for ladies and all their friends |
Ladyfriend Zine is a small-press publication that celebrates female friendship. As the subtitle implies, this doesn't mean you have to be a lady yourself to enjoy the content or contribute articles, you just have to be friends with a few. Whether you're looking advice on how to cut your own hair, comics about babysitters gone bad, stories about adventures on public transportation, or tales of inspiring aunts, Ladyfriend's got something for you. Browse the Ladyfriend site for sample articles and essays, ordering information, and links to other great projects. There are nine issues of Ladyfriend out now, with a tenth on the way this winter. If you like what you see, order a copy and we'll have it delivered straight to your door. Interested in contributing to the next issue? Ladyfriend publishes articles, essays, interviews, artwork and reviews. Send us your stuff! What's inside? Here's info on all of our available issues: Issue #10 is the thickest issue yet, celebrating six years of publishing by focusing on the complexity of female friendships in 64 pages of pure xeroxed love. Inside you'll find tales of wasp-tree symbiosis, church-pew note-passing, battling bandmates, and Ghanaian superheroines! Plus free postcards to get back in touch with a long lost ladyfriend, and plenty more. Issue #9 is our magnificent Male issue, with stories by and about feminist fellas, girls inspired by grandfathers, and drag king drama. Read up on raising a son, digital dating, changing male beauty standards, and tons of other awesome stuff! Issue #8 is the Health issue, featuring all sorts of stories about midwifery, dog attacks, growing up with doctors for parents, and more. Plus comix about brain worms and yeast infections, a self-hypnosis how-to, creepy medical tourist attractions across America, and a cure for artist's block! If you know what's good for you, you'll order your copy today, before we run out. Issue #7 is the smooshy gooshy Cute issue. And it totally rules, if we do say so ourselves. Interviews with cute activists Pink Bloque and Anne E. Moore, Jennifer Justice's tale of pre-teen pageantry gone wrong, a minizine template for you to try, artists who combine sweet with scary, and so much more you won't know what to do with yourself. Issue #6, the Food issue, is hot off the presses! Inside you'll find out what ladyfriends eat in Ghana and El Salvador, witness family baking rituals gone awry, read dieting diatribes and foodie zine reviews, and so much other stuff we can't get into it right now. Order a copy today! Issue #5 is our much-celebrated Shoe issue. Jog in someone else's shoes for a while with stories about marathon runners, dads in prison, and crime-fighting stillettos, plus interviews with shoe saleswomen, a travel diary from Madagascar, and more. Issue #4 is the Age issue, featuring interviews, essays, comics and even a board game by talented, funny, insightful ladies ranging in age from 5 to 102. This issue is thicker than ever, with a hot pink cardstock cover. Issue #3 is the one and only "Driving" issue. Inside you'll find info on how to haggle for a good deal on your next vehicle, an interview with a lady mechanic, the women of Project Mobilivre/Bookmobile Project, a fold-out decorate-your-own-car project, and lots more. Issue #2, the "Hair" issue, includes stories by bald girls, how to be your own barber, 10 reasons not to shave your pits, a wooly mammoth coloring page, and sooo much more. Issue #1, the "Super" issue, features the results of our Super Survey; how to sew your own super-cool pants; interviews with 7-year old action-figure afficionado Gabe Bly and Jessica Dellecave of P Power Performance Project, music reviews, comic book love and more. Supplies are limited. |
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People have such nice things to say about Ladyfriend! BUST MAGAZINE: "...Some zines are rock and some zines are ROCK (insert lightning bolts at will). Ladyfriend would fall into the second category. What more can you ask for?" VENUS ZINE: "... A really dope zine... inspiringly creative!" ZINE GUIDE: " I like reading about intrepid stunts... like dressing up in superheroine drag. Issue #2 included a swatch of hair that disturbed my husband!" EAST VILLAGE INKY: "The subtitle hits the nail on the head - it truly for "ladies and all their friends!" BROKEN PENCIL: "The content is high quality, and covers a wide array of topics from the personal to the political. Great fun!" FORK 'N SPOON: "A treasure of a zine... absolutely rocks!" CROWN DOZEN: "Ladyfriend is exquisite in its DIY values, and its commitment to quality. A must-have... you can't lose." NEWPAGES.COM: "This is one of the best compilation zines I've seen, in terms of both quality of writing and variety within a theme." JANE MAGAZINE: "Editor Christa Donner has a near-psychic ability to know what we want to read." |
