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404 Magazine is based on the premise that UX writing is poetry, or at least has a lot in common with poems. We take error messages, microcopy, onboarding screens, and other various pieces of UX writing, and refactor the words so it reads like poetry. Maybe, just maybe, it changes or enhances the meaning.

Scope and Contents "8-Track Mind Magazine has done it again! Issue #104 has the theme “The Commodification Of Nostalgia,” but don’t let that scare you off. The usual inspired collection of rants, short Zen-inspired skits, recollections, and ideas for new uses to be applied to old technology are in fine form, with contributors including founding “Minds” Brendan DeVallance, Liam Hayes and F.R. “Russ” Forster and important past contributors Dan Sutherland, Lucien Williams, and Malcolm Riviera adding just the...

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“Islam isn’t some scary, violent, woman-hating cult out of the dark deserts of Saudi Arabia. It’s practiced by twenty-three percent of the world—that’s nearly one in every four people.”

Donna Ramone is a writer and illustrator from Bahrain, California and Utah (in that order). An activist, she writes from her perspective as an Arab Muslim woman and punk. She wishes she had a more original pen name, but them’s the breaks.

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'A Potted Trans History' explores the often overlooked history of transgender folks- spanning from classical antiquity to the stonewall riots each page features illustrations and information about key figures/moments in trans history.

Created by Rowan Frewin.

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A Zine-Zine Proposition takes a trash bargain-bin romance novel and reconstructs a loose story using only its most ridiculous sentences. A fun, hilarious, and nonsensical read.

Created by Billy McCall.

Scope and Contents "This is a zine about the weird/beautiful/rural place I grew up in Missouri. It's also about trying to make sense of a place where the past is everywhere and history is nowhere. It's part personal stories and part excerpts from newspaper clippings, books, and other stuff I've been collecting over the past few years in an effort to understand more about the area's history."Dreamy, heartachey zine about growing up in a place so small it doesn't have a zipcode and then how it feels...

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"Basic Paper Airplane issues have been coming into the world at a near-glacial pace since 2005. The zine has covered everything from the future of print media to the history of the human family, been reviewed widely, and been referenced as an aesthetic inspiration for the movie adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. There are currently thirteen issues."

Created by Joshua James Amberson.

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Created by Billy McCall and Various Artists.

Scope and Contents Behind the Zines is a zine about zines. Think of it as a small-scale Broken Pencil or Xerography Debt, a biannual publication that puts a spotlight on what's going on in the zine community. In this issue: scene reports, zine fest travels, zine spreadsheets, zine reluctance, and zine reviews. It asks how personal is too personal, and includes an interview with Kara Comegys of the zine Clumsy, discussing zines, sexual assault, and using art to heal. It also has the results of a zine survey, so...

Scope and Contents Our favorite zine about zines. And there's just so much good. Kate Foray and Dan Nelson discuss the upswing in wrestling zines. Frederick Moe dives into amateur press associations. Jess Hogan tells the nontraditional story of Neither/Nor Distro and how it can work in other places. Plus words, interviews, and features from some of our faves: Anna Jo Beck, Julia Eff, Kari Tervo, Saeko Reed, and so many more.Highlight: Razorcake co-founder Todd Taylor gives a brief history of the...