Andy was a good friend and I miss him very much. It's wonderful to see his collection preserved. Thanks for the memories. I recall those times and some of those 'zines. It's strange to see these old documents preserved as if in aspic. They were living records of different (but often overlapping) vibrant scenes. I wonder what future historians will make of the attitudes and tenor of the time?
I knew Andy too, he touched many people, and was connected to many scenes. This young curator doesn't seem to get it, but I'm glad his collection and some of his own work are preserved.
Love this video! It's so cool to see zines from the 90's - I have a few myself, as well as a huge collection of contemporary zines. I think it's cool to encourage young people to make zines, and I've seen a few different initiatives and workshops that have done this, but I'd really love it if these organisations instead worked with young people who *already* make zines, as there's a huge community of us out here and a lot of us really struggle to get our work seen.
@@johndeere3486 i wonder if it may be more about where our attention goes and less about “popularity” but i hear what your saying about social means of making!
I don’t know if I’m a rg anymore since I’m in my 40s but i still make zines. Chapbooks more tho. Here in Philly there’s a great zine community and a ton of i die book shops that are thrilled to get homemade diy writing
How crazy I just grab my computer because finally at 8.20 am here where I live... I want to start the zine that I have in my mind for a while now and I just sit down and this video come out. I take it as a omen 😂❤❤❤
No way!!! You'll have to come to the National Art Library at the V&A and see our copies (amongst many others from the 90s zine scene)! www.vam.ac.uk/info/national-art-library
Probably the greatest UK feminist/queer/zine/comics creator who I read starting circa the early 1990s is Rachel House! Her zines like Red Hanky Panky ( frequently credited as R. House) are a must for anyone interested in these sorts of themes and ideas. I regard them to be great works of art and the epitome of the best of the best of what queer feminist comics zines can be.
What a cool collection! I had to go get my girlfriend to watch this with me since she's really into zines. I know that zines have been a huge part of fandom culture for ages - from star trek to music - and in activist scenes; but I hadn't realised how many of them were just about people's personal opinions & experiences! : D
i think as the video shows, lgbtqia+ community has been reclaiming “queer” since the 90’s! over 30 years of joyous queerness. it’s totally okay if you don’t want to self identify that way.
What are you referring to? I’m not seeing anything objectionable unless you’re referring to “queer” which has been reclaimed by the community for some time now.
@@Blueskybuffalo Sorry, no. It's only been reclaimed by Marxist ideologues. A bit of research might prove enlightening, especially to avoid being mistaken for a "useful Idiot" for that movement.
???? are you criticising them for including the self-imposed category of the zines in the title of the video about those zines? did you click on a video about how people use alternative ways (zines) to express themselves when societal norms are too limiting to them, just to complain that they're using alternative ways (the word 'queer') to express themselves because it doesn't fit your social norms? what a curiously small-minded, self-centred, uninteresting way to interact with the world.
That was written by a gay person. That is why it said "queeer and proud". I don't know where you are from but it is extremely common for gay people to refer to themselves as "queers". They are even marching with banners saying "queers for Palestine" on it. Google it. There is even an organisation called "Queer Nation". You are either very old or very out of touch or both. No disrespect, I'm just saying that this is very common knowledge even with straight people.
Correction! Photos of Andy Roberts taken by Jen and Tammy Denitto. Courtesy of Sophie Sherwood.
Tammy Denitto took it, hope that helps! ❤
By chance I happen to have purchased my first ever zine yesterday, it’s about how amazing pigeons are and how they deserve our love
That sounds awesome!
@@margaretforsey7763 it's as good as it sounds if not even better
You wouldn't believe how into this the content team are
@@vamuseum I’m glad to hear that, it’s a phenomenal zine
pigeons are so cool and have such an unfair reputation! they absolutely deserve our love
Living in Seattle in the 90’s and late 80’s the zines were so important.
Andy was a good friend and I miss him very much. It's wonderful to see his collection preserved. Thanks for the memories. I recall those times and some of those 'zines. It's strange to see these old documents preserved as if in aspic. They were living records of different (but often overlapping) vibrant scenes. I wonder what future historians will make of the attitudes and tenor of the time?
I knew Andy too, he touched many people, and was connected to many scenes. This young curator doesn't seem to get it, but I'm glad his collection and some of his own work are preserved.
Love this video! It's so cool to see zines from the 90's - I have a few myself, as well as a huge collection of contemporary zines. I think it's cool to encourage young people to make zines, and I've seen a few different initiatives and workshops that have done this, but I'd really love it if these organisations instead worked with young people who *already* make zines, as there's a huge community of us out here and a lot of us really struggle to get our work seen.
As a Gen X-er, I’ve waiting for the re-emergence of zines and riot grrrls
zines ain’t never stopped! we still make ‘em, friend.
@@newmxxnman I know 😉. But they do increase and decrease in public popularity 👍
@@johndeere3486 i wonder if it may be more about where our attention goes and less about “popularity” but i hear what your saying about social means of making!
I don’t know if I’m a rg anymore since I’m in my 40s but i still make zines. Chapbooks more tho. Here in Philly there’s a great zine community and a ton of i die book shops that are thrilled to get homemade diy writing
Oh it’s coming.
How crazy I just grab my computer because finally at 8.20 am here where I live... I want to start the zine that I have in my mind for a while now and I just sit down and this video come out. I take it as a omen 😂❤❤❤
To where did you took your computer?
just love the universe sometimes
@@vamuseum "electricity comes from other planets"
'Temptation Inside Your Heart' by The Velvet Underground. 💫
This is so amazing! So happy we are preserving these wonderful things. Little glimpses into the past. Absolutely love this video!
Wow. Stinkzine was mine. Had no idea this was in a collection. Andy was a good friend ❤
No way!!! You'll have to come to the National Art Library at the V&A and see our copies (amongst many others from the 90s zine scene)! www.vam.ac.uk/info/national-art-library
@@vamuseum I would love to. I had no idea Andy had kept all these zines. So happy they are now housed safely at the V&A :)
Probably the greatest UK feminist/queer/zine/comics creator who I read starting circa the early 1990s is Rachel House! Her zines like Red Hanky Panky ( frequently credited as R. House) are a must for anyone interested in these sorts of themes and ideas. I regard them to be great works of art and the epitome of the best of the best of what queer feminist comics zines can be.
What a cool collection! I had to go get my girlfriend to watch this with me since she's really into zines. I know that zines have been a huge part of fandom culture for ages - from star trek to music - and in activist scenes; but I hadn't realised how many of them were just about people's personal opinions & experiences! : D
Nostalgia is hitting me right now
Love love love love that....❤
Do you have any issues of Freak Magnet by Helen Hope Jackson?
Ooo have a peek in the library catalogue! www.vam.ac.uk/info/national-art-library#search-the-library-catalogue
thankyou, this was amazing!
Ohh I'm excited for this one
Oh love this!!
Please reconsider using that dreadful slur in your header. It doesn't reflect well on your institution.
i think as the video shows, lgbtqia+ community has been reclaiming “queer” since the 90’s! over 30 years of joyous queerness. it’s totally okay if you don’t want to self identify that way.
@@newmxxnman No thanks. It has always been a Marxist ideology which has nothing to do with homosexuality.
What are you referring to? I’m not seeing anything objectionable unless you’re referring to “queer” which has been reclaimed by the community for some time now.
@@Blueskybuffalo Sorry, no. It's only been reclaimed by Marxist ideologues. A bit of research might prove enlightening, especially to avoid being mistaken for a "useful Idiot" for that movement.
???? are you criticising them for including the self-imposed category of the zines in the title of the video about those zines?
did you click on a video about how people use alternative ways (zines) to express themselves when societal norms are too limiting to them, just to complain that they're using alternative ways (the word 'queer') to express themselves because it doesn't fit your social norms?
what a curiously small-minded, self-centred, uninteresting way to interact with the world.
Gays are not queer. Please be kind to LGB folk.
Excuse you, LBGT folks refer to themselves as queer. And yes trans people also can be queer.
@@parryyotter No, we don't. Please be respectful to us.
That was written by a gay person. That is why it said "queeer and proud". I don't know where you are from but it is extremely common for gay people to refer to themselves as "queers". They are even marching with banners saying "queers for Palestine" on it. Google it. There is even an organisation called "Queer Nation".
You are either very old or very out of touch or both. No disrespect, I'm just saying that this is very common knowledge even with straight people.
we all like different terms - queer being reclaimed by many may make you uncomfortable, but we feel joy in using it!
@@newmxxnman This is very disrespectful towards LGB folk. Please abstain yourself from using it. Be nice.