In 2003, I was stunned to see this photo in the Arizona Republic, its ragged edges and tape still visible when I later scanned it so I could always have it to remind me what […]
A creative resurgence of the official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Author: TRR
The History of Feminist Zines: The Una
Born in Providence, Rhode Island in February of 1853, The Una was edited by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis for the first two years of its existence. It eventually relocated to Boston and endured for another […]
When He Sold The Combine
He threw in the farm he envisioned,a thick shawl of trees surroundingstraight seams of feed corn,cattle dotting generous pastures. He tossed in the househe’d never have with a wifedeported, everything sold to paya lawyer who […]
Cold fire
Cities are ablaze,ablaze with shame,babies born into skinmade wrong, sorekeening for theirmothers, sisters ofliberty done crying,wring our woesto their rhythm. Cities are ablaze,ablaze with shame,throats ripped inbroad daylight ona busy city street,sisters of libertydone crying,wring […]
The Feminist Fandom of Trina Robbins
Trina Robbins is an icon. After all, she was the first woman to illustrate Wonder Woman, but like so many aspiring artists, she started her mega-career as a mere zinester. In the late 60s, Trina […]
Black Lives Matter: are you still watching?
Ken and I have been friends for two years. We usually meet up for a yoga class or cocktails where we dive into and complain about work in the service industry and our most recent […]
I Know This is Muy Dificil
“Breathe Keep breathing I can’t do this Alone”— Thomas Edward Yorke Keep exhaling, let the pen,marker black, scratching outwords on the page be yourvoz. With each erasuremi compañera tu siemprestar skyward while recreatingbreaths, clouds once […]
The History of Feminist Zines: The Lily
Founded in 1849, The Lily is considered the first feminist paper run entirely for and by women. Though it began as a community-based temperance journal (i.e. zine), within a few years, thanks to both the […]
Douglass vs. Anthony: The Historical (and Contemporary) Debate between Black Men and White Women
We’ve all been consuming a considerable amount of media that references the tension between black men and white women—from white women’s co-opting of the Black Lives Matter movement, presumably in an attempt to appear woke, […]
Declarations of Independence from TRR Editors
always, something deserves to be burned…~ from “Not an Elegy for Mike Brown” by Danez Smith I may not have understood the significance of phrases like white hate and generational racism when I was a […]
The Revolution (Relaunch) 