The Fest was Unreal. I was so inspired that I went home and created two Zines on my own. I had an incredible time. They had a room where workshops occurred. I went to three "shops" one was on creating cartoons. They showed the basic differences between American, European, and Japan. Then we made a cartoon using a scenario they offered. I also went to one where we "erased" words we did not want in writing that was produced by another author. For instance, Marx's Communist Manifesto. You blacked out the words and created a poem from the ones that were left. It was profound. Then a very controversial "shop" went down. The girls running it kicked all the white people out. WTF? They must have been thinking. Turns out the shop was for POC's or People of Color as they called themselves and others. They wanted a space where folks could speak freely about their frustrations of the groups they are in or work spaces. It was quite interesting. Seems people really needed this and the girls who led it were punk and unapologetic. Lastly, I went to marketplace the conference had. Amazing how much work people had created. I bought some Zines and felt great about it. I will return next year.
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