About this project
Thank you! This project met its funding goal in less than 24 hours (!). Any funds raised over the amount of the initial goal will make it possible to do even cooler things -- another $100 (already earned!) means I can increase the page count and include more stories, articles, and quotations. If something crazy happens like doubling my goal ($600!), then I may spin that surplus off into an entirely new (and extremely cool) project. Stay tuned. And thanks for the support.
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It's time again -- the fifth issue of Taking the Lane quarterly feminist bicycle zine is in production.
Volume 5 is called Our Bodies, Our Bikes. It is inspired, of course, by the women's health manual from the seventies (it's the original's 40th anniversary this year, and the latest edition looks awesome). As a teenager I spent hours at a time poring over the original edition and then the 90s one when I found it at a yard sale. The open talk about subjects that had previously seemed mystifying, terrifying, or taboo boggled my young mind and motivated me to find words for my own experiences. This zine is intended to forge a small new path in that tradition.
When I put out the call for essays for this issue, I left it open: Anything about bodies and bikes. The stories that have flowed into my inbox in the last month have covered a lot of ground -- bold meditations on particular body parts, stories about recovery from illness and injury, and loud and proud declarations of physical and emotional freedom. There are expressive drawings, accounts of bicycling while pregnant, and tips about how to ride fast. There's something for everyone in here, and probably something to expand everyone's idea of what's for them.
This is my 5th Kickstarter project, and for the first time I only need to raise money for postage and mailing supplies. I'm able to pay for printing with the revenues from existing zines. Sort of like a business is supposed to work, right? I'm starting to have grandiose dreams about the future of publishing... but more about that another time.
For now, thank you so much for reading this and supporting Taking the Lane. Extra thanks to those of you who have been doing so for a while. I hope you enjoy reading the contents of volume five as much as I have.
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I'm a writer, publisher, and bicycle activist who believes in the printed word (preferably in brightly colored ink). A Kickstarter-funded zine project in 2010 has evolved into a larger project, Taking the Lane Media, publishing small, print nonfiction titles about diverse aspects of bicycle transportation.
I live in Southeast Portland with my partner, our cat, and an ever-changing fleet of outlandish bikes.
