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I ordered a pack of Kathleen Hanna's zines and reading them is a trip. She was writing when I was like three years old but she was *dead on* about so many things still relevant!
I keep wanting to make a zine, but also I feel like it'd be more fun to draw huge on four sheets of paper and then shrink them into a single-sheet zine, and then that's a Whole Process, so I don't get started. Really antithetical to the whole vibe!
I'd love to get my hands on an authentic Riot Grrrl zine or demo tape from back then. Really cool stuff :)
I just do this from pure boredom, and it takes up my time nicely. Planning on Issue. 4 now.
Good to see you, maya :)
I've felt a bit shy with all the new people, but it's silly when I'm still pretty new myself! How're you doing?
I'm doing good, thank you :)
I like that there are new people here at The Midnight, at first I thought there'd be 10 people here and that's all, but a lot of people joined up and m15o did a great job. My only concern is losing control over the amount of patrons/having the place flood with new people 24/7. It'd get old, fast. Bur right now it is pretty cool.
Yeah, it's fun that it gives a vibe of there being people "around" more often.
That's actually something I've been thinking about recently -- how do you keep things small in a way that creates good effects and not bad effects? I admire the Midnight because it makes Gemini accessible, so I can check in from my work computer or read the thoughts of someone who wouldn't be comfortable on the command line. At the same time, though, because it *doesn't* have that barrier to entry that command-line Gemini does, it's liable to experience more Growth which could change it undesirably. Is it possible to divide a community, cell-like, into two parts without everyone experiencing it as trauma? Is it possible to partition entry in ways that enhance everyone's experience, not just that of a favored few?
Not saying that any of that would be right for The Midnight, but it's something I'm thinking about alt-internet stuff broadly.
Good to see you TMO! Love your two issues. I love the authenticity, the pictures, the writing. It feels real and human. Thanks for creating them and looking forward for the third issue. By the way, the cover for issue 1 is badass!
Thank you so much! A labor of love, but also 100% fun to make them! :) I actually experienced what Cal Newport would call "Deep Work" when I was *in the zone* making Issue. 2 today. I was totally committed until it was done, and I was like...scared that something else was happening around me that I would "miss out" on (even though there was nowhere I needed to be - online or offline). Issue. 3 (The Music Issue) will have a DIY feel again. No templates or special software, just cobbling it together in a document editor :)
Good to see you Brewed. Hope everything is well on your end, and you are safe and healthy.