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Casper (they/them)
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 23
Careceiver, a disability zine (1/2)

#zine #disability #disabilityzine #zines #freezine #freezines
The cover of the zine says Careceiver in bold text with a collage of a person in a pink bed below it. They are surrounded by cartoony blue flowers, a crescent moon, and swallow birds in flight, as well as one strawberry on a vine. It is dark in the room and there is a pink sawtooth star in the window near their bed. They appear to be tired. Below the collage it says Casper Elliot. A two page spread. The first page says: Why don’t caregiver and caretaker have opposite meanings? It's because caretaker is the older word. It was used in reference to maintenance of objects as well as people. The word "caregiver" became popular much later in the context of taking care of other people, possibly as a way to acknowledge their personhood. The word caregiver is flexible and can describe the work done to take care of elders, children, and disabled people, and can refer to paid or unpaid arrangements. In spite of this, there remains a lack of language surrounding the very ordinary human experience of taking care others. Page two has a list that says: That's my... Parent/Child, Partner/Spouse, Brother/Sister/Sibling, Teacher/Student, Doctor/Patient, Caregiver/?????(Five Question Marks) Something is missing here… (There is an arrow pointing to the question marks line, which is circled.) Another two page spread. Page three has an ornate floral border and says: We have the word "patient," but many disabled people don't have professional caregivers. The vast majority of care work is unpaid and done by a family member or other loved one. Despite the variety of relationships through which disabled folks get their needs met, there's still not a highly flexible counterpart to caregiver. Page four says: Why does this language gap matter? Beside the heading is a colorful painting of a person in bed looking tired. There is another person beside them holding their hand. The second person’s head is hanging low as if in sorrow. There is a bulleted list. The first bullet says: Disabled people and their caregivers are often lonely. This is not helped by a lack of recognition of their important relationships by society Second bullet: While caregiver support groups of all kinds are common, disabled people are often partitioned off into patient support groups where members share an illness. This undermines cross-disability solidarity and movement building
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Sep 4
more digital collage. i think i'll be making a series of these cracked vases. they're so much fun to make
A collage that depicts a cracked decorative vase on a black backdrop. The image on the vase features a muscular man hunched over with a furrowed brow. Behind him is a leopard pelt. The vase has two handles. The broken part of the vase is made up of red and white ocean waves. There are three droplets falling from the cracks made up of the same red and white waves. The crack stretches across the man's body, effectively breaking him in half. Inside of the vase are three wilted red flowers.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Sep 4
tried some digital collage out
A collage that depicts a cracked decorative vase on a black backdrop. The image on the vase is of birds drinking the nectar of a tall, fringed flower. In the background behind the birds are mountains. The broken part of the vase is made of a very light blue image of water. There are three droplets of water to the right in the same light blue.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 23
Here's a link for easier sharing of Careceiver (for version with alt text please see thread above)
3ant.itch.io/careceiver-z...
Careceiver Zine by 3.ant
A zine about the other side of the caregiving relationship.
3ant.itch.io
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 23
Careceiver zine (2/2)
Another two page spread. The fifth page reads: I’m proposing “careceiver” as an umbrella term for all of the people who rely on a caregiver to accomplish their activities of daily living. Below this is a drawing of the words care and receiver being put together into one word, careceiver, with the repeating letters r and e crossed out in the middle. Below this it says: I hope you like portmanteaus! Page six is a bulleted list. It reads: Some sample sentences: I like watching old movies with my careceiver! My careceiver needs my help with meal preparation. Careceiving comes with its own unique challenges. I'm joining a support group for careceivers. Casper is Ember's careceiver. Below the list is a print of two human figures made up of swirling purple lines on a light pink background. The back cover of the zine reads: I'm a queer disabled person who mostly stays in bed. I have severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. My partner Ember is my primary caregiver and helped a little with this zine. We wanted a word for what I am to them. In many ways my becoming ill has been like having a child together. We have to work every day as a team to take care of my illness effectively. It's brought us closer in a lot of interesting ways. I hope the word careceiver can help people recognize the value of this kind of relationship. Beneath it is signed by hand with the author’s name, Casper after three hearts. Under the signature it says: Text written in August 2025. Made with alien melon’s Electric Zine Maker.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 23
Careceiver, a disability zine (1/2)

#zine #disability #disabilityzine #zines #freezine #freezines
The cover of the zine says Careceiver in bold text with a collage of a person in a pink bed below it. They are surrounded by cartoony blue flowers, a crescent moon, and swallow birds in flight, as well as one strawberry on a vine. It is dark in the room and there is a pink sawtooth star in the window near their bed. They appear to be tired. Below the collage it says Casper Elliot. A two page spread. The first page says: Why don’t caregiver and caretaker have opposite meanings? It's because caretaker is the older word. It was used in reference to maintenance of objects as well as people. The word "caregiver" became popular much later in the context of taking care of other people, possibly as a way to acknowledge their personhood. The word caregiver is flexible and can describe the work done to take care of elders, children, and disabled people, and can refer to paid or unpaid arrangements. In spite of this, there remains a lack of language surrounding the very ordinary human experience of taking care others. Page two has a list that says: That's my... Parent/Child, Partner/Spouse, Brother/Sister/Sibling, Teacher/Student, Doctor/Patient, Caregiver/?????(Five Question Marks) Something is missing here… (There is an arrow pointing to the question marks line, which is circled.) Another two page spread. Page three has an ornate floral border and says: We have the word "patient," but many disabled people don't have professional caregivers. The vast majority of care work is unpaid and done by a family member or other loved one. Despite the variety of relationships through which disabled folks get their needs met, there's still not a highly flexible counterpart to caregiver. Page four says: Why does this language gap matter? Beside the heading is a colorful painting of a person in bed looking tired. There is another person beside them holding their hand. The second person’s head is hanging low as if in sorrow. There is a bulleted list. The first bullet says: Disabled people and their caregivers are often lonely. This is not helped by a lack of recognition of their important relationships by society Second bullet: While caregiver support groups of all kinds are common, disabled people are often partitioned off into patient support groups where members share an illness. This undermines cross-disability solidarity and movement building
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 23
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A photo of marker and colored pencil drawings in a sketchbook. In the top left is a red apple core with three ants gathered around it. The rest of the page is covered by a drawing of a peachy pink rose with a brown eye at the center of its unfurling petals. Extending from the flower is its thorny stem and many shiny green leaves.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 23
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a photo of a drawing sitting on a pink surface. The drawing depicts a pitcher being used as a vase for three peonies in various stages of bloom. The pitcher is white with blue markings. On the side facing the viewer is a swallow holding a flower in its beak while diving down. There is a large crack across the decorative image, which obscures a wingtip and half a crescent moon. There are three drops of water falling from the crack. On the left side of the drawing is the artist’s signature “3.ANT” and the year 2025.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 6
A photo of a collage. The collage features two hands, shaped as if playing a harp. Above one hand and across the other is woven into checkered pattern another piece of paper that shows barbed wire and moving water. Below and across the other hand is paper woven into a striped pattern. It shows various shapes of glasswork in trans flag colors, as well as spots of purple.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 6
A photo of a collage. Individually cut letters spell out "Trans people do not owe cis people forgiveness. Cis people owe trans people respect!" on a heart drawn in marker on blue paper. At the bottom of the heart is a trans flag. Below the heart are many drops of blood and a thorny rose with a petal falling off of it. Around the words are five sparkles.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 6
A collage featuring two elephants on a dark photo of a person looking up. Their facial features are partially obscured by shadow. The elephants are scribbled on with crayon, the one on the left in multicolor hues and the one on the right in gray. The elephants are contained in a white dashed-line cube. They appear to be mid-stride.
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Casper (they/them) @3ant.bsky.social · Aug 6
Some button badges i made a few years ago >:o)
Button badge featuring a collage of a small case of sewing supplies with individually cut letters that spell out "pro abortion" Button badge featuring a collage of individually cut letters that spell out "Sinning is fun!" on a close crop of Jesus Christ's face. He is wearing a crown of thorns, blood is dripping down his face, and his eye is irreverently crossed out with an X.
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