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Closing the Gap
Anonymous, Anonymous, Anonymous, and Anonymous
Our zine, “Closing the Gap”, is about decreasing the gender wage gap present in the United States. The gender wage gap has been a prominent issue for over a century. Although the gap has decreased to some extent, it still persists. Our zine first introduces the issue, then outlines events associated with the progression of the wage gap. Lastly, our zine informs readers how they can create change to help close the gap. Within it, it highlights the statistics and figures related to the wage gap, provides a historical overview and review of bills and acts that have been implemented to address the issue, and suggests ways to improve the situation.
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Misbehaving
Anonymous, Maeve Dean, and Lee René
This zine was not only created with the intent to inform about the lesser known women of the feminist movement and their dedication to the environment, worker's rights, and reproductive rights, but also to humanize them and recognize them as women beyond their heroism.
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Buying Bodies
Bailey Armey, Sydney Carter, Grace Helming, Ashley Peters, and Jenna Warren
Explores a variety of aspects that women in the sex-based work industry face. Provides insight on the history of these professions, and focuses on the health impacts it plays on women today. Discusses who is susceptible to this type of work and the criminalization of it. Spotlights the current forms of sex-work in society today.
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Women on the Silver Screen: A Look at the Various Roles of Women Across Film Genres
Ryann Bahnline, Dimitar Donovski, Kelly Ryan, and Emily Simon
This Zine seeks to explore the various roles of women in several films across a multitude of genres and their significance, or lack thereof, in their respective films. Genres explored include romantic comedy, science fiction, action/adventure, and horror/thriller. Films often depict the state and views held by a society during its inception, either intentionally or subconsciously. Women have often been relegated to roles in films that affirm gender and cultural stereotypes.
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Get Educated: The Lack of Women's Education in South Africa
Parker Beck, Audrey Elvers, Jackson Marley, Tierney Maurer, and Neily Pennington
This zine serves to raise awareness about gender inequality in South Asia as it relates to education. In South Asia, women are more likely than men to have not received an education. This zine highlights the barriers that young women face in accessing a quality education, as well as how this issue is being addressed. It provides readers with additional resources and information on how they can get involved.
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Bodied: Who Does Society Think You Should Be?
Rachel Brown, Zoe Dybowski, Alexa Hunt, and Brianna Karras
It is no secret that society has constructed a high level of pressure surrounding the appearance of women’s bodies. In light of such pressures we have chosen to create a zine focused on issues regarding body image and the different ways in which society impacts women's bodies. Our goal is to raise awareness of how society's standards affect women and also empower those who are a part of the project. On the following pages you will find four sections highlighting a few main categories of which we have found there to be the significant presence of stigma and stereotypes: athletes, teenagers, mothers, and models. We hope that this content will challenge your thoughts on how society labels women and encourage you to examine how they instead would label themselves.
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Rise of Women
Allie Carmichael, Emily Jones, Ellie Vermilion, and Cat Lehner
This zine walks through the history of women’s involvement in the summer olympic games. The timeline shows advancements in women’s rights and empowerment through athletics. The zine also explains how equality will further grow in the olympic games.
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Body Image Highlight Reel: Bringing Awareness to the Effect of Social Media, Advertisements, and Societal Standards on Young Girls and Women Across the Globe
Lilly Chidester, Laken Ross, Casey Hoffman, and Lily House
Our Zine brings awareness to the effects of social media, advertisements, and societal standards on young girls and women across the globe. We researched multiple countries in order to see how women in different cultures face eating disorders and plastic surgery in order to fit the beauty standard. Many women struggle with body image and with feeling secure as themselves due to social media filters, beauty standards, and societal pressure.
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Behind Closed Doors
Olivia Coy, Lexi Neely, Elizabeth Shirk, and Laila McClimon
This Zine works to bring awareness and education to domestic abuse in the United States. A history report of what has been done thus far to advocate against domestic abuse is included, as well as explanations of different tactics and models that are continuously used to combat the issue. Additionally, stories of women’s experiences with domestic violence are told to describe the issue in a real way. Tools and information about red flags, healthy relationships, and supporting and escaping domestic abuse provide individuals with ways to move forward as they approach the issue.
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Work It Women!
Megan Day, Brenna Arakelian, Emily King, and Natalie Virgil
“Work it Women!” covers various topics surrounding women in the workplace. The zine begins with a note from the authors, followed by a brief history of women in the workplace. Throughout the entire zine, there are historic facts, examples of successful women in the specific topics presented in the zine, and an overall theme of theme encouragement. The goal with this zine is to educate the reader on what women in the workplace experience, but not to discourage the reader from wanting to be a successful woman.
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Reproductive Fights!
Emma Edwards, Jessica Hutzel, Rachel Meighan, and Kaylee Welkie
This zine is focused on the impacts of Roe v. Wade on women’s reproductive rights. It discusses the timeline of events before, during, and after Roe v. Wade that affected abortion rights in the United States. Local resources for abortion care are provided in this zine.
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Balling on a Budget
Sarah Fournier, Matthew Hoffmann, Brianna Jack, and Olivia Meyer
This Zine takes a dive into the gender pay gap women face in professional sports. The gender pay gap is an issue that women all around face, but it’s something that needs to be talked about more when it comes to sports. It breaks down the difference between paychecks and the award amount between men and women sports. It also goes over some of the actions being taken to diminish the pay gap.
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Roe V. Wade and Beyond
Abby Fulton, Allie Mckibben, Sarah Warner, Jayden Taylor, and Ethan Kroll
Within our Zine Roe v. Wade and Beyond, our group has examined the implications of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and how this affects different groups. This zine explores the history of this landmark Supreme Court case, and helps readers understand what the effects of this decision are. In addition to looking at the politics that are associated with this debate and this decision, the Zine also investigates different problems associated with obtaining an abortion such as education and skin color. The Zine seeks to educate readers about how abortion affects a variety of women, as well as help others decide how they can get involved if they are passionate about reproductive justice. Through the creative design and useful information provided in our project, we hope that this will provide readers with useful information pertaining to abortion, Roe v. Wade, and more.
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Kara Graves, Hannah Kiesling, Ellie Boyer, Brandon Alvarez-Serrano
Kara Graves, Hannah Kiesling, Ellie Boyer, and Brandon Alvarez-Serrano
"Behind the Burqa” covers various topics about the current state of women’s rights
in Afghanistan. These topics include women’s access to education, the drug trade, women being forced into marriages, and domestic violence. To achieve this, the main focus of the zine was to highlight the voices of women within Afghanistan and those that are fighting for their rights.
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Women's Wage Gap Around the World
Carly Jessup, Leah Sheldon, Christina St. Germain, and Will Weiss
We compared the gender gap between the regions of North America, Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa and lastly South Asia.
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Stereotypes in Media: The Dangers they Pose to Young Women Today
Lauren Koehl, Emily Langston, Madison Sternberg, and Sierra Ward
The way in which women are portrayed in the media is a very diverse and prominent issue in society today. This issue is also one that affects each of us on a daily basis, as stereotypes portrayed in the media are often used as a comparative measure. This zine serves to bring awareness to these stereotypes through specific examples from television, movies, and social media advertisements. This zine also outlines the male gaze and oversexualization, and explains how these things affect many different aspects of women’s lives.
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Crossroads of Maternal Health in Indiana
Amanda Smith, Lillian Cantwell, Gabriella Tzougros, and Matthew Jin
Our zine is about the state of maternal health in Indiana. Our zine will dive into the areas in Indiana which lack obstetrician services and the cause of this, the maternal mortality rate in Indiana, solutions for the maternal mortality rate in Indiana, alongside the alarming racial gap between black and white mothers’ maternal mortality rate in Indiana. We will also note resources for mothers who lack access to obstetrician services.
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The Mistreated Muses: A Deeper Look at the Disparities Women Face in the Music Industry
Michael Terzaki, Summer Beg, Norah Balthazor, and Jonathan Courts
Our zine focuses on the mistreatment of women in the music industry. It highlights issues such as sexual harassment, wage gap, underrepresentation, etc. The zine also contains many statistics, links to interviews, and personal stories. The purpose of the zine is to educate the public about the various issues female musical artists face so we can overcome the challenges the industry faces on a daily basis.
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