Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz Podcast
A semi-processed podcast about how we process culture by two zinesters based in Chicago.With Keidra Chaney & Liz Mason
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Rough Draft #20 Maira McDermott (opens the original)
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This week we talk with East Bay, CA-based artist Maira McDermott, who in 2017 founded both the Long Arm Stapler Podcast and the Bay Area Queer Zine Fest. Maira's work focuses primarily on mental health, gender/queerness, and how those lenses color their world, especially their favorite topics: karaoke and King of the Hill. We talk about zines verses diaries, the push and pull of extroverted-introversion necessary for communal art, hosting podcasts as a way to get advice, time management strategi
Rough Draft #19 Idol, Burning x Superfan (opens the original)
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In this episode of Rough Draft, we discuss 2 mirror image books of fiction about the interior life of young women navigating fandom, idol worship and parasocial relationships. Superfan: A Novel by Jenny Tinghui Zhang and Idol, Burning: A Novel by Rin Usami address how performers aren’t the only ones who must navigate balancing outer persona with their authentic self. Idol, Burning focuses on high school student Akari in Japan. She has a huge following on the internet where she blogs about the J-
Rough Draft #18 15 minutes on International Zine Month (opens the original)
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July was International Zine Month. Halfway through we checked in to see how we were both celebrating it! And also, a meditation on scheduled project-making. Links mentioned: International Zine Month: stolensharpierevolution.org/international-zine-month Alex Wrekk's stuff: stolensharpierevolution.org + Portland Button Works & Spiral House Shop portlandbuttonworks.com ZineMap zinemap.com Quimby's Bookstore Quimbys.com Zine Pavilion instagram.com/zinepavilion ilovezines.com Chicago Civic Mini-Zine
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