MadZines Workshop (2022)
Feminist Library, London
This workshop was hosted at the Feminist Library, in London UK, as part of MadZines, a research project funded by Wellcome Trust.
Drawing on the history of radical self publishing practices among feminist and queer movements, the workshop began by exploring zines within the Feminist Library’s collection that craft contention around pathologised conditions.
Led with artist Pops_Comix, we then crafted pocket zines in relation to our experiences within (and outside of) mental health systems. The goal of the workshop was to create a compassionate and playful space to challenge psychiatric understandings of emotional distress.
Drawing on the history of radical self publishing practices among feminist and queer movements, the workshop began by exploring zines within the Feminist Library’s collection that craft contention around pathologised conditions.
Led with artist Pops_Comix, we then crafted pocket zines in relation to our experiences within (and outside of) mental health systems. The goal of the workshop was to create a compassionate and playful space to challenge psychiatric understandings of emotional distress.
