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ROSI VO
What led to you to write/publish ‘Not Straight Not White Not Male’?
up in NSNWNM, i never even intended to create a zine. i was spending a lot of time alone at a very sad point in my life which led to merciless introspection. i also felt i was divorcing from a very white and hetero and macho scene (the vegan straightedge) and wanted to discuss my personal oppressions and microaggressions as a queer female of color in a community that wasn’t very nurturing of those types of dialogues. i felt like there were a lot of things about me that my friends would never understand if i didn’t initiate the conversation
Are you thinking of writing more issues?
What are your comparisons of zine-writing vs tumblr-ing?
no, i don’t realistically see another zine coming to fruition
NSNWNM- adding to it, deleting whole pages, attaching amendments and follow-up analyses to year-old essays; the second reason being that i am only ever motivated to write things that are thematically appropriate for this zine. so the
the one i started passing out 2 years ago. but it parallels my growth. i am constantly self-checking and progressing and i want my zine to mirror that. because it is an extension and representation of me. there are at least a couple zine archivers that are annoyed that i won’t let them archive my zine quite yet. that’s funny to me. because i’m breaking “zine rules” and
each. on tumblr people can reblog and add comments, add to the conversation, reject contestations i make, applaud my in- sight, share with me their personal resonance with the piece,