrive in the J.Crew Catalogue, #2,
1994

Box 10
My Life with Evan Dando, Popstar ,
n.d.

Box 10
Mylxine, #9, ; #10,
n.d. n.d.

Box 10: folder 6
My New Gun, #1, ; #2, ; #3,
1995 n.d. 1996

Box 10: folder 7
Naughty Bits, #9,
Jun 1993

Box 10: folder 8
Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness,
n.d.

Box 10
Neo-Psychedelic Man, #16,
Jan. 1993

Box 10
Neptunes Bride, #2,
Nov. 1993

Box 10
Nerd Girl, #1, ; #2, ; #3, ; #4,
n.d. c. 1994 c. 1994 n.d.

Box 10: folder 9
New School News Vol. 4, no. 15,
1995

Box 10: folder 10
Ninja Fanzine: Silent Death, #2,
n.d

Box 10
No Room for Squares, #3, ; #5,
1995 1996

Box 10: folder 11
No Spikes, No Chains, #1,
Feb 1997

Box 10: folder 12
Notes Zine, #11, (2 copies)
n.d.

Box 10
Not Just Another Cookbook, #1,
1994

Box 10
Not Sisters, (2 copies)
Feb 1996

Box 10: folder 13
Nuthing Sacred, #6,
Spring 1993

Box 10
Ocho y Media,
circa 1995

Box 11: folder 1
Of all the Beautiful Women in the World,
n.d.

Box 11
Oh Boy…, #1,
1997

Box 11
On Our Backs,
Jul/Aug. 1994; Sep/Oct 1994

Box 11: folder 2
Orifice,
1996

Box 11: folder 3
Origami Disaster, #6,
n.d.

Box 11
Origami IAP,
Jan. 1996

Box 11
Outpunk, #4, ; #5, ; #6,
June 1995 Spring 1996 1996

Box 11: folder 4
Pacifier,
n.d.

Box 11: folder 5
Panacea, #1, ; #3, ; #4,
Winter 1996 n.d. Spring 1997

Box 11
Pandora's Box, #2,
circa 1997

Box 11: folder 6
Panegyric, #2,
1995

Box 11
Panophobia, #2, ; #3, ; #4,
Winter 1993/1994 1994 Spring 1996

Box 11: folder 7
Paper, Scissors, Clocks,
n.d.

Box 11: folder 8
Parlez-vous Code Fucker,
1993

Box 11