Zine fest in Olympia
9/12/2023
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Over the weekend we did something kinda unusual
for the past few years: we took a bus outta town
and went up to Olympia WA for a couple of days.

My partner, Tor, had gotten invited to table at a
zine fest that was happening at the main Olympia
library and they were feeling just good enough
after all the operations and anti-biotics that we
decided to head up there.

It's a funny little town. The "historic district"
reminded me a lot of Portland in the 00s, both the
good and bad. I think mostly seeing an actual
anarchist coffee shop made me miss how we used to
have spaces like that.

On the other hand, Tor's zine selling went great
and they ended up selling like 40 copies of zines
which might not sound like a lot but is pretty
good for just a few hours in a parking lot in a
town of 50k people total.

The library itself bought a few of their zines to
include in their collection, including their most
popular one "Testosterone is for Girls, Too"---a
radical trans zine about genderfuck transition
goals.

We wore masks the whole time and the bus home was
barely full but I'm still a little anxious that we
could have picked up covid and will be until the
like 48ish hour period that omicron strains show
symptoms in passes.

It would be helpful if pdx wasn't having a huge
weather shift so allergies are hell and a
half. Yes, I know that allergies feel different
than covid but tell that to someone who hasn't
gotten sick in so many years I feel like I don't
even remember what illness is like now.