: magazine
especially
: a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter
a feminist zine
Synonyms
Examples of zine in a Sentence
a small cadre of students have taken to producing their own underground zine in order to satirize many of the university's most sacred cows
Recent Examples on the Web
Few bookstores were willing to carry Shameless Hussy’s publications, not just because of the content — there was not, at first, an appetite for such bold feminist writing — but also because of the format: spineless, stapled chapbooks, like zines.
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Penelope Green, New York Times, 17 May 2024
In 2022 she was promoted to editorial creative director, overseeing organic editorial content, cover campaigns and larger editorial initiatives, including Complex Volume, a quarterly digital ‘zine.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2024
In the episode, Carrie’s dating Sean (Eddie Cahill), a creative millennial with a zine, who’s into both men and women.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The zine’s length, sophistication and readership gradually grew; professionals in the field began to feed Mr. Jorden valuable bits of inside information and casting news.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Communities were built through band T-shirts, bumper stickers, free music zines.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Feb. 2024
There was a swank lounge with low-slung seating for members, a zine with writings on punk rock and architecture, and a groovy soundtrack of hip-hop, down-tempo groove, and jazz, all passions of Kashy’s, who got his start in the music business working with artists such as the Beastie Boys.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Max McCormick and Mike Ginn lead class on making standard-sized and mini zines.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2024
That film sparked a fire with the youth of that day, a youth who grew up on hard, alternative rock, punk and metal, that binged on MTV and zines.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2024
Penelope Green, New York Times, 17 May 2024
In 2022 she was promoted to editorial creative director, overseeing organic editorial content, cover campaigns and larger editorial initiatives, including Complex Volume, a quarterly digital ‘zine.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2024
In the episode, Carrie’s dating Sean (Eddie Cahill), a creative millennial with a zine, who’s into both men and women.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The zine’s length, sophistication and readership gradually grew; professionals in the field began to feed Mr. Jorden valuable bits of inside information and casting news.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Communities were built through band T-shirts, bumper stickers, free music zines.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Feb. 2024
There was a swank lounge with low-slung seating for members, a zine with writings on punk rock and architecture, and a groovy soundtrack of hip-hop, down-tempo groove, and jazz, all passions of Kashy’s, who got his start in the music business working with artists such as the Beastie Boys.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Max McCormick and Mike Ginn lead class on making standard-sized and mini zines.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2024
That film sparked a fire with the youth of that day, a youth who grew up on hard, alternative rock, punk and metal, that binged on MTV and zines.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Zine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zine. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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