it gets so hard just
to be okay
sometimes being happy, baby
is what i'm most afraid of
baby, you know it gets so hard
for me to fight
i don't know how i guess i never did
why don't you show me now
how to lose control?
she's so very, i don't care
-from "i
like fucking" by bikini kill
she's so very... is a perzine written by melissa ann!
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issue number eleven.
$3.00 ppd by mail
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2.0 ounces
38 half sized pages.
text with full color cover designed by Meghan Weinstein.
winter/spring (january - may) 2008.
I hope to make 2008 a year full of new experiences! This issue documents my first trip to California and other new and exciting things I'm trying to accomplish, details of my booking a show with The Old Haunts (featuring Tobi Vail from Bikini Kill), being interviewed for Hannah Neurotica's Zine Core radio show, JERK ALERT! recording our first "real" album and my continued attempts at dealing with sexuality, relationships and life. It also includes an interview with actress/musician Krysten Ritter (from Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls) and my friends answer my two favorite music questions! It's a great issue and features a full color cover, which is another first!
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issue number ten.
$1.00 ppd by mail
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1.5 ounces
30 half sized pages.
text only.
photograph on cover found in an antique shop outside of Athens, Georgia.
fall/winter (august - december) 2007.
"She's so very..." has always been about my journey through life, issue number ten continues that journey. I write about power struggles, relationships, abortion, anxiety, sexuality, pornography, self doubt, how feminism relates to my favorite television shows and movies, my attempt at becoming Stuart Murdoch's next singing star and much more.
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issue number nine.
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1.3 ounces
26 half sized pages.
text with comics and cover by sassafrassy.
spring/summer (april - august) 2007
JERK ALERT! goes on their first tour of the south and meets fred schnieder! melissa ann falls in love, and it's for real this time! this issue deals a lot with relationships of all sorts (soul-mate grrrl friends moving far far away; moving in with love-of-life), getting older, body image, pornography and fears and hopes for the future, as well as some current pop culture favorites.
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issue number eight.
$1.00
ppd by mail
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1.5 ounces
30 half sized pages.
text and photographs.
fall (august - november) 2006
written about my roadtrip to athens, georgia in august of 2006. also about the end of a relationship, and the beginning of a new one... becoming the singer for JERK ALERT!
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issue number seven.
$2.00
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1.8 ounces
38 half sized pages.
text and photographs with comic by sassafrassy.
summer
(june - august) 2006
this is sort of a split issue. part of it was written in the summer of 2004, the other part was written this past summer. it also includes a comic strip drawn by my dear friend, sassafrassy. in addition to many other things, this issue deals a lot with love and loss.
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issue number six.
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1.3 ounces
28 half sized pages.
text and photographs.
spring (march/april) 2006.
this is the most personal issue i've ever written. many secrets of my life are revealed. deals with rape, abortion, cutting and my mother's most recent hospitalization. BUT it also deals with the fantastic events of my belle and sebastian weekend and boys! (an issue of she's so very... wouldn't be complete without the boys)
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issue number five.
$1.00 ppd by mail
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1.1 ounces
24 half sized pages.
text
and magazine clippings.
autumn 2005.
this issue was written after my big move to bloomington, indiana. i guess you could say it's about my adventures in the "real world" or whatever. also, includes details of my trip to portland, oregon in october '05 to see idlewild. this zine was made with magazine clippings and typewriter text. all cut and paste, the way it should always be.
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issue number four.
12 half sized pages of text.
march 2005.
OUT OF PRINT!
this issue was written one late night while at work. it's all about mental illness.
issue number three.
$1.00 ppd by mail
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1.1 ounces
24
half sized pages.
text and photographs.
autumn (october/november)
2003.
this was written during a period of time when i was very ill with mononucleosis. i write about being sick, depression, living back at home, and of course my boy problems. includes song lyrics from my favorite songs at that time as well as my photography.
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read a review for issue number three!
this issue USED to come with a mixtape soundtrack.
issue number two.
$2.00 ppd by mail
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1.9 ounces
38 half sized pages.
text and photographs.
winter (february/march) 2003.
this issue has been described as a personal/political/self-help/art/fan zine. i write about my life, my beliefs and insights and tie it all together with idlewild quotes, poetry and my photography.
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issue number one.
16 half sized
pages.
text and photographs.
summer 2002.
OUT OF PRINT!
my very first zine. personal in content. rants about school, plans for the summer, my roadtrip to new york city to see placebo, a shower-stall peeping tom and some poetry.
last updated on 10/1/07