Little Xeroxed Books: A Life in Zines

A zine is a tiny book that you make on your own. It can be about anything. People capture the story of their lives in zines, little diaries and time capsules folded down the center. An abridged version of “magazine" or "fanzine", zines have been reproducing the voices of people on the fringes since their punk-rock inception....

Pat Shively: Women’s Health Care Pioneer

Raised by an outspoken, lesbian, feminist mother who started Olympia, Washington’s first women’s health clinic, my sisters and I grew up in a busy house filled with stories of confrontations with dominant culture. With charisma and charm, Pat Shively, my courageous and visionary mother, taught us to follow our hearts, question authority, fight for the underdog, laugh loudly and raise hell....

Aiming True: Parker Woods

Parker Woods asks me to meet him at a teahouse in northwest Portland. I walk upstairs in the restored house to find a living room sprawl of teenagers and college students bent over their laptops in deep concentration with handmade mugs full of assorted teas. It’s silent. He arrives not much later and we talk shop, we talk Portland, we talk Tumblr, we talk photography....