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PHYSICAL & MENTAL HEALTH

***PLEASE NOTE - Here you will find everything related to health & the human body - Medicine, COVID, Self-Care, Addiction, Disease, Disability, Fitness, Anatomy, etc.

***ALSO NOTE - We are imperfect and there may be zines mis-categorized or links that do not work. Please email us if you feel like any of this is in error or not working properly - sherwoodzinelibrary@gmail.com

DISCLAIMER: The majority of these zines are posted through submission/permission of the zinemakers or come from public zine sharing sites. Please do not upload these zines to your site without seeking permission from the zinemakers first.  

PAGE UPDATED: 7.11.24

Activist Approach to Domestic Violence, An(.pdf) Activism, Assault, Relationships, Abuse, Sexual Violence

Activist Trauma & Recovery(.PDF)- Activism, Mental Health

An Activist's Guide to Basic First Aid (.PDF) - Activism, First Aid, DIY Guide

And Still I Rise - A Zine About Domestic Violence(.PDF) - Domestic Assault, Consent, Violence, Relationships

ANTIFA Super Soldier Training Manual #1 - Strength Training(.pdf) Exercise, Lifting, Weights, Bodybuilding, Barbells, Dumbbells, Athletic Training, Powerlifting, Body Positivity, Activism Guide, DIY Gym, Nutrition, Muscles

Attitude Adjustment - On Being Crazy in a Crazy World(.PDF) - Comics, Mental Health

Awkward at the Doctor(.PDF)  -  Queer, Healthcare, LGBTQA, Homophobia, Transphobia

Be There for Each Other Because the System is Not, and Won't Ever Be, on Our Side(.PDF) -  Self-Care, LBGTQA, Physical Health, Mental Health, Disease, Wellness, Suicide, Support

Becoming a Mid Wife in 10 Easy Years Part 4 (.PDF) -  Motherhood, Midwives, Birth, Babies, Parenthood, Fathers, Mothers, Labor, Childcare, Doula, Children, Stories, Comics

​Bedbound Diaries(.PDF)  (Eman) - Chronic Illness, Health, Perzine, Diary, Art, Poetry, Allah, Muslim, Pain, Sickness, Prayer

Birth as Power(.pdf) (Bloom Collective) - Organic Childbirth, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Birthing, Midwife, How-To Guide, DIY Guide, Nutrition, Prenatal

Bleeding Ache, The(.PDF)(Sharin F. Ali) - Poetry, Prose, Mental Health, Depression, Self-Harm, Substance Use, Anxiety, PTSD

Body Image During a Pandemic(.PDF) - Body Image, Body Positivity, Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Fatphobia, Social Media, Lockdown, Quarantine, Anxiety, Depression

Chicory #1(.PDF) Herbs, Herbalism, Tea, Health, DIY Guide, Medicine

Cripple Punk Mag #1(.pdf) - M. Sabal - July/Aug 2022 - Disability, Accessibility, DIY, Punk, Music, Subculture, Scenes, Interviews, Essays, Winterwolf, Afro-Surrealism

Cripple Punk Mag #2(.pdf) - M. Sabal - Sept/Oct 2022 - Disability, Accessibility, DIY, Punk, Music, Subculture, Scenes, Interviews, Essays, Venues, Shows, Nova Twins, Music Recording, Diversity, Zines

Cripple Punk Mag #3(.pdf) - M. Sabal - Feb/March 2023 - Disability, Accessibility, DIY, Punk, Music, Subculture, Scenes, Interviews, Essays, Saoirse, The Dilators, Zines, Corvallis Scene, Masking, Winterwolf, Anthems, Mental Health, Disability Justice, Books, Pits

D.I.Y. Doula Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion(.pdf) - Abortion, Self-Care, Reproductive Rights, Medical Procedure, Physical Health, Mental Health, Sexual Health, DIY Guide, Pregnancy, Grief, Symptoms

Does Work Make You Sick?(.PDF) - Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle,  Workplace, Employers, Health, Wellbeing, Disability, Injury, Activism, Unions, Organizing, Bosses

The DOs and DON'Ts of the Wild & Free(.PDF) - (by Adam Gnade) - Self-Care, Mental Health, Anxiety, Activism, Advice, Depression, DIY Guide

​​Down with the Blues - My Struggle with Addiction(.PDF)  (Angel) - Opioids, Pain Killers, Narcotics, Oxycontin, Fentanyl, Heroin, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Narcan, Sobriety, Overdose, Rehab, Treatment, Poetry, Art

Everybody's Daughter(.PDF) (Sharin F. Ali) - TW: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Suicide Ideation - Poetry, Prose, Disordered Eating

For When Life is Painful(.PDF)(Kind Strangers) - Pain, Emotional, Self-Care, Quotes, Audre Lorde

Gorda Puta(.PDF) (Cherry Vecchio) Spanish Language, Fatness, Fat Activism, Sex Work, Love, Family, Relationships, Poetry, Photography

Hair and Nerves(.PDF)  (Eman) - Illustration, Art, Sketches, Drawings, Pain, Chronic Illness

Hair and Nerves II(.PDF)  (Eman - 2023) - Illustration, Art, Sketches, Drawings, Pain, Chronic Illness

Handsome Testimonial, A - The Life & Times of James Scott (1829-1912)(.PDF)  (Gill Chrenshaw - 2023) - Disability, Deafness, Hearing, Textiles, Workers, Yorkshire, England, Deaf, Victorian Era, Disabled Mill Workers, Unions, Labor

A Hastily Assembled Guide to Being Alone(.PDF) - Quarantine, Lockdown, Boredom, DIY Guide, Mini-Zine, Mental Health, Self Help

Health and Safety at Militant Actions(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting, Health, Medical, Safety, DIY Guide

I am Not Ed Sheeran(.PDF) (Russ Kazmierczak Jr.) Ginger Identity, Redheads, Hair, Humor, Comics

I Love You, But #1(.pdf) (Stephanie Knipe) - Emotional Abuse, Relationships, Gaslighting, Control, Cis-Men

I was a Teenage Girl(.pdf) - Wesley Sueker - Transgender, LGTBQA+, Women, Sex Education, Girls, Puberty, Middle School, Bullying, Teen Girls, Adolescence, Pre-Teen, Barbie, Flirting, Perzine, Journaling, Collage

Itchy Legs(.pdf) Illustration, Perzine, Health, Skin, Scars, Medication, Self-Care

Jane - Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973(.pdf) - Firestarter Press - 2004 - Reproductive Rights, Abortion, Pro-Choice, Roe v Wade, Health, Pregnancy, Right to Choose, Feminism, Illinois, Chicago, Clinics, Women, Politics

Keeping Fit - A Prisoner's Guide to Syringe Care(.pdf) - Prisoners w/HIV/AIDS Support Action Network - Health, Drugs, Drug Use, Syringes, Needles, Needle Care, Prisons, Jail, DIY Guide, Safety, Sanitation

Lady Gardens(.pdf) - Pubic Hair, Shaving, Gender, Grooming, Vagina, Bush, Gender Politics, Feminism, Women, Porn, Labiaplasty, Razorburn

Lady Hell(.pdf) - 2022 - Reproductive Rights, Art, Collage, Illustration, Poetry, Roe v Wade, Abortion, Feminism, Right to Choose, Anti-Choice, Supreme Court, Pro-Choice, Risograph, Stories, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Horoscopes, Pregnancy, Fetus, Miscarriage, Bodily Autonomy

Mental Healthy(.pdf) (by Jenny Eden) - Art, Illustration, Writing, Mental Health, Self-Care, Meditation, DIY Guide, Self Help

Nerve Pain(.PDF)  (Eman) - Illustrations, Chronic Illness, Disability, Textured Hair, Dance, Pain, Fashion

Nervous System (PDF)  (Blue Bubble Zine - Nov. 2023) - Illustrations, Nerves, The Body, Mixed Media, Collage, Sketches

Old Enough to Know Better: A Pro-Choice Zine From an Anti-Choice Childhood(.pdf) - Jacqueline Bryk - Reproductive Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Politics, Anti-Choice, Religious Right, White Woman Grief, Pregnancy, Roe v Wade, Supreme Court, Babies, Adoptions, Abortion, US Politics, Elections, Government, Feminism, Catholicism, Religion, Children, The Unborn

Old Habits Die Hard(.PDF) Comics, Mental, Lobotomy, Brain, Sci-Fi

Pathologize This! #2(.pdf) TW: Suicide & Sexual Assault Mentions - Mental Health, Grief, Writing, Prose, Photo, Anxiety, Depression, Self Harm, Medical Fatphobia, Sexual Abuse, Consent, Sex, ADD, ADHD, Medication, Manic Depression, MDMA, Therapy

Pepperspray, CS, and Other Less Lethal Weapons(.PDF) - Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide

Play! Fight!(.pdf) - Kinky Sex, Political Theory, Fetishism, Kink, Sex, Consent, Politics, Anarchomasochism, Anarchism, Body Politics, Perversion

Post-Roe TX(.pdf) (Fall 2022) - Austin, Texas, Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Roe vs. Wade, Pro-Choice, Clinics, Abortion Networks, Green Wave, Green Tide

Queer and Trans Fat Activist Timeline, A(.PDF) (Charlotte Cooper - 2011) - Zines, Feminism, Body Positivity, Fat Activism, LGBTQA+, Queer, Culture, Archives, Political Theory 

Recipe for Growing Up Trans(.pdf) (Aaron) Trans, Minizine, Illustration, Mental Health, Self-Harm, LGBTQA+, Queer, Religion, Family

Sauna Zine #1(.PDF) - Mini-Zine, Sauna, Spa, DIY Guide, Illustration, Humor

Sauna Zine #2(.PDF) - Mini-Zine, Sauna, Spa, Perzine, Illustration, Humor

 

Sick Futurity(.PDF)(Lyndsey Beutin & Cal Biruk - July 2022) - Diabetes, Insulin, Medication, Healthcare, Medicine, Capitalism, Pandemic, COVID, Carbs, Diet, Sugar

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Some Things People Have Said to Me About My R*pe(.pdf) (by Chelsea Sieg) - *CW - mentions sexual assault* - Consent, Victim Blaming, Shame, Minizine

Street Medic Handbook(.PDF) -  DIY Guide, Health, Activism, Resistance, Protest, Safety, Book

Sustainable Activism and Avoiding Burnout(.PDF) - Self-Care, Mental Health, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism

Take a Rest - A List of Restful Activities(.pdf) - Wesley Sueker - Summer 2022 - Relaxation, Physical Health, Mental Health, DIY Guide, Advice, Zen, Sensory, Social, Emotional, Creative

The Testosterone Survey Zine(.pdf) (Rena Yehuda Newman) - Health, Transgender, Transition, Hormones, Comics, Medical Industry, Medication, How-To Guide, Medical Study, Queer, Gender, LGBTQA+

Thrift Witch Vol. XII - Earth Grounding(.PDF) -  Witchcraft, DIY Guide, Earth, Rituals, Art, Collage, Magick

Top Surgery Recovery in Community(.pdf) Trans, Surgery, Healthy, Recovery, Healing, Communities, Medical, How-To, Relationships, Self-Care, LGBTQA, Gender

Transcending Anatomy(.pdf) LGBTQA+, Queer, Trans, Sexuality, Gender, Identity, Relationships, DIY Guide, Bodies

Tubes Tied & No Regrets - Another Perspective on Parenting(.pdf) - Kathy Labriola - Mongoose Distro - Parenting, Birth, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Childbearing, Surgical Procedure, Overpopulation, Non-Breeding, Childless Couples

Using Essential Oils & Aromatherapy(.pdf) - Carol Wiley - DIY Guide, Nature, Health, Healing, Carrier Oil, Diffusers, Sensitivities, Therapeudics, Skin Care, Recipes, Acne, Hair Care, Alopecia, Nail Care, Baths, Massage, Cleaning, Spirituality, Aphrodisiacs

​​Vacczine(.pdf) (Coin Operated Press - 2021) - COVID-19, Pandemic, Health, Quarantine, Healthcare Workers, Photo, Doctors, Nurses, Vaccines, Melbourne, Australia, Stories, Prose, Poetry, Illustrations, Lockdown, Isolation, Masks

Weird Kid Guide to Soothing Heartbreak, The(.PDF)  Relationships, DIY Guide, Mental Health, Love, Romance, Break Up, Self Help, Self Care

The Wellnesszine #1: Growth(.pdf) - Emotions, Growth, Change, Adolescence, Drawings, Illustrations, Poetry, Prose, Photography, Fiction, Nurturing, Relationships, Hormonal, Body, Mixed Media, Adulthood, Playlists, Self-Care, Trees, Nature, Chronic Perspective, Journey, Gratitude

Yeast of Your Worries, The(.pdf) (Erica Zelfand, Winter 2006) - DIY Guide, How-To Guide, Sexual Health, Vagina, Yeast Infection, Medication, Diet, Herbology

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