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Zine Review: “Nurture Your Loneliness Like it is a Small Animal in Need of Being Held” by Lora Mathis

Posted by strange on April 3, 2019
Zine Review: “Nurture Your Loneliness Like it is a Small Animal in Need of Being Held” by Lora Mathis

My Own Loneliness


Loneliness is something I’ve struggled with for…majority of my life. I think to an extent everyone feels lonely from time to time, but the intensity differs. Mine can get, uhh, bad. Since I was in third grade, my friends have either moved away, decided to not be my friend anymore, developed romantic feelings for me that they couldn’t separate from our friendship, stopped hanging out with me when I stopped playing shows (I used to organize music shows and play them too), didn’t want to deal with my mind obstacles anymore, or I had put too much on them to take care of me. A therapist at the
Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Audre Lorde Health Program, Women’s Primary Care in West Hollywood explained that these consistent and repetitive events created a developmental trauma, and that is why the feeling of loneliness and loss for me can be unbearable. My fear of saying the phrase “best friend” out loud is synonymous to the intense fear Hogwarts wizards and witches have of saying “Voldemort” – except that instead of fearing that Voldemort will appear, I fear that my best friend will disappear. Anybody that called me their “best friend” I knew had signed our friendship death warrant.

Posted in: Media Reviews, Self Care, Shannen | Tagged: alone, fear or being alone, grief, grieving friends, guidance for loneliness, healing from loneliness, healing from loss, heartbreak, journal zine, loneliness, lora mathis, losing friends, loss of friends, mental health zine library, mental health zines, self care, self love, self-growth zine, sitting with loneliness, transition zine, zine, zine for anxiety, zine for depression

Our Free Domestic + Sexual Abuse Awareness Zine is Out Now!

Posted by strange on November 6, 2017
Our Free Domestic + Sexual Abuse Awareness Zine is Out Now!

We just released “It’s not as simple as just leaving” domestic and sexual abuse awareness zine in collaboration with Cusi Coyllur!

Posted in: News & Events, Self Care | Tagged: #dvam2017, amivulnerable?, bernadette bolańos, cusi coyllur, domestic abuse zine, domestic violence awareness month, dvam, enrique jesus hernandez, free zine, it's not as simple as just leaving, janie contreras johnson, los angeles zinester, sexual abuse zine, zine, zine release, zinester

Interview: Enrique Jesus Hernandez: Part 3: DVAM

Posted by strange on October 23, 2017
Interview: Enrique Jesus Hernandez: Part 3: DVAM

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (#DVAM). We just premiered Enrique Jesus Hernandez’s latest music video “theCHILD” for Sadcore Sundays and now, here is Part 1 of an interview about his EP about experiencing domestic abuse. Read the whole interview in our free zine here.

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Interviews, Interviews of Musicians | Tagged: domestic abuse awareness, domestic violence awareness, domestic violence awareness month, dvam, enrique jesus hernandez, free zine, interview, new ep, new music video, new zine, poc artist, poc music, POC musician, queer artist, queer music, the strange is beautiful, zine, zinester

PREMIERE: “theCHILD” by Enrique Jesus Hernandez for SADCORE SUNDAYS

Posted by strange on October 8, 2017
PREMIERE: "theCHILD" by Enrique Jesus Hernandez for SADCORE SUNDAYS

We just featured Enrique Jesus Hernandez in our domestic and sexual abuse zine, “It’s not as simple as just leaving,” available for free here. I am honored to have been given the opportunity to present his new video for “theCHILD” from his recently released Hunger City EP.

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features | Tagged: domestic abuse awareness, domestic violence awareness month, dvam, enrique jesus hernandez, georgia st. jones, it's not as simple as just leaving, music blog, music blogger, music premiere, music video, new music video, poc artist, poc music, premiere, queer artist, queer music, sexual abuse awareness, the strange is beautiful, theCHILD, zine, zines, zinester

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