Shape & Situate
#3
Posters of
Inspirational European Women
32 pages
Edited by Melanie
Maddison
Available from
msvaleriepark distro
The introduction to
this exceptional zine states that the name Shape & Situate “is taken from a
quote by writer & activist Amber Hollibaugh who when commenting on why we
should write about our lives makes some salient points about documenting
histories, believing that history is not static but is a living thing that we
can know, use, transmit and learn from.” Shape & Situate is a mostly
graphic zine highlighting posters by numerous artists that celebrate well known
and obscure women past and present. I learned more by reading this zine that I
did in years worth of so-called history classes. I had never heard of Margaret
McMillan and her influence on childhood education, or mathematical genius Ada
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