MUCHACHA FANZINE
POC SOLIDARITY
#11 ⦁ 1/2 sized ⦁ 38 pages
Through visual art, essays, poetry, fliers, articles, photography, and collages, the contributors discuss the ways in which people of color promote unity and navigate accountability. Topics include confronting anti-blackness, transgender women of color facing police violence, men of color fighting misogyny, light skin privilege, #notyourasiansidekick, cultural appropriation, and more. Together, we need to realize our true power and know that our power is only stronger if we are united.
DECOLONIZE TRAVEL
#12 ⦁ 1/2 sized ⦁ 44 pages
Decolonizing travel means to challenge and resist the mainstream travel culture that reinforces colonial oppression. In this 45 page issue you will find essays, poetry, photography, visual art, short stories, and a comic all related to socially conscious traveling! Themes range from ethical travel practices, colonialist tourism, western/white savior complex, diaspora, indigeneity, racism, colorism, identity/privilege, imperialism, cultural reconnection, reimagining travel, and more. This zine is for anyone interested in reflecting on ways to resist colonialist traveling all while examining their own role as travelers.
MADRE TIERRA
#13 ⦁ 1/2 sized ⦁ 40 pages
While the oppressors in power harm & exploit the planet & all its inhabitants, people of color have always been on the frontlines of the struggle for environmental justice but we are not always heard. In an effort to center the importance of our voices, this 52-page issue features work by a variety of talented writers & artists of color from around the world! Topics & themes include environmental racism, ecofeminism, anticapitalism, decolonizing science, indigenous technologies, murder of environmental defenders, man-made disasters, sustainability, animal justice, healing, & more. "
LIBERATION YOUTH
#14 ⦁ 1/2 sized ⦁ 40 pages
From a Native youth water protector from Standing Rock to a Black mental health and gun violence prevention activist, Muchacha Fanzine's "Liberation Youth" passes the mic to a variety of youth of color who are fiercely leading the charge in environmental and social justice activism! Topics in this 42-page issue range from environmental justice, indigenous resistance, black lives matter, migration, mental health, gun violence, lgbtq liberation, water protection, identity, and healing.
COLLECTIVE CARE
#15 ⦁ 1/2 sized ⦁ 58 pages
The COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd uprising, and the economic crisis have lifted the veil of our individualistic capitalist system to offer another path forward: collective care. A tool of survival & liberation, collective care prioritizes an individual’s well-being as the shared responsibility of a group as opposed to the lone task of an individual. Centering the voices of creatives of color, this 57-page issue sheds light on how we can build the infrastructures of care & support that are necessary to liberate our communities and ensure the future of our world.
DECOLONIZE PUNK
#16 ⦁ 1/2 sized ⦁ 85 pages
While punk is characterized as being anti-status quo and embracing a do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos, the stereotype is that punk is white by default. Aimed at celebrating the overlooked contributions of punks of color, Muchacha Fanzine’s “Decolonize Punk” explores how punk is a political identity and radical subculture that Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) use as a tool to resist systemic oppression. Blending essays, visual art, photography, creative writing, band recs, and lyrics, this 85-page issue is a call of action to combat the colonial white supremacist patriarchal forces that infest our scene (and our world).
MUCHACHA FANZINE is a radically intersectional and decolonial Native Xicana Feminist publication. Influenced by D.I.Y (do-it-yourself) and punk rock feminism, Daisy began Muchacha Fanzine as a feminist punk zine and over the course of 9 years has grown into a larger, submission-based compilation of work by marginalized voices from around the world. Topics covered include art, writing, and political education on indigenous resistance, intersectional feminism, youth liberation, black lives matter, environmental justice, coalition building, body positivity, lgbtq rights, migration, decolonizing travel, & more. Patreon
✾All proceeds from this zine go to BRZD printing + operation fund✾
