soft ribs - a queer zine
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soft ribs is a zine about my nonbinary relationship with my own chest. it is made other nonbinary people in mind, especially to those to whom going through mastectomy feels very complicated.
it is 16 pages, made straight to folded ripped out pieces of paper from my sketchbook on a ballpoint pen, drawn spontaneously spending my last summer days at my friends cabin.
this zine is pay what you want. do not pay for it if you are poor, but if extra coins my way dont do you harm, go for it! im paying for my hrt on a student budget without government assistance at the moment so it is appreciated.
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This resonates so much with my experiences. I dont actually really hate my chest, but i know i will be forever perceived as a woman if i have it, and thats unbearable
thank you for commenting ... glad to have created something that resonates. what you´re saying sounds so familiar. i was recently nearly barechested in cis company and it was a very different experience from what i described in this zine, and made my feelings sway in a very different direction once more. its so strange to be dependant on where you are on whether or not you feel comfortable.
as someone with a bit of a different (aka transfem) bodily experience, i really, truly love to hear about experiences like this. because despite that difference there's just so many things that resonate, and that i really appreciate hearing as someone who can sway wildly between "maximal medical transition" (my anti-binary way of describing my own goals) and then struggling with wanting to develop and appreciate (as much as i can) what i have at the moment.
messy way to say, thanks, this was really neat <3
i really appreciate your comment, thank you so much ... i also love mess <3 i think its so lovely to also hear of the wide spectrum of trans experiences, id love to see zines about the experiences and perceptions of everyones own bodies from every kind of person. maximal medical transition is a really cool term, haha. it really is so difficult to balance the cherishing of your own self and then the aspect of bodymodification. its a lot to think about ... thank you again for sharing your thoughts
a gorgeous zine ✨
thank you so much <3333