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sheer spite press
@sheerspite.bsky.social
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small press + zine distro!
Tiohtià:ke // Montréal
transsexual-run // anti-ableist // pro-🇵🇸
https://sheerspite.ca/
https://sheerspite.bigcartel.com/
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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · Jan 28
Some of the dream topics I'd love for sheer spite to be able to publish work about: please pitch me at [email protected]!
Some dream topics I’d especially like to publish work about: - Memoirs and other writing by elders, especially but not exclusively 2SLGBTQ+ and/or disabled elders and people with histories of resistance, organizing, and activism. - Reprints and anthologies of older zines, esp centering around queerness, transness, disability, fat liberation, anti-racism, and organizing. - Friendship & how to place it closer to the centre of life. What it looks like to plan deeply and intertwine lives with your friends. - Reflections on communal & non-normative living arrangements like communes, cohousing, co-ops, land projects, punk houses, squats, etc, other non-Eurocentric and/or non-heteronormative ways of setting up a home and a life. - Special Topics In Organizing + Counterculture: 1960s/70s radical leftist bank robberies, informants in social movements, cross-movement solidarity work - Food, especially autobiographical, political, or reflective writing centring on food and eating and their place in life, especially in connection with any of the other topics on this list. - Survival and preparedness from an anti-individualist, anti-ableist perspective - Complicated and messy perspectives on disability, body difference, fatness, Madness, plurality, sickness, etc - Death & end of life care & planning - Experiences of incarceration and other forms of institutionalization - Quakerism!
sheerspite.bsky.social
i am not immune to the lure of a Hot Deal but the fact is, i do not build a huge margin into the prices, and already sell things on sliding scale, so i can't really do sales. however zines remain available for purchase.

sheerspite.ca
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
Nothing is on sale :) everything is already cheap and priced on sliding scale already. why not just buy a zine regardless tho sheerspite.ca sheerspite.bigcartel.com the text is surrounded by a border of images of colourful zines sold by sheer spite, and a logo of a coiled snake.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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firestorm.coop
As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
A set of four horrible grainy photos of zines, released in discovery during the trial of Des Revol. Nothing is legible in the first image, but the others include "War in the Streets", "It's Vacant, Take It!" and "Another Critique of Insurrectionalism." A horrible grainy photo of zines in a box. Visible titles include "Insurrectionary Anarchy", "Earth First Journal", and "Another Critique of Insurrectionalism", and "For the Love of Winning: An Open Letter to Extinction Rebellion."
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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diskettepress.bsky.social
That's right people, it's almost Twenty-Twenty SEX. Preorder our incredible new calendar featuring hot, hot illustrations, from hot, hot artists. Show off to your friends that you're a cool sex haver or get one for your hookup that says "put me on your calendar"

diskettepress.com/products/202...
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
sheerspite.bsky.social
I started a US satellite store for Sheer Spite, shipping from Everett, WA! Folks in the US can benefit from affordable shipping and no tariffs. Launching with just these 6 items but more to come.
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
A screenshot of the US store, showing the zines Clipart Crypt, PALS, and Surprisingly OK, the book Crossdresser/Accept Yourself or Die, and pink stickers reading "DIY" and "I Heart Zines and Gay Sex"
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
Following the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency doc I started (please add to it!), what are some reasons people are not buying stuff at the art book fair / zine fest? I'll share some ideas and observations in the comments.
Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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spacecityao.bsky.social
If you’ve ever taken a zine from any of our tabling events then you NEED to give a shit about Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, aka Des Revol.

They are being charged for simply having a box of zines. If you write, print, or simply read zines, WRITE TO DES.

theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
If you self-publish and still haven't seen this thick booklet that Temporary Services made earlier in the year, check it out! It provides a lot of useful insights from the perspective of stores that sell and distribute self-published artist books and zines. halfletterpress.com/booksellers-...
The cover of Booksellers Reflect on Self-Publishing, compiled by Temporary Services. For this booklet we reached out to book stores and distributors that we have worked with—in some cases for just a couple years, and in others for almost the entire time that we’ve been making and selling booklets and books. We sent everyone this description of the publication we wanted to produce: Artist publishing is thriving. As printing continues to become more accessible, and subjects like zine-making become part of college and high school curricula, the number of self-publishers is exploding. There are an ever-increasing number of art book fairs, zine fests and events for self-publishers, but distribution of the countless titles people produce remains a challenge as the number of participants in the field surges. Many people that work in bookstores that carry artists’ books and zines are also publishers themselves. We invited some of the booksellers we work with to reflect on the state of self-publishing as they experience it at the stores they work in, manage, or own. What insights can they share about the state of self-publishing? What advice can bookstores offer to self-publishers? How can artist publishers and bookstores work together in mutually supportive ways? What approaches are working and where are there weaknesses in the publisher and distributor relationship? This collection provides a detailed and generous array of observations, stories, and advice. We hope it is valuable to anyone that is interested in publishing, and wants their work to be in stores and other spaces for books. There are so many other great shops we couldn’t include; readers should talk to them too.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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timdevin.bsky.social
for my librarian friends, here's a nice collection of critical viewpoints on libraries, written in 2021.

freely available here: violetbfox.info/disorientati...

(thanks to @sheerspite.bsky.social for the rec)

#Libraries #PublicLibraries #Zines
a zine called "disorientation guide to librarianship"
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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penfight.bsky.social
Bumper-load of new zines have been listed on the distro for ya.

Starting with: Cervical Screening for Trans+ Autistic People: a tool for self advocacy penfightdistro.com/shop/cervica...
a hand holding lots of various zines, the front one has the trans flag colours and is titled "Cervical Screening for Trans+ Autistic People: a tool for self advocacy"
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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uniformbooks.bsky.social
some edges of publications.

sewn paperback
wire-stitched pamphlet
sewn pamphlet
ditto
ditto
side-stitched and board-backed
ditto
ditto
cloth and paper-covered boards
sewn pamphlet
sewn paperback
sewn pamphlet
wire-stitched double pamphlet

colinsackett.co.uk/bibliography.php
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
sheerspite.bsky.social
I wrote about sheer spite's sliding scale pricing, and some thoughts on the economics of running a very small press:
sheerspite.ca/on-sliding-s...
on sliding scale zine pricing, and the economics of running a tiny press - sheer spite press
Pricing creative work is notoriously difficult. I find it especially so for zines. In running Sheer Spite, two things that are important to me are supporting people in making...
sheerspite.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!

This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!

refuseuline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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anarchistagency.bsky.social
🏴 Submissions for both the Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Anarchist Media grants will be open in just 2 weeks! 🏴Agency is proud to work in collaboration with @anarchist-studies.bsky.social on this grant program. Keep an eye out for the announcement on Dec 1 that submissions are open.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
I created a public spreadsheet that other publishers can add to so people can decide whether different fairs might be effective for them. Please add to it! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency
docs.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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wildramppublishing.bsky.social
Hey! You can pick up both volumes of "Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond" at the Biggest Little Online Zine Fair, as well as a bunch of other great zines from around the world!

tinyurl.com/blzfshop
Biggest Little Online Zine Fair Sun Nov 16-Sun Nov 22 Show over 100 Zines from Around the World! Tinyurl.com/blzfshop
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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wbmc666.bsky.social
It’s that time of year again! The WBMC is looking for short zines and comics by trans/queer artists to publish in 2026!

As always, this is a paid opportunity and you don’t need a finished project to apply! Apps are open till January 15th, 2026! Tell your friends!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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dirtgod.bsky.social
you could actually buy this shit if you was about it
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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kwooten.bsky.social
I am SO EXCITED for this zine (and for finding my clipart soulmate Lee through the magic of @qzap.bsky.social)!
sheerspite.bsky.social sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 11d
Clipart Crypt is an extremely indulgent fanzine celebrating clipart, featuring interviews with clipart experts and aficionados (such as @kwooten.bsky.social on feminist clipart), and collages of the strangest and most beautiful vintage clipart I could find.
sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
The cover of Clipart Crypt, which is risograph printed in red ink on bright yellow paper, with images of a filing cabinet on fire surrounded by flowers, a border with suns and moons, and a weird humanoid frog. Clipart Crypt zine, open to its first page. The cover is riso printed in red ink on yellow paper; the interior pages are blue on pink. The inside cover has a table of contents and the first page is entitled "sourcing and notes on theft", both are full of a chaotic array of old clipart. Clipart Crypt zine, open to an interior page. It is riso printed in blue ink on bubblegum pink paper and is full of a chaotic array of old clipart, including some creepy sea monsters and a baby chicken wearing a bonnet.
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
sheerspite.bsky.social
Clipart Crypt is an extremely indulgent fanzine celebrating clipart, featuring interviews with clipart experts and aficionados (such as @kwooten.bsky.social on feminist clipart), and collages of the strangest and most beautiful vintage clipart I could find.
sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
The cover of Clipart Crypt, which is risograph printed in red ink on bright yellow paper, with images of a filing cabinet on fire surrounded by flowers, a border with suns and moons, and a weird humanoid frog. Clipart Crypt zine, open to its first page. The cover is riso printed in red ink on yellow paper; the interior pages are blue on pink. The inside cover has a table of contents and the first page is entitled "sourcing and notes on theft", both are full of a chaotic array of old clipart. Clipart Crypt zine, open to an interior page. It is riso printed in blue ink on bubblegum pink paper and is full of a chaotic array of old clipart, including some creepy sea monsters and a baby chicken wearing a bonnet.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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princessaggy.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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qzap.bsky.social
So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.

Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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sleepytimetbear.bsky.social
I will say it till I kick it myself, but among the things I heard most after Mira passed was ‘I wish I had told her’. give the flowers & start the friendships now
amityf.bsky.social amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 17d
man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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allisonanne.com
a change in my communication style about a decade ago, when a lot of things were shifting in my life, was to frequently, fluidly detail this kind of thing to folks. this year, i adopted a policy of thank you notes (largely by mail) for basically everything. connective tissue
amityf.bsky.social amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 17d
man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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tychebooks.bsky.social
Saw a thread on table displays the other day, & while I did reply to that directly, I thought it would be fun to do a thread on it, too. Learn from my mistakes!

(photo is from WWC 2025, photo credit: David Kotsibie / Persuasion Photo and Janis Isaman / Photos of People)
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Publisher with long brown hair standing behind the book table, laughing. She is surrounded by books at different heights on various types of shelving. Photo credit: David Kotsibie / Persuasion Photo and Janis Isaman / Photos of People
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
sheerspite.bsky.social
If you have any interest in trans history or zines this is a must-read. Gendertrash is both vitally important and an insanely fun read. I am so excited to have a paper copy I can hold and share and loan out and not get back and buy again!
littlepuss.net LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 22d
Today is the LAUNCH DAY for
‼️GENDERTRASH FROM HELL ‼️
The zine that redefined transsexual culture forever

THAT'S RIGHT: GENDERTRASH IS NOW LEGALLY AVAILABLE WITHOUT AGE RESTRICTIONS

Get it from our website, or from all good bookstores. You can even ask your library to order it!

💥📕💏🫦💥
Gendertrash From Hell - ALL-NEW — LittlePuss Press
Long-lost and all-new zines revealing the secret history of contemporary transgender culture
www.littlepuss.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM