I do like a good fnargle

A post about zines. If you have the time, you should read the whole thing, but I have summarised it here:

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Over 3000 words, and so many of those 3000 words being devoted to what a zine is! Why do people spend so much time fretting over the definition for a zine, citing thesis and doctoral research and deep cultural roots, wondering whether a publication is really underground, talking about what it means politicially, and so on? (Sometimes bloggers do this, too.)

I just want to make my zines and write my blog. All those other questions seem secondary.