Eleanor: A Zine

09/02/2023

It's A Kling Thing! House is where Eleanor: A Zine first came out. This space has given so many creative people from all walks of life a safe and supportive environment to share their work and make friends.
Please donate and/or share to help Akron’s DIY community.

‼️Save “It’s a Kling Thing!” House!‼️
https://gofund.me/9467ebf2

Founded in 2007 by Jordan Welker and friends, It’s a Kling Thing! is one of the longest-running DIY punk houses in the Midwest. Our sacred space has been a staple of underground music for 16 years, and has strong roots not only in the local community, but nationally and internationally as well.

Recently, our landlords—who have rented the house to us for the entirely of its lifespan as Kling Thing—have put the house on the market. This is scary for all of us, because aside from the tenants worrying about where they’ll live, this house is considered a second home by generations of show-goers. Here’s the deal: the landlord said we can try to buy the house if we raise the money. So that’s what we’re going to do. We need to act fast, because there are already potential buyers. We are aiming to raise $135,000 with intent to own the space, protect its legacy, and keep this going for many more years to come.

This is a Hail Mary but we think it could work! We know how many of you love this place. Even if you can’t donate, please share this with everyone you can! We want to share this everywhere, so Ii you know anyone that works for media outlets that might help, please reach out.

We will continue to post updates regularly as time goes forward. Please consider helping us keep a piece of Akron’s fruitful music community in the hands of those who truly care about what it stands for. If we don’t reach our goal, all your donations will be refunded.

https://gofund.me/9467ebf2

08/19/2022

The popular PorchRokr festival returns to Akron's Highland Square neighborhood to celebrate a decade of art and music.

03/19/2022

Here’s another event to check out!

HAPPENING IN ONE WEEK! Please join us for our upcoming WECAN event on March 24th, “Building Systemic Change: Frontline Women-Led Solutions for Climate Justice”!

Register today: https://bit.ly/3MereiG
Thursday March 24, 2022
12:00pm Eastern Time
**Please check your time zone to coordinate**

During this event Indigenous, Black, Brown, and frontline women leaders and global advocates will address multiple interlocking crises, and present a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks and strategies based in a climate justice framework, including forest and biodiversity protection, Indigenous rights, food sovereignty, protection of women land defenders, and community-led solutions. The voices, analysis and leadership of global women, feminist and gender diverse leaders are critical to the years ahead, as we work collectively and urgently to build the resilient and just future we know is possible.

Speakers include:
— Neema Namadamu, Founder, Synergy of Congolese Women’s Associations (SAFECO), and WECAN Democratic Republic of Congo Coordinator, Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Monique Verdin (Houma Nation), Director, The Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange, and WECAN Indigenous Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator, USA
– Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project, USA
– Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Lubicon Cree), Director of Healing Justice, Indigenous Climate Action, and Founder, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada
– Helena Gualinga (Kichwa), Environmental and Indigenous Rights Defender, WECAN Young Women Project Lead, Ecuador
–Moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director, USA.

02/21/2022

There’s one week left to submit your creative writing or visual art on the theme of EMPATHY to Eleanor: A Zine!

02/01/2022

🚨 Deadline extension! Submit your work on the theme of Empathy to [email protected] by Feb. 28, 2022!

01/31/2022

“The politicalization of the topic is what's different than what I’ve seen in the past,” said Britten Follett, the chief executive of content at Follett School Solutions, one of the country’s largest providers of books to K-12 schools. “It’s being driven by legislation, it’s being driven by politicians aligning with one side or the other. And in the end, the librarian, teacher or educator is getting caught in the middle.”

Among the most frequent targets are books about race, gender and sexuality, like George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” Jonathan Evison’s “Lawn Boy,” Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye.”

Read more from The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqYhkSVUYAybfWt8ktVqMgv_MhbY1gDrjN22OQjZFyOAORYic_kOHLYxSW-wO5RXJDtlQLO1oA_Vo0u5UO0EqRgCmrpfZwM1AKH888cfuVz5rmsOdUel9qG_hYmW1eLgglbTl9VqcPTexINHX0XcjIQ9loJJvZAvqjSROnvGZZ7Yzjtpu3v4hBYR4RSMBZESIv_ruAhZ5PraWf02Wq1l2C6wCB2alzZPL4KkAcQ5SFVvGUHt5hG8_495WM98dV73tHitKaKgb5LVfpwfVYZ8bng&referringSource=articleShare

Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.

01/21/2022

Ten days left to submit to Eleanor: A Zine on the theme of EMPATHY! Send your art, essays, photography, poetry, etc. to [email protected] with your name and pronouns by Jan. 31, 2022 to be included!

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12/15/2021

Thank you for everything, bell hooks.

12/11/2021

Eleanor: A Zine is taking submissions on the theme of EMPATHY. Eleanor: A Zine is a literature & arts publication with a feminist agenda, which prioritizes the work of women of color & the LGBT+. Eleanor does not accept submissions from cisgender men. Eleanor is a DIY passion project, so I can’t pay but will provide anyone published with a free copy.

To submit to Eleanor: A Zine, please send your creative writing or visual art relating to the theme of EMPATHY to [email protected] with your name and pronouns before Jan. 31, 2022.

12/08/2021

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“Something simple and beautiful, that leaves you happy and wanting to fall in love yourself.”

12/02/2021

Submissions are OPEN!

11/27/2021

Solange made it clear with her widely acclaimed album “A Seat at the Table” that she’s dedicated to protecting what Black people own, and she’s...

11/27/2021

Kathleen Kim is the woman behind Ji-Young, the first Asian American muppet. We spoke to them both about their Thanksgiving debut.

11/25/2021

We must listen to Indigenous voices and unlearn the white-washed narrative we were taught!

The Thanksgiving Day Celebration Originated From a Massacre - Let's Hear the Wampanoag side of the story ...

11/23/2021

11/22/2021

“We have a thing called the Red Road in our culture where we are to keep on the path our ancestors made for us to continue to help others and take care of the land, air, water, and each other,” Humphreys said. “We are always striving to get back to the Red Road. That is what I feel happened to me.”

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11/13/2021

After 13 years living under a legal arrangement that controlled both her personal life and finances, the pop star was released from her conservatorship Friday.

10/05/2021

“Documents that a whistle-blower, Frances Haugen, provided to The Wall Street Journal showed that Instagram made body-image issues worse for one in three teenage girls.” from The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/teenage-girls-instagram.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohlSFUbBibJUNMnqBqCgvfeh6Axi3n3IyXQRjdYy_9QAo6b507Cf6NmIdsv2jDRDPlwDIgSft0ghOlOIx4qDACyvpqPnJlCcy4499q6ATlzgMqSDfVlq2bnK2C3ebc6mrCxtULYYWK-CKDVwmRhcFg-2eZtdVuo3HUIx67PA7Q1joE4haF9c8g8ETQQZyCKv-3rCgF8PLiFZxLd7go0U4JJSG2Z3I7cu_9bLlIkWR-RR2h_4G0_9NteJNscWa71JBQnc8P16q4D_uPJ9pq1HPHDEYLrZtq5MQ&referringSource=articleShare

Among young people, the idea that Instagram can hurt someone’s self-image is widely discussed.

10/05/2021

A growing group of Indigenous content creators are sharing their culture and advocating for justice on TikTok.

10/02/2021

We can download a cool cover by Phoebe Bridgers AND support a person’s right to an abortion at the same time?! Done! 🎸🤍

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-bo-burnham-funny-feeling-cover-1235507/amp/

“This one’s for Greg Abbott,” singer says

09/09/2021

Check this out, if you’re in the Cleveland area!

FRIDAY! Amanda D. King opens her first solo exhibition, God is Anti-racist (GiA-r), composition no. 1 at Karamu House! That's this Friday, September 10, 5-8pm:

"GiA-r, composition no. 1 consists of screen prints, textile, photography, text art, and ready-made sculpture. The exhibition moves through stages of lamentation, crucifixion, resurrection, and baptism. King’s creative process is informed by Black Liberation Theology, spiritual practice, and cultural mythmaking."

The exhibition includes prints King made at Zygote as an Artist in Residence at Zygote back in May!

Exhibition Hours:
Mon/ Tue/ Thur/ Fri - 11 AM - 4 PM
Wed - 11 AM - 7 PM

For details visit karamuhouse.org

09/05/2021

The New York Times answers: Doesn’t Roe v. Wade guarantee a woman’s right to abortion? Can the Texas law be challenged on constitutional grounds?

The Texas law bars state officials from actually enforcing it, a design intended to make it difficult to challenge in the courts.

Usually a lawsuit aiming to block such a law as unconstitutional names state officials as defendants. Instead, the Texas law deputizes private citizens to sue anyone who performs an abortion or “aids and abets” a procedure. Plaintiffs who have no connection to the patient or the clinic may sue and recover legal fees, as well as $10,000 if they win.

As a result, the question for the Supreme Court is not whether the law is constitutional, but whether it can be challenged in court.

Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/health/texas-abortion-law-facts.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohkQVUbAibVUNEjsh3BmfXfyad5j3X5NjSUTjAHy-0KRoaJ8FvWI6p_Yt95lxKqeOh8Cp59Dvpj0r0YeEV3VwijppbDxMVbeyll99P2Bzxmh9eQUOhgtDXjZDn8JukumbHh5UKIaTPhS7WfhSN6XHttoZFncFiq2HUC1_2FRrYzgo8iqK9nUpNqRj4AZD2It-3qD3h9MNaGaxLf6GomSr0TGGGTzZPHteV2IEgFAknGTXh8_W839NtXXdscN635JBYmE9Hsqp-BQ4gW4WNDtvbOGGHTZA&referringSource=articleShare

The law prohibits abortions before many women even know they’re pregnant, and it will be hard to challenge in the courts.

07/30/2021

Yesterday, the US House took a historic vote, passing a spending bill without the Hyde and Weldon Amendments — moving us one step closer to eliminating these harmful abortion restrictions for good.

Ending the Hyde Amendment and related abortion restrictions is a racial and economic justice issue, wrote the ACLU on Twitter. Hyde has always been a racist policy aimed at controlling the bodies of people with low incomes and people of color.

07/28/2021

Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time, who has used her influence to speak out against injustices, arrives at her second Olympics prepared to soar above the sport’s devastating recent history.

07/23/2021

Black demands for full citizenship are being treated as entitlement and calls for racial accountability redefined as white persecution.

07/23/2021

Art punk duo Lung are gearing for the re,ease of their third album Come Clean Right Now on August 20th via Sofaburn Records, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the new video for their track…

07/15/2021

Most people store their books on a bookshelf, maybe a couple of bookcases if they’re particularly bibliophilic. Livy Ciotoli used to store her books in...