Events

NYC Feminist Zinefest – One of New York’s largest and longest-running annual zinefests, started in 2012 by Elvis Bakaitis and Kate Angell. Currently co-organized by Suze Myers, Pooja Desai, Lilli Wu Finckel, Jenna Freedman, Kate Angell, and Elvis B. (2019, 2020).

Press coverage: NYU Local, Columbia Spectator, WomenAboutComics, TheCut, and more.

 

~ Other Events ~ 

NYC FZF Zine Reading! March 28, 2020. Held annually at Bluestockings Bookstore on the day before the NYC Feminist Zinefest, this event showcases the work of awesome traveling and local zines creators.

By the Force of Our Presence: Curatorial Salon October 17, 2019.
Invited panel presentation with Flavia Rando, Cassandra Grant, Ashley-Luisa Santangelo, Alexis Clements (Moderator). New-York Historical Society. New York, New York.

Queer & Trans Zines at the Rainbow Book Fair Saturday, October 12, 2019.
Presentation with JB Brager, Cassandra Leveille, J. Henry Hansen, Quinn Milton, Zefyr Lisowski, Charles Theonia, and Ximena Izquierdo. Bureau of General Services: Queer Division. New York, New York.

We’re Still Here: Growing Older Together with the Lesbian Herstory Archives. June 19, 2019. Featuring Deborah Edel, Maxine Wolfe, Paula Grant, Alexis Clements (Moderator). The New-York Historical Society. New York, New York.

Zines as Creative Resistance. October 17, 2017. Co-moderated with Wanett Clyde. Featuring Jenna Freedman, Erica Cardwell, Kel Karpinski, and Devin N. Morris. The Graduate Center Library. New York, New York.