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In honor of National Library Workers Day let's all give shout-outs and hugs to all the amazing library workers that we know.  Here at QZAP we're all about Our Library Crushes.

It's challenging for us to choose just one Riot Grrrl zine to showcase in honor of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's proclamation that April 9 is Riot Grrrl day.  SO, we thought err on the side of offending no one and everyone by throwing up the Kill Rock Stars Winter 1995/96 catalog zine.  If you haven't had a listen to some of these bands in a while (or ever) today's a great day to do so.

After disco and Hi-NRG almost killed us and when "Wimmin's Music" didn't speak to us and before there was riot grrrl queer punk kids listened to a short-lived genre called homocore.  Which then got changed to queercore for obvious reasons.  And one of the places that homocore was birthed was in Toronto.  For those who are so inclined, it stands to reason that a publication about such an awesome movement in queer/musical zirstory might be titled Homocore Toronto.  And so it was.

"Highways hard in this modern world | Battered boys and shattered girls"
Not Your Bitch #5 is riot grrrl raucous, smart and angry, and that perfect-for-right-now feminist slice of 1995.  With reviews of zines by Nomy Lamm, an Ani DiFranco album, and stories of graffiti-ing bathroom stalls with menstruel blood, what mor coud you ask for?

More than just a manifesto, the Femme Shark Communique #1 is a guide to being a Femme Shark.  It's fierce as fuck. 
 

 

Shark Chants
When I Say Femme You Say Shark!
When I Say Femme, You Say Power!
When I Say Finger, You Say Bang !
Femme Sharks Want Justice! And We Want To Get Banged!
All My Holes Are Hungry! Hungry For Justice And Fucking!
Femme Sharks Hate Israel! A Lot! It Sucks!
My Pussy! I Got One! Do You Want To Fuck It? Yeah!
Femme Sharks Love Studs!
Femme Sharks Love Our Transisters!
Femme Sharks Strap It On!
Femme Sharks Say Fuck Colonialism!
When I Say Femme You Say Power!
Femme! Power! Femme! Power !
When I Say Femme, You Say Shark!
When I Say Finger, You Say Bang!
Femme Sharks Love Fat Girls! Femme Sharks Are Fat Girls!

 

Do you want to hear tales of adventure and mayhem?  Rediculousness and perhaps questionable choices?  Then check out Swanboy, the story of one fairly tall Australian fellow with a swan costume living in Tokyo.

Monday means back to work, back to school.  If that sounds like a bummer, why don't you tag along with us to Fag School?  It's silly and dirty and gritty and filled with good things like band interviews and naked mens and reviews and real talk about being a go-go boy.

Like the title says, it's *NOT* all punk rock and safety pins.  Sometimes queer zines are about faded celebrities and xeroxed cocks.  One fine example is Susan Mini Mag #2.  In addition to the penii, SMM#2 has a lovely k.d. lang pin-up page, the titular tributes to Susan Dey, and a page of cute puppies!  There's something for everyone without being fun for the whole family.

• Do you have feathers?
• Do you fantasize about gay dinosaurs?
• Are you a dinosaur?
• Are you gay?

If you considered any of these questions for a second, you should totally check out Dinosaurs Had Feathers: A Kinky Gay Dinosaur Coloring Book.  See the mighty Straponasur and hear the roar of the Fucmitilimsaurus.

A little fairey (actualy a big bear) let us know that the one and only Ms Vaginal Davis was going to be performing at the Utopias Performance Art Festival in Kingston, Ontario tomorrow.  Because Vag is such an important part of queer zine history we wanted thought it would be good to highlight one of her zines.  Thus, Yes, Ms Davis.