Zines are photocopied magazines written by individuals and passed around by mail and through in de pen dent bookstores. Zines originated in science fiction fandom, but by the 1990s ran the gamut from obscure topics like The Brady Bunch to autobiographical accounts of personal experiences. Zines are sold for small amounts of money or are exchanged through a barter system, and they often emphasize the futility of wage-slave labor and lower-middle-class existence.

Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, loc. 81