Zines are a low barrier form of communication that stem from one of the earliest kinds of a social media, the distribution of underground printed pamphlets. Zines are intentionally low-fi and deeply personal, often demonstrating political or radical ideas of the self, one's culture and community, and an opportunity to see one's own writing in a consumable print medium. Demonstrated here from a radical abolitionist pamphlets of the American Colonial and Progressive Era periods through the 20th century of xerox photocopy printing, zines offer a narrative window into subculture and social movement history.
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