First, I have to say that I really love the title of this zine, and the fact that it seems to be made by people who aren’t part of the typical zine crowd. I’m all about breaking stereotypes and diversifying. Diversification is good. This zine is printed on super-duper high quality paper, and the topic is Motherhood. Two of the editors had their mom write recollections of their births. Colleen Gray got her father to write about his recollection of her birth. Another person wrote a genealogy of her family. The editorial was about what a mother is and a challenge to the traditional definitions of mother. Brandy Wood’s piece about living with her turbulent mother was my favorite piece in the collection, actually. It was well written and the author’s emotions came through quite clearly. I didn’t really like the poems very much, but I did like the family photos interspersed throughout. While I appreciated the effort behind it, I couldn’t really get into it. I found that some of the writing did not flow particularly well. But I appreciated the sentiment, and the effort behind the work. (AK)
zine, Sept 2000, Issue 3- $2.50, 113-240 Northcliffe Blvd. Toronto, ON, M6E 3K7, [email protected]