there are other ways to reproduce than bearing children

Hey everybody,

I'm feeling a moment of blissful hype right now. hbu?

I'm reposting wholesale what I just sent the Metropolarity listserv. Bear with me.
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Autumn Greetings dear reader.

There is not much to say except a few morsels of news. Namely, our 2018 episode of the Journal of Speculative Vision & Critical Liberation Technologies: BAD USER AGREEMENT is now available for order at

https://metropolarity.bigcartel.com/

You may recall we announced the call for submissions back around the start of this year, with original plans to release another in our series of collaborative zines. This one became so thick that it required perfect binding, and so we decided to turn it into a book instead.

Bad user agreements are those that our societies are built upon. The promises we are taught are true and real and our continued existence in spite of the lies. These are stories of people surviving bad user agreements & ways to game the system.

Philly based sci-fi & other atemporal fantastic tales from accomplices & kin.

18 contributors:
• Karga Fantasma
• Nora Sinnett
• Noah Alexander Flora @hi_mynameisnoah
• Silvia NoSiri
• Dani @prettyboycrybaby
• Seren
• Tommy Dandelion @tommy.dandelion
• Joyce Hatton @adifficultjoyce
• Dyke Sundance @dyke_sundance(???)
• Malachi Lily @theholyhawkmoth
• Dylyn
• GVN908
• fishspit
• M K SmithVail
• Jurassica Lee McClusky @alternatepools
• M.Meesh
• beckett khaim bauer
• parx333

and the crew
r.cutlass, Alex Smith, M Téllez, and Rasheedah Phillips

124 pages
6" x 9" linen softcover, cream paper
Partial color!

Monk will be tabling in NYC this Sunday 11/11 at BIBLIOTECA, a night time book fair at Lalito - 105 Bayard St in Chinatown, 7:45pm ~ late.

And we'll be in partial effect tabling at the Philly Queer Zine Fest, 12/01 at Book Corner - 311 N. 20th St, 4:30 ~ 7pm.

We're planning a release party proper. Stay tuned for more on that...
(But if you would like to host a reading in your neighborhood, contact us.)

Gratitude to those of you who hear and resonate with us and ours.

See you out there.


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So yeah. That's my About Me for the week.
In other news, the 3rd of the VENUS SATURN SQUARE smut writing workshops was today. Each workshop, 5-6 ppl came out. It was cute. It seems that the worksheet is helpful, thanks to everyone letting me know. Now we'll see what kinds of submissions turn up for the 1st draft due date on Nov 16th. =}

PHEW.
lots of magic happening lately!! hope you're feeling the flow wherever you are.
write me back if you want.

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Monk