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We've Got a Zine for That: Zoe

Every month we highlight a different theme that can be studied or enjoyed using our zine library. This month's WGaZfT is Zoe*. We have two Zoes working in the zine library, and we have a collaboration in the works with Zoe Ross from the Design Center, so it seems like a good time to celebrate the Zoes in our lives!

*One of our Zoes is actually a Zoë. In the Barnard Zine Library, we love diacritics!**
**Especially our Spanish language cataloger Nayla

zine inside cover: small photo of Mrs. Danvers, typed beneath "A Devotional / by Zoe G"

As of November 27, 2024 a search on < zines zoe > (limited to zines genre and held at Barnard) yields 34 zines.

Lest you think this is a frivolous search, the zines in this result set reveal an array of juicy topics. Some of the highlights are

The zine pictured is Why I Want to Be Mrs Danvers by Zoe G of Melbourne, Australia, writing in 2016. Other Zoes represented in our collection include Zoe Guttenplan, Zoe Trope (who is now a librarian), Zoë (Pixiebitch), Zoe Miller, Zoe Crosher, Zoe Marrisen, Zoe B (who is not our Zoë B, who would have been five or six when this zine came out), and Zoe (Zinester from Montreal).