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	Beautiful Bras and Bodyhair #4 This zine is about studying and challenging our perconceptions of bodyhair, bras, and related topics. In this issue, Nadine, Colleen and Shane tell us about their histories about growing up and growing hair. Then we are treated to two guides: one about the various tools of hair eradication, and about one's bra personality. The big finally, is a comprehensive survey about bodyhair: quantity, quality, effects on dating, sexuality, etc. Some surprising answers to inquitive questions are found! There is much more in there, but this quote in particular struck me: "Why does mainstream North America say we should love little animals that are fuzzy, but not love our own variety of fuzziness?" Out of stock! Will be available again in the future, feel free to write to accelerate the process.
	Beautiful Bras and Bodyhair #2 "This ... is what we want to achieve in this zine. We want to take a look at beauty laws and lawbreakers, to explore compassionate and free-to-be-ourselves images." This issue starts with the juxtaposition of beauty tips for women from 1866 and 1956, sarcastically titled "Beauty tips -- No pressure". Some tips for men follow. From 1866 we also get beauty recipes with hilarious names such as "Freckle Juice" and "Bloom of Roses". There is a list of 51 pick-up lines tried by men and women, introduced by an essay on how to deal with them, and why people still try them. Then there is a substantial amount of Ungodly Poetry, constasting biblical quotations with liberal interpretation, not quite in verse. Finally there are many quotes interspersed throughout about gender, beauty and who are these women feminists talk about? Out of stock! Will be available again in the future, feel free to write to accelerate the process.
	The Invisibility of Women Prisoners' Activism Vikki documents how women's prisoners activism has largely been ignored by those doing activism to support prisoners, and what gender-specific problems women face in the prison system. Very well documented and interesting. Size: half-legal, 20 pages, $2,50
	Let It Be Known #2 This issue of Let It Be Known picks up right where the previous one left off, sometimes even following up on some of the writing in issue #1. The most compelling story here, "A Few Cunts For Change" by Amber Richelle Dean, is about women that organized together to attract attention on a rapist after charges against him were dropped. Another article is a self-portrait of an Okonogan woman describing what it's like to be identified as both lesbian and being from a first nation, both amongst and outside Okonogans. Then there an exploration of how "feminine hygiene" would have become commoditized. Another article, called the "trucks" story, discusses one woman's attempt at preventing garbage trucks in Vancouver from spilling toxic liquids all over the place. The story is not quite about the garbage trucks themselves, but about the persistence, the inventiveness and resilience necessary to take on causes, sometimes not as glorious as defending an abortion clinic or going to an anti-globalization protest. In a follow-up to an article from last issue, Juanna Phreedm discusses the inner dynamics of two different women's groups. On top of these stories, there is poetry, including one piece titled Safe Park about a park OCAP occupied in Toronto. All in all this issue builds up on the strengths of the previous issue with a good variety of in-depth, sometimes introspective articles. Size: half-letter, 42 pages, $2
	Let It Be Known #1 The subtitle sums it up: Experiences of women activists. Women of various backgrounds talk about their experiences doing either feminist activism, or as women doing activism, and how the gender dynamics play out: a first presence at Take Back the Night from a sexual assault survivor, getting into feminist circles and theory, a perspective from anarcha-eco-feminists from the Czech Republic, a first commitment to being "arrestable" during a protest, observations from a veteran environmental organizer, a polemical comparison between a female and mixed-gender activist group, and a lot more. Size: half-letter, pages, $2
	Tenacious #7 Art and writing from women in prison. In her Invisibility of Women Prisoners' Activism, Vikki Law had documented how little we hear the voices of women in prison. With Tenacious, Vikki has given them a podium, and a good variety of writing gets showcased. In this issue, ubiquitous contributor B. Banister talks about violence in jail, self-inflicted and inflected on others, through a few events. R. Leland talks about the importance of education in prison, and its relationship to the economic conditions that often bring women to jail. Education and job training are recurrent themes in this issue. G. Schumacher talks about the uproar that followed the knowledge that prisoners have the "luxury" of buying a TV for their cell. There is more in there! It's a fascinating view of on an environment that is generally known through stereotypes. Out of stock! Will be available again in the future, feel free to write to accelerate the process. Issue #10 (not described here) in stock, $2