Trash Moon Diaries—Volume 2 of our monthly zine series is an indie feminist art and short story zine about astrology, male loneliness, queer identity, and the exhaustion of dating as a woman in this modern world.
This illustrated literary zine follows Sui, a 27-year-old woman in Tokyo who gets paid 20,000 yen to show up to a blind date with a man who won't tell her his sign. Somewhere between the empty lot, the plastic bottle he throws on the ground, and the text from the girl she can't call her girlfriend, she starts to understand something about why men have to pay not to be alone. It's for women who are tired of being called insufferable, closeted girls dating men to keep the peace, and anyone who has ever used astrology as a way of getting to know people.
Inside this volume:
Male loneliness and why curiosity is a skill men are never taught
Astrology as intimacy, community, and a personality test
Queer identity, compulsory heterosexuality, and not being out to your family and friends
Marriage and biological-clock pressure in your late 20s
Emotional labor, being paid to be pleasant, and walking away anyway
A vintage-style satirical ad parody page ("Small Boob Struggles")
This zine speaks to:
queer and bisexual women who haven't come out yet
women burnt out on dating apps and blind dates
girls who ask for the big three before the second date
anyone tired of being told they're "too much" or "too judgmental"
late twenties women feeling the marriage timeline closing in
cosmic girls, overthinkers, and soft observers of men
If you've ever been told your femininity was insufferable, your questions were too much, or your curiosity was a character flaw, this zine is for you.
Curiosity is a love language.
Trash Moon Diaries—Volume 2 of our monthly zine series is an indie feminist art and short story zine about astrology, male loneliness, queer identity, and the exhaustion of dating as a woman in this modern world.
This illustrated literary zine follows Sui, a 27-year-old woman in Tokyo who gets paid 20,000 yen to show up to a blind date with a man who won't tell her his sign. Somewhere between the empty lot, the plastic bottle he throws on the ground, and the text from the girl she can't call her girlfriend, she starts to understand something about why men have to pay not to be alone. It's for women who are tired of being called insufferable, closeted girls dating men to keep the peace, and anyone who has ever used astrology as a way of getting to know people.
Inside this volume:
Male loneliness and why curiosity is a skill men are never taught
Astrology as intimacy, community, and a personality test
Queer identity, compulsory heterosexuality, and not being out to your family and friends
Marriage and biological-clock pressure in your late 20s
Emotional labor, being paid to be pleasant, and walking away anyway
A vintage-style satirical ad parody page ("Small Boob Struggles")
This zine speaks to:
queer and bisexual women who haven't come out yet
women burnt out on dating apps and blind dates
girls who ask for the big three before the second date
anyone tired of being told they're "too much" or "too judgmental"
late twenties women feeling the marriage timeline closing in
cosmic girls, overthinkers, and soft observers of men
If you've ever been told your femininity was insufferable, your questions were too much, or your curiosity was a character flaw, this zine is for you.
Curiosity is a love language.
