i reformatted a zine i made earlier this year to post it as a thread.
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i was frustrated with the language used to describe gender and how limiting it is as a nonbinary/genderqueer person to use language centered around the gender binary. this is what sprung from that frustration:
ive got depression. i’ve got anxiety. i’m at the combination depression-anxiety drive-thru
I just sent this link to a friend, of a video of a guy who hooked up an oyster mushroom to a eurorack synth for 5 minutes, thinking it was definitely weird enough for the both of us. Turns out my friend already follows him.
I don't need new weird friends, I already got them. I just have to remind myself that sometimes.
I'm pleasantly surprised at my level of french toot comprehension, tho i wouldn't trust myself to do anything besides ask permission to go to the bathroom (puis-je aller aux toilettes?)
It's making me muse about french vs spanish sentence structure, how I'm still having trouble with all the little words Sp has that aren't in places I'm used to, how I'd like to refresh my Fr grammar but I'm worried it'll be too much info when I'm still trying to figure out Sp grammar basics!, etc.
I legit have tears streaming down my face after playing this. (It's only ~6mins of tears.) That's the kind of game I want to make, fuck.
I'm still itching thinking about tiny games. I might play around with Bitsy because of this game jam: https://itch.io/jam/candles-bitsy
I doubt I can pull it together since it's already so last minute, but one can dream.
Aaand I made a version where you don't have to fold and cut! Still printable on one-sheet of letter-sized paper.
I can email you this PDF too, if anybody is interested.
It's done! My very first Scribus project is an 8pg mini Tarot zine about the 2020-2021 transition. (This fold-and-cut method on a single sheet of paper is my favorite type of zinemaking challenge.) I'll make a more accessible / digital version next, I think. If anyone wants the pdf, I'd be happy to send it over.
into: tarot, zines, pixel art, calligraphy, fanfiction, songwriting
learning: spanish, japanese, rollerskating, animation, coding
eventually: uchinaaguchi, french, ASL
probably nonbinary, evolving antiracist & feminist, okinawan and japanese american