I made zines in the 90s.
Cut-and-paste. Locally printed and stapled. Passed hand to hand.
They were how we told the truth when nobody gave us a platform.
My first stories were:
an expose of crisis pregnancy clinics in our college town that tricked vulnerable young women
an interview of a women-only motorcycle club
a monthly trivia column (because trivia is fun)
Fast forward to now:
The tools are shinier.
The stakes are higher.
The world is louder.
And fascists have better branding.
So I’m bringing the zine back.
Artivist E-Zine is my digital field journal from the messy intersection of art, activism, publishing, and trying to stay human in a media culture that wants to numb us out and sell us back our own fear.
This is not content.
This is not a personal brand play.
This is a place to think out loud, document what I see, name the grifts, call out the systems, and share how artists and creatives are actually surviving, organizing, and making meaning right now.
You’ll find here:
Short videos and essays from the front lines of culture
Dispatches on fascism, grift culture, and power dressed up as progress
Behind-the-scenes truth from building decks, books, and art projects in real time
Creative resistance practices for staying awake, connected, and dangerous (in the best way)
Rage, humor, grief, beauty, and the occasional glitter bomb
I don’t believe art is a luxury.
I believe art is necessary infrastructure.
It’s how we process what’s happening.
It’s how we find each other.
It’s how we tell the truth when official channels lie.
It’s how we remember who we are when the algorithms want us small, distracted, and scrolling.
Artivist Zine is for:
Artists who refuse to be neutral
Creatives who feel the weight of this moment in their bodies
People who know something is deeply wrong and are still choosing to make anyway
Anyone who believes creativity is not separate from resistance
This is a living document.
A field report.
A digital zine for a burning world.
No polish.
No pretending.
Just art, truth, and refusal.
Welcome to Artivist E-Zine.
In the words of John Lewis, let’s make good trouble.
Let’s make art.
(Whether the art is "good" is irrelevant. Making the art IS the good part.)
Alex