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Descriptive Summary
Title: Women's Zines Collection MS0187
Dates: 1995-2007
Collection Number: MS0187
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Extent: 6LF, 6 boxes
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Repository:
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Special Collections and Archives
San Luis Obispo, California 93407
Abstract: The Women’s Zine Collection contains zines that were featured in a 2007 exhibit at the Wignall Museum at Chaffey College in
Rancho Cucamonga titled “Girly Show: Pin-Ups, Zines & the So-Called Third Wave”, and includes exhibit programs. The zines
reflect the exhibit theme and include topics such as feminism, sexuality, gender, erotica, burlesque, food, religion, and
personal experience.
Language of Material: English
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in writing. Materials that are the property of Cal Poly Special Collections and Archives require written permission prior
to publication. No complete collection may be reproduced.
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Preferred Citation
Women's Zines Collection MS0187. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Special Collections and Archives
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Biography/Administrative History
The Women’s Zine Collection contains zines that were featured in a 2007 exhibit at the Wignall Museum at Chaffey College in
Rancho Cucamonga titled “Girly Show: Pin-Ups, Zines & the So-Called Third Wave” which sought to explore:
"the discourse through an investigation of recent works that linger in a reconsideration of one of feminism’s most hotly debated
issues, that of the sexualized and insistently empowered body, (a.k.a. the pin-up) and its potential role in gender empowerment
and self-determination."
The exhibit featured zines as an example of the ways in which women express ideas about feminism through alternative means.
The subject matter of the zines reflects that of the exhibit and cover topics such as feminism, sexuality, gender, erotica,
burlesque, food, religion, and personal experience.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Women’s Zine Collection contains over 160 publications created by women in California in the 1990s and 2000’s that were
featured in a 2007 exhibit at the Wignall Museum at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga titled “Girly Show: Pin-Ups, Zines
& the So-Called Third Wave”.
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