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Diet Soap #2

By David Hebblethwaite ⋅ June 23, 2008

Welcome to the second issue of Diet Soap magazine, which has the theme of “sex and gender.” It begins with “Dream Date” by Chelsea Martin, which may be only three pages long, but leaves an impression that’s disproportionate to its length. A (largely) present-tense, second-person narrative voice addresses the female protagonist as she embarks on [...]

Diet Soap #1

By Paul Abbamondi ⋅ December 17, 2007

Diet Soap is the brainchild of Doug Lain and M.K. Hobson, a simple looking black-and-white zine that bills itself as anarchist and has a goal of themed issues, as well as publishing genre-defying work. Issue #1 is all about surveillance. There’s more variety here than mere rehashes of invasive Big Brother and thoughtcrime, but the [...]

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