"On a quest to be loved"
Language: english
Subjects: community, relationship, belonging
« zine playlist: Infinite Horizons - God is an astronaut, The Knack - Mother Mother, Oh No Darling! - Sarah Kinsley. Created during Zinetober 2025 for #trickorzines by Lydia Xchang ''Journey''. »
I love starkittyzines' writing and the way they present any subject they tackle in their zines. It is always so powerful, so inspiring and I just think they have such a beautiful way with pacing and words and images... They combine all of those perfectly to make a coherent, impactful, deeply emotional artwork.
"I'll find a way because I love you"
Language: english
Subjects: love, relationship, devotion
« made by a desperately romantic lesbian wifeguy for her girlfriend, to be shared by equally intense hearts with their lovers and whoever else makes them feel this way »
A beautiful declaration of love I truly relate to. Especially when it discussed long distance relationship, as one of my partners is hundred of kilometres away and a former relationship of mine lived across the Atlantic. Long-distance is hard, especially when the world is going to shit. You want comfort, kinship and connection but you just have a phone and a dream...
"The people I love are so strong and it makes me so angry"
Language: english
Subjects: relationship, found family, anger
I grew up around a lot of depressed, struggling people, I'm still surrounded by them because, honestly, how can't you be depressed in this day and age? The world spins wrong on its axis and the people I love have to keep going anyway. I have to keep going. How can we be there for each other when we got so tired? This zine cuts deep, in a way I was prepared from the title but still had me wanting to sob. Because, yes, the people I love are so, so strong and how can I stand for it? How can I stand for the need to be strong when they just deserve love and community? My friends are my partners, my partners are my friends, they all deserve care and I can't give it to them because I'm aldo trying to be strong and fighting to survive. They make it easier, though. I hope I make it easier for them too...
"The meat we occupy"
Language: english
Subjects: disability, self perception, body image
« I feel the need to add that an alternative for the subtitle was "thoughts on having beef with your body" which is of coursehilarious because the title has the word "meat". Thanks for your attention. Topic warnings: toxic self talk, self harm thoughts, disordered eating behaviors, waight gain + loss, medical gaslighting, ableism, fatphobia, dieting, negative self-image. »
Another spot on piece by starkittyzines! I struggle myself with chronic pain and unwanted weight gain/loss. And I love my body, but I do suffer from gender dysphoria too. I don't have all the adaptations I would need to live better in my body, I currently (July 2026) struggle to keep up with chores and hygiene. I can't wash my own hair unless I have the day off and I still struggle then. It's hard, it's been 10 years but with my health declining more and more and my depression worsening and the ghost of burnout behind me, how do I make my body keep up? I don't, that's the answer. I can't, it's literally impossible. So I have to learn to live with it, know my boundaries and my limits, and hope for the best, hope for the world to not be too cruel or in contradiction of my needs, which, it is... I heavily rely on people, mostly my parents and my friends, to live normally and I think that's okay, but that doesn't mean it'ss not hard to constantly ask for help sometimes... I'm lucky to have found the best people to help through everything, but what starkittyzines expressed here is still weighing on me despite their kindness.