Feminism epidemic and The Personal is Political

Creating a zine page was not as simple as I thought of it to be. It was actually far more difficult. Zines have the ability to make powerful statements, and I wanted to do just that. Feminism is my passion, my way of knowing the world through the lens of those only few have the ability to look through. For me, these zine pages were the most important aspect of this course.
My personal zine page is filled with images I strongly associate with feminism. I am constantly admiring the effort of the women and men who pushed for the 19th amendment, and those who were political prisoners trying to better the future of women to come. It is titled “Feminism epidemic”, while it is not an epidemic that has reached all, it is one that bringing more attention to issues necessary for equality in our world. I am proud to be a feminist and I believe the images on my zine appropriately illustrate this. Feminism stems from my anger because there is a lack of equality and justice in the U.S. and the world. There is an array of “fake feminist” and many saying it is dead. This makes me angry. This demonstrates that “the personal is political” since it is the lack of equality that affects me making me angry. I fight for equality for all, and so it is a political action, as this is the sole way to achieve success. I am not scared to admit I am a feminist and will do anything to better the future for generations to come. I believe this to be the foundation of feminism and of all of the waves. Roise the Riveter is a constant reminder of what women can do and that above and beyond the sky, there is no limit to the success we can achieve.

“The Personal is Political” is further exemplified in my second zine page. I choose to illustrate LGBT issues and how one’s sexuality becomes a political action, especially when one “comes out of the closet”. I wanted to illustrate that everyone, regardless of sexuality, race, sex, gender, etc is created equal through the hands coming together to make a circle. In the middle of these circles are eyes, demonstrating again we are all equal. The entire zine page is better supported with “Equal rights are not special rights”.

Zine pages are harder to design with a message, but they are always great to make to show what the real meaning of fight is. They are powerful, shy, loud, and quiet. Some make one think, others one may not recall. They are designed for what one wants them to be, and how powerful of a message one wishes to give.