Memoirous

The Machine Has No Clothes has been reprinted (again) by Coin-Operated , a zine project out of Scotland. About Coin-Operated: Coin-Operated Press CIC is an artist-led social enterprise run by Chloe Henderson. We are based in Scotland, where we facilitate creative workshops, host zine fairs, manage the DJCAD Zine Library, create educational zine content, and produce, publish, and distribute collaborative zines every month. This particular issue is all about Sustainable Fashion. We are celebrating Earth Day 2024 with this zine all about sustainable fashion: a movement that encompasses efforts within the fashion industry to reduce its environmental impacts, protect workers producing garments, and uphold animal welfare. In this zine, you will find floral dress designs, upcycled shoes, handmade boob bags, a how-to make-your-own patches tutorial, a rubbish song, a recycling project in Namibia, fashion collages, beautiful embroidery, and much much more! This listing is for the dig...

Over a year ago I wrote a short short—about 1,200 words—and began to submit it—about 30 times. I began to feel stupid. I think that comes with the rejection territory. You question your existence. Why am I even doing this? Why did I even write that sentence? You tell yourself—just quit already! For those who don’t get it: writing is hard work. I know exactly what I need to write, how I want it to turn out—it’s getting there that’s the problem. I keep crashing and having to go back to the beginning. Now times this feeling by about 100. I have about 50 stray pieces in process—either submitting, revising, or just getting it down on paper, all concurrent, all at once. It’s like brain streaming or having too many tabs open in your head. Then! You get a bone thrown at you. Your work finds resonance somewhere. “The Machine Has No Clothes” that short short finally found a home with Carbon Culture —a journal at the intersection of literature, art, and technology. When I saw...