Requiem for a Zine
The zine community was a haven for all types of free-thinking artists, misfits, and heretics—until online mobs turned it into just another bastion of social-justice groupthink.
Hal Niedzviecki was the founder and publisher of ‘Broken Pencil: Magazine of Zine Culture.’ He is the author of 12 books, including ‘Trees On Mars: Our Obsession with the Future,’ and the novel, ‘The Lost Expert.’
The zine community was a haven for all types of free-thinking artists, misfits, and heretics—until online mobs turned it into just another bastion of social-justice groupthink.
She has more than 20 years of experience working with families and children in true crisis, including with issues ranging from rape, to drug addiction, to terminal illness
One of the justifications offered by the cultural-appropriation mob that came after me is that you cannot speak for others unless you are the other.