From TikTok Burnout to Zine Freedom

Are zines the new way of communication?

Since OPSTAND started, I have seen zines everywhere…cute little zines held in the hands of excited people, sharing their valuable nuggets of pocket-sized information with the world. And it makes me smile.

People are hastily sharing them far and wide. It is unreal to witness. I’ve seen prominent online creators shift their platform to zines and newsletters.  Individuals and small businesses are packing up and moving on from online social media platforms with rapid fervor, which seems to be a revolutionary act of defiance against billionaire corporations. You know, the ones who harvest our art for the AI overlords.