Hayley

@unhayled.bsky.social

I make monochrome zines because creative restrictions make me feel like a better person. 🚫NO AI🚫 https://ko-fi.com/unhayled

My hobby lately is finding posts that say something like “I should make a zine” Then I tell them to DO IT because we all need at least one person to enable/encourage us in these dark times 🙏

Today I was spiritually crushed by a trip to a Lego store with my nephews. The only thing stopping me from ending it all is the knowledge that a rant about capitalism’s erasure of creativity will make a pretty good zine.

Proof of my dedication to the no-stapler lifestyle. 😎 Once you master this, there are sooo many other stitch options. It’s fun to try out bookbinding in a cheap and easy way!

A photograph of stacks of various hand-bound zines.
Hayley@unhayled.bsky.social · 2w ago

You know what? I'll say it. 😡FUCK STAPLERS!!!😡 Bind your zines with archival-safe embroidery thread instead! This short zine will show you the basics. 🧵✂️Get it for free: ko-fi.com/s/3ef6091b55 Read it online or assemble at home with staples just to make me mad!

A photograph of a monochrome zine titled "FUCK STAPLERS: A Guide to the Pamphlet Stitch"

It's on a green workspace and surrounded by embroidery thread, needles, scissors, and an awl.

You know what? I'll say it. 😡FUCK STAPLERS!!!😡 Bind your zines with archival-safe embroidery thread instead! This short zine will show you the basics. 🧵✂️Get it for free: ko-fi.com/s/3ef6091b55 Read it online or assemble at home with staples just to make me mad!

A photograph of a monochrome zine titled "FUCK STAPLERS: A Guide to the Pamphlet Stitch"

It's on a green workspace and surrounded by embroidery thread, needles, scissors, and an awl.

I made some refillable books for mini zines out of a bunch of random stuff in my house! I think I got enough of the floral print to make 2 more. Each book holds 10 zines.

A photo of a binder with 10 mini zines in it. They fan out when opened.A picture of a full and empty binder. Each zine is held in by a loop of embroidery thread.A picture of the outside of the binder. It was made with a thrift store print and some cardboard.

Trade zines with me today at the Greensboro Zine Fest! Not tabling or anything, but I have some pretty nice ones~ (These are all available for free online, but obviously the physical ones are cooler!)

A poster for the Greensboro Zine Fest.

2026 GSO ZINE FEST
Celebrating 10 years of zines & printed matter
2 days, July 25th & 26th
@ One Rep, 207 S Westgate Dr. Ste A
12pm-4pmPhotograph of a zine titled “Can I show you some REALLY COOL ART I made of FLARE, one of my D&D characters?”

There’s a monochrome drawing of a buff elf barbarian with her arm slung around a sword. A small charm with a smiling bush creature is tied to the zine.A photograph of a zine titled “How to Survive SNRI or SSRI Summer”

There is a drawing of an angry monochrome sun surrounded by pills.

Fuck the reflecting pool. This has not gotten nearly enough coverage or generated the proper outrage. People thrown in prison for 30-50 years for the "crime" ofmaking zines and belonging to a book club!! This is straight-up totalitarian atrocity. Political prisoners thrown in a gulag to rot.

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

theguardian.com