In Oak Cliff, this cultural advocate makes zines as a way to ‘record our present’

Zines have carried Ofelia Faz-Garza through major moments in her life.

Back in the ’90s during her college years when she was learning about the Chicano movement. In her 50s when she came out as a queer woman. Last year, when her mother passed away after battling breast cancer.

“There's just something about having a tangible item that you can hold in your hand, that you carry in your bag, on your person that you sit and revisit without having to need anything else,” she said.

Throughout history, she said zines – short for “fanzines” – have been used as a form of self expression and dialogue. The self-published works were a part of the Harlem Renaissance, punk, queer and feminist movements. In Oak Cliff, this cultural advocate makes zines as a way to ‘record our present’

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