Prison for Bitches – a Lady Gaga fanzine.

Prison for Bitches is a collaborative piece by the dudes from Haus von Electric Ant and a bunch of awesome artists such as Hellen Jo, Johhny Ryan, and Lisa Hanawalt. The content is great my only complaint is that I wish it were less of an art zine and more of a comics [meaning more strips] and text-based zine. The Fruits-like scene report on Lady Gaga Cosplay in Kobe is a great section too that I wish would have been expanded. The artwork is excellent – really nothing disappoints.

My favorite piece is the single page by Michael Kupperman. On it, Gaga’s disembodied head floats above two primates while her heavily shadowed eyes stare out at the viewer – her mouth is open slightly, her hair is tousled around her head in a way that calls to mind Beethoven or Mark Twain’s signature locks. She does not look like a pop star, instead she resembles some sort of ominous ape deity. I’m into it. And something about it makes me think of Lawnmower Man…wild hair, apes, god-like presence…

Check out a preview of Prison for Bitches HERE!

1.) Hosted many Interlibrary Lushes, then…didn’t.
One of the biggest changes was the passing of the Interlibrary Lush torch. I began Interlibrary Lush, the monthly meetup for librarians and information professionals, in September 2008, and one year later I decided to move on to have time for other projects, and let someone else take over. So that is done. Besides the occasional, ‘How do I start a librarian happy hour in my town?’, I have little part in the group but the new organizers continue to host meetups each month. For more information on ILL check out the MySpace page, as well as the Facebook group.

2.) Learned to accept that I work in an archive, not a library
Having worked in libraries since 2001, this was difficult for me. For a long while I wanted to return to the library environment, the one I felt most comfortable in, and found it frustrating to live in a city with such a competitive job market – particularly for librarians. Two years ago, I found work in a departmental archive, and did not like it. I felt like I was settling, but over time this changed. It took a lot of work but now the archive is something of my own creation. I have a ’system’ in place – it is efficient and it works, and I am pretty happy about that.

3.) Completed many Rad Ref related projects
Which I have mentioned here and here and here.

4.) Wrote a fanzine about Margot Ruth Kidder
The fanzine is called Margot Ruth Kidder: Queen of the Margotnauts and is about all things related to Ms. Kidder. For those of you not familiar with her work…well, guess what? You actually ARE familiar with her work! Maybe from Sisters or Amityville Horror but most likely from the Superman movies where she played Lois Lane. Issue #2 is in the works but its completion date, at this point, is unknown.

5.) According to the timestamp on the first entry…I launched boldlygone[dot]net
Um…just so you know, some of the images in these zines have GRAPHIC depictions of interspecies love so NSFW, okay?

6.) Read one million comics books
Yes, one million comics books, which need to be reviewed, so I will, here, and soon!

Original photo courtesy of Arkiva Tropika.

Unfortunately, I’m guessing the Dolly photo will have to be changed at some point.

From Bitch Magainze’s Facebook events page:
Come celebrate the grand opening of our community lending library with us! It’s happening at our Alberta Street office during July’s Last Thursday. The Bitch staff will be hanging out and showing off our 800+ book collection that covers topics like feminist theory, media studies, queer and gender studies, history, and sociology, to name a few. Bring an ID and a piece of mail and we’ll get you signed up to borrow books.

The library is open to the public on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-7pm, and on other weekdays by appointment. We hope to see you on Thursday!

More DEETs:
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: The Bitch Offices, 4930 NE 29th Ave., Portland, OR
Email: library@b-word.org

And don’t forget to CHECK OUT [smooth] the library catalog here: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/bitchlibrary

Original photo taken from here.

Screencap courtesy of smarty shots

Photo source: The Viking yearbook, 1950 – Vanport Extension Center of the University of Oregon

DEETS:
Your local Emporia SCALA group has put together an amazing night for all you librarians and library workers – it’s Portland’s Librarian Prom!

Here are the details:

When: Saturday, May 16th from 7-11 pm.

Where: Liberty Hall, 311 N. Ivy. It is near Fremont and Vancouver Avenue
in close-in North Portland. Just off Tri-Met buses 44 and 4.

Cost: $7/individual or $12/couple. If you RSVP, it is only $10/couple,
so let us know you plan on coming! To RSVP, email e.g.ryan@gmail.com.
Pay (in cash) at the door.

We will have punch, snacks, DJs, and (you guessed it) PROM PHOTOS! Dressing up is optional, but it would be an excellent opportunity to don that frilly peach thrift-store find. Feel free to print out the attached flier to post at work. And of course, non-library folk are welcome (though there may be a hazing). If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me. Hope to see you all there!