Plastic In Utero Zine is live!

Plastic in Utero is out! Run #1 is almost totally gone, #2 will start this week. Big shoutout to those who contributed, supported, or otherwise put their weight behind my first zine!

$3/copy. I can do mail money orders or CashApp, whichever works best. I am open to swapping zines or other materials, too!
For copies, questions, or submissions for future content, you can contact me at:
Artxmis Graham Thoreau
PO Box 72
Seymour, IL
61875
(or tmwg1995@protonamail.com)

32 pages of content!
ToC:
Artxmis Graham Thoreau (poem), Cien (art), Steve Kirk (essay), John Zerzan (essay), Dionysus (essay), Sascha Engel (essay), Sky (essay), Jason Rodgers (essay), Walks with Knives (essay), & Julian Langer (essay excerpts)

From inside covers (this helped me realize it had 2 typos.. great):

Plastic in Utero: a journal of anti-civ anarchy reborn from the compost of wasteland modernity (PIU) is an extension of the Uncivilized Project, which encompasses the Uncivilized Podcast and Uncivilized Distro. PIU came about after years of wanting to create a zine, as opposed to simply contributing to others. I was always nervous of messing up, not having time or money, or some other excuse. But, in 2022 / early 2023, several friends and affinities pushed me to finally do it. I want to, in particular, thank Jason Rodgers, Steve Kirk, and Sascha Engel for their endless support.

PIU is a journal of anti-civilization anarchism. It is anti-left, anti-politics, and anti-stupid. Importantly, it is pro-fun. It isn’t pushing any blueprints for “fixing” this society, which isn’t possible. Instead, it seeks out uninterrupted critique. The people who contributed their work did it because they enjoy the process and want to contribute to a new affinity. We aren’t the vanguard, we aren’t the party, we aren’t the messiahs.

The goal of this first edition is to tackle the topic of “artificiality” in any way the author or artist saw fit. Some pieces are more obvious in their attack on the Artificial / artificiality, but all approach them in unique and interesting ways. I choose artificiality because the topic of nature vs unnatural (or authentic vs artificial) is an interesting one within anti-civ and pro-civ anarchist spaces. Is the distinction worth arguing over? Should Anti-Civilization anarchists consider artificiality a central target of their critique?

All credit goes to the authors or artists, their work allowed this project to happen. Please, go and check out their own individual works. Readers may notice that I point out that some works can be found in other places, such as John Zerzan’s “Poverty?” piece and excerpts from Julian Langer’s “Gravity”. In those cases, I recommend checking out where else they can be found.

I’ll be honest, I am not sure what the future of Plastic in Utero is. I loved the enthusiasm among the contributors and those outside of the project. However, I am not entirely sure what the identity of PIU is yet. I see it as “big-tent” for anti-civilization and anti-left anarchy. Maybe Post-Left is a word to use. As future issues of PIU come out, I hope we, as a community around PIU, can develop the identity of the zine-journal.

On a related note, any submissions, orders, questions, and anything that doesn’t go tick-tick-tick can be sent to (choose one name to address me as, thanks):

Artxmis Graham Thoreau / Plastic in Utero / Uncivilized Distro
PO Box 72
Seymour, IL 61875

For Wild Nature, (or) For Free Authenticity,
Artxmis Graham Thoreau
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Love u two! We three should meet up at your room in the Nude House and touch butts. Then an essay writing sesh! uwu

U r gay

I sent payment to both of your bad addresses and they won't refund it. I demand a refund of $6 or more.
Cashapp: blackandgreenpress
Thanks!

And we need more subversive whack shit like this, that doesn't fall into the same-old artsy academic box.

Also just sayin'... if you're into any level of online privacy or anti-surveillance, Protonmail ain't any better than Gmail. It's just better at managing spam, and that's about the only reason why I use it beyond diversification of my comm channels.

I appreciate it! I tried to be among " more subversive whack shit" aesthetics and designs

Yes, I know it isn't very secure, but helps me organize / separate emails. I appreciate heads up on it, though.

- Our bureau has recorded several issues with "the internet" since 1998 but making offline content available online for easier, LESS TRACEABLE reprint and dissemination is not one of these.

- Our agents have found out it is quite easy to find a decent scanner/printer in some student neighborhood's dumpster or at worse, online classifieds.

Please be observant, and allow for diffusion of your zine outside of heavily-surveilled channels such as Web 2.0 garbage mail services and dinosaur snail mail, otherwise we may decide to discontinue our interest in reproducing and distributing your materials.

Regards,

- Unicivilized Press, Eastern Zone 4a

I don't want to. Find it online, something inevitably will put it there..

I too prefer to send government currency through the government mail service with my address on it to be collected at a government post office box by anarchists in exchange for my anarchist literature. The 'nets are a trap!

How come all the writers are Jewish and they're writing about Anglo-Saxon Christians? Seems very leftist, just sayin'

I hope you are splitting that $3 ten ways to pay your contributors their equal share. Remember that without their content your zine would be a blank bunch of paper!.

What projects you guise would do if you had 50 grand in your bank account? Lemme now and if you got interesting *ideas* I might send you some bucks.

"Plastic in Utero" offers a dynamic exploration of anti-civilization anarchism, promoting a space for thought-provoking essays and artistic expression. The inaugural edition delves into the intriguing dichotomy of artificiality versus nature, a pertinent theme in anarchist circles. The collection showcases various perspectives, critiquing without prescribing, fostering a community of diverse voices.

The zine's identity, still evolving, aims to embrace a wide spectrum of anti-civilization and anti-left anarchism, potentially leaning toward a 'Post-Left' characterization. As the project progresses, the collective engagement and contributions could shape the zine's trajectory and communal identity.

"Plastic in Utero" stands as a testament to the collaborative effort of contributors, each deserving recognition for their valuable contributions. The zine encourages readers to explore the individual works of the featured authors and artists.

Looking ahead, the zine's future remains open-ended, potentially shaped by the community's involvement and the unfolding evolution of its identity.

From ZetarVac

"Plastic in Utero" offers a dynamic exploration of anti-civilization anarchism, promoting a space for thought-provoking essays and artistic expression. The inaugural edition delves into the intriguing dichotomy of artificiality versus nature, a pertinent theme in anarchist circles. The collection showcases various perspectives, critiquing without prescribing, fostering a community of diverse voices.

The zine's identity, still evolving, aims to embrace a wide spectrum of anti-civilization and anti-left anarchism, potentially leaning toward a 'Post-Left' characterization. As the project progresses, the collective engagement and contributions could shape the zine's trajectory and communal identity.

"Plastic in Utero" stands as a testament to the collaborative effort of contributors, each deserving recognition for their valuable contributions. The zine encourages readers to explore the individual works of the featured authors and artists.

Looking ahead, the zine's future remains open-ended, potentially shaped by the community's involvement and the unfolding evolution of its identity.

From ZetarVac

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