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A queer feminist zine and bookshop and tiny press, based in Manchester UK since 2015.

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STRAP: a queer trans-masc magazine. A chunky glossy mag full of lots of sexy goodness and art, illustrations and photography. penfightdistro.com/shop/strap-a...

Making a market return to Manchester city centre for the first time since... last December? I'll be at Makers Market at Stage & Radio this saturday 12-7pm. If you'd like to order in advance and collect - you can browse penfightdistro.com and use the code 'stageandradiocollect' on checkout

The flier of prompts for this years International Zine Month! Today's prompt: cook a recipe you found in a zine. (From here: antiquatedfuture.com/zines/intern...) (Anyone got time to write out an alt-text version of this?)

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The Zine of the Gay post for this week is about IFP, DPN, and AKFD. Lee is looking at some of the zines that came out in the late 1980s and early 1990s that were basically laughing with the tragedy that was the state of the AIDS crisis at the time. gittings.qzap.org/infected-fag...

New in stock: an absolute bumper-crop of #zines in from Jade. If you enjoy queer perzines, veggie recipes, blackout poetry on the queerness of nature and dirt, cycling, or fancy giving yourself a face massage, check them out ✨ penfightdistro.com/book-author/... ✨

Some new books stocked up on the shop now. I'm too sleepy to make this post pop anymore, so please go have a browse: penfightdistro.com 🌈📚 📚🌍 💙📚 #lgbtbooks #queerbookshop #queerbooks

My next market will be the MIT Mart in Mossley on June 29th - pop along if you're over 18! More info here: www.instagram.com/mitmarketexp...

Made up some new badges - some vintage badge reproductions, some Pen Fight original designs, all handmade in my tiny home studio. Because the world needs some more garish queer and feminist pins in my opinion. You can grab 'em here: penfightdistro.com/product-cate... 🏳️‍🌈

Feminists for transgender liberation pin badge from the 90s (credit: www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/zw12z5...)

200 of these going out in an order today ✊ #joinaunion penfightdistro.com/product-cate...

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Happy Pride Month, Y’all! For the month of June we’ll be bringing back our “Zine of the Gay” blog posts over at QZAP. To kick things off, Lee* has a great piece about the infamous Queers Read This from 1990. gittings.qzap.org/queers-read-...

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bless MK and this zine providing additional historical context to the prison labor movement. so grateful to be asked to work on it, love a project where i get to engage with all my major interests at once (zines, abolition, labor organizing).

June newsletter is out! Lots of musings, a new zine and more. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Prisons, Prose & Protest - #16open.substack.com Rants, Musings & More

Organizing Behind Barsissuu.com This zine is a reprint of the essay "Organizing Behind Bars" by Frank Browning published in 1972. It also features a copy of. the Folsom Manifesto of 1970. The publication was conceived by Mariame Kab...

new badge! ZINES: KEEP IT DIY! penfightdistro.com/shop/zines-k...

2 new mini-zines up on the store! One about being a pillow princess and being autistic, another a small rant from a dyslexic about being called high achieving. penfightdistro.com

Please can more people make smutty queer zines.

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DIARIES OUT! We’ll be tabling at our first event of 2024 - Pushkin House Zine Fair - on Saturday 1 June. Hurrah! This is always a really nice event, with lots of lovely zinesters - so do come along to Bloomsbury Square between 12 and 6. Entry is free. More info at bit.ly/pushkinhousezinefair

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I can't believe this is tomorrow... but it is. Join us in Brooklyn for the Black Zine Fair! blackzinefair.org

Uk zine events calendar just got a little update: penfightdistro.com/zine-events/ (tell me about your events, I'll get them added next week)

new in stock: All the World’s a Cage: a zine about a power-exchange break-up (pay what you can) penfightdistro.com/shop/all-the... #kink

Can you buy a trans person a gift of a book of their choice? We've had 165/368 books gifted so far, plus £395 in the pot of funds for more books. Still plenty to be fulfilled! Take a browse penfightdistro.com/product-cate... #mutualaid 🌈📚 📚🌎 💙📚

Hello! Are you trans? Do you live in the UK? Would you like to be bought a book as a treat by a cis person or ally? We're organising this over March, and you can request a book of your choice via a short form here: forms.gle/QYJWKg4EQE7A... (please share!)

I got a good haul from Edinburgh Zine Fest last weekend.

Are you coming to Edinburgh Zine Fest? Want to pre-order something from me? (I can only bring limited stock for the weekend) give me a shout tonight and I'll make sure it gets packed. Browse my full selection here: penfightdistro.com

2nd time changing my black toner this week, it must be a zine fest this weekend.

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Something cool coming up: Queer & Trans Creators of Comics & Zines virtual panel on Thurs, March 21, 6 PM EST. Featuring Sawyer Lovett, Joe Hatton, Vo Vo, Cristy C. Road, and moderator Nia King. ASL interpretation provided. bit.ly/queercomix #QTPOC #LGBTQIA #DIY

Edinburgh Zine Fest takes place on February 10th and 11th at Fruitmarket this year - www.edinburghzinelibrary.com/ezf2024 I'm thrilled to be tabling both days!

What zine fests have we got coming up in the UK for 2024 then? Have only got a few on my radar so far: penfightdistro.com/zine-events/ (That's Edinburgh, Glasgow, Barnsley, and Mulitudes in Manchester)

Zine making workshop in Manchester on Feb 3rd, more info - www.instagram.com/economies_of...

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Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) 2024 will be in NYC on Aug 3 and 4. We're considering collecting a voluntary, sliding-scale registration fee to help fund our BIPOC Travel Award and current and future ZLuCs. We want your feedback on this! forms.gle/xCQtAHxjRJpD... #zluc #zines #libraries

Anyone got tips for bookshops in Chester? Indies and 2nd hand places, of course.