against the Flood 2
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$2/32 pages/Half size
by Hannah
I think this zine is one of those necessary issues that should be a part of a zinesters collection; especially if you enjoy zines that deal with mental health issues. There is a trigger warning in the introduction because some parts of the zine deal with self-injury and suicide. The contents include the biological basics of depression, good dietary sources, creating art, a tutorial for sharpie watercolors, four pieces written by other female zinesters, book reviews and mental health resources.
Hannah writes, "This zine focuses on ways to fight depression that go beyond the usual, mainstream measures like medication and therapy. Ways that are more radical, in the sense that they go to the roots of how we live our lives and treat our bodies."

anatomical heart
issue one
$2/24 pages/Quarter size
by Bettie

Bettie writes that her initial intentions with this zine were to include a broad spectrum of content but in the end she found the content to mostly be revolved around her mental health. I'm glad her focus did end up being on her metal health because I found her writing to be real and the issues she faces are issues that many of us can relate to. Bettie describes her depression, meds, doctors, and happiness.

An excerpt,"The only change coming from CPN to psychiatrist to crisis practitioner like a ticking bomb. Occasionally the bomb would go off. I'd od on cocktails of prescription drugs, go to the hospital, get referred to CRHT, lather, rinse, repeat"

anatomical heart #3
$2/24 pages/Quarter size
by Bettie

 Anatomical Heart is Bettie's personal zine that focuses on her mental illness. In this issue, she writes about a medication review and her withdrawal from Duloxetine. Bettie was unable to escape from her awful recurring thoughts, she found herself in a field swallowing pills.

She writes, "I don't know what I set out to achieve. I don't think I really wanted to die. I just wanted to get away from myself."

Bettie writes about her home treatment with a Crisis Team, she shares her adoration for books & photographer, Francesca Woodman. Bettie's friend Chloe shares her story dealing with mental illness as well as her suicide attempt.

*This zine could possibly be triggering*

 aubade 4
virginia stories
$2/40 pages/Quarter size
by Katie

This zine was such a fantastic read. I thoroughly enjoyed the way Katie was able to walk back in time and describe the parts of Virginia that she grew up in. She has moved away from Virginia and describes how the communities there are changing and essentially disappearing.
An excerpt,"this zine started off as a project about virginia, but quickly turned into something else. this zine is about something way bigger than just this state i live in. it's about preserving the places we love--real and imagined."

Baby Girl 7
A journey of a daughter and her mother
$2/40 pages/Half size
by Lindsey

When Lindsey was 13 years old her mother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Lindsey wrote about the grueling experience that her family went through over an eight year time period after her mother's diagnosis. Printed inside of this issue are some of her journal entries. It is text heavy, emotional and an incredible experience to briefly see into someone's life who is dealing with something as major as cancer. Lindsey also adds vignettes dealing with her resentment, regrets, gratitude, strength, guilt, anger, fear and relationships with her mother & sister.

An excerpt, "It's an odd way to live life, waiting for your mother to die. Holidays fill me with a mix of trepidation and pressure-I feel the need to make each subsequentholiday better than the last, in case it is my mom's last."