Letter From the Editors

A big ol’ hello to anyone who’s stumbled across GenZine Issue 4: BODIES! GenZine is a Melbourne-based zine exploring gender equity through art and conversation. We believe that living self-reflective lives means examining the structures and ideas that we inherit, including ideas around gender and sexuality. GenZine delves into the struggles, joys and questions stirred up living in a gendered world. We believe that young people sharing their imaginative & honest approaches to these issues can open up new ways of being and connecting to each other in divided times.

The assembly of Issue 4 saw a few new developments in the GZ community: Our third musketeer Hannah was off vanning up the east coast and repping GenZine at crusty hostels and Hare Krishna farms. We had amazing opportunities to share our work with Good People Act Now (@goodpeopleactnow), Victoria University, and at VicHealth’s Future Reset Summit. We were also able to interview some lovely folks for their perspective on bodies, which you’ll find transcripts of in this issue - special thanks to Jo, Chandra and Nicola for these thought-provoking offerings. A massive thanks again to Brimbank City Council, whose grant has made this issue possible. GenZine runs under the auspices of Victoria University, so our deep gratitude to them and to Ali and Chris in particular, for helping us navigate all the nooks and crannies! Much love also to Ashleigh Morris from St Albans Community Centre, and to our endlessly patient graphic designer Aleisha Earp (@aleisha.earp). As always, we are indebted to our generous, talented contributors: Nicola, Lily (again, you star!), Fiona, Nicki, Hannah D, Charlotte, Isla, Peter, Hannah V, Charliese, Tynah, CJ, Moana and Chandra. Thank you for gracing GenZine’s pages with such dynamic and beautiful bodies! Yours in resistance, community and love,

November 2022

CONTENT WARNING: Nudity, depictions of genitalia, discussion of eating disorders and body image issues.