Behind The Zine
Cyclista Zine is a collaborative zine, made up of submissions and documentation of cycling stories and intersectional feminist and DIY culture. It acts as a printed guide, with writers and artists submitting tutorials, stories, and advice for feminists wanting to shred the patriarchy.
From podcasts, zine workshops, editorials, and campaigns, Cyclista Zine is unapologetically disrupting the cycling industry.
Cyclista Zine is run by zinester Christina Torres and celebrates intersectional feminism through zines, live events, workshops and more.
What is Cyclista Zine?
WE ARE CYCLISTA ZINE, THE INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST RESPONSE TO THE CYCLING INDUSTRY. A QUARTERLY ZINE FOCUSED ON SHARING KNOWLEDGE, ART, THE STORIES OF BIPOC AND FTW FOLKS IN CYCLING.
WE THOUGHTFULLY TAILOR ZINES AND NUANCED CONVERSATIONS ACROSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS FROM FATPHOBIA IN CYCLING, POLICE VIOLENCE ON BIPOC CYCLISTS, BIKE LANES AS GENTRIFICATION, CITY PLANNING AS COLONIZATION, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, DECOLONIZING THE OUTDOORS AND SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY.
CYCLISTA ZINE OFFERS RELATABLE, RELEVANT, AND CRITICAL INSIGHTS FOR CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE CYCLING CULTURE NOT ROOTED IN HIERARCHIES AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
FROM EDITORIALS, COLLABORATIONS, ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, IG LIVES . . . CYCLIST ZINE IS A SAFE SPACE FOR BIPOC AND WTF CREATIVES IN CYCLING TO UNAPOLOGETICALLY CRITIQUE AND SHARE THEIR STORIES, FUTURES, KNOWLEDGE AND MORE IN CYCLING.
WHAT ARE ZINES?
ZINE: Pronounced zeen (and rhymes with lean and mean). Derivative of magazine or fanzine
Zines are … generally defined as inexpensive, self-published, non-commercial, small-circulation booklets that are customarily hand-made, usually by creating collages of text and images that are photocopied and center-stapled. They first emerged in the 1930s and 1940s in American science fiction circles, but interest in zines really took off in the 1970s, with the emergence of punk rock. The punk scene’s strong ties to the DIY ethic and its belief in the need for an alternative, anti-consumerist ecosystem meant that it needed to build alternative media to accurately represent it, and zines became the format of choice.
Zines would also go on to play a key role in the development of the Queercore and Riot Grrrl movements of the 1980s and 1990s. Today, the international zine culture is incredibly diverse and multifaceted, with zines focused not just on music and activism but also art, graphic storytelling, and documentary work. They vary widely in style, frequency, and target audience, though they are most attractive to marginalized groups or radical political or creative movements. What unites them is a commitment to challenging the status quo and creating alternative communities.
Zines are much like subcultures in cycling and have been used by subcultures in cycling in political movements! Which is by we call ourselves the intersectional feminist response to the cycling industry because it’s trash and thinks diversity is a white woman bunny hopping the patriarchy.
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