Caro || Issue 2

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EVERYTHING IN THIS ZINE WAS CREATED

BY MARIE ANNETOINETTE, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Issue 2: A Girl in the World 3

Mixtape: Someone Has to Care…

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Letter From the Editor

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Art: “What Happens to a Broken Heart”

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Style: Adventures of A Girl in the World

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Other Zines to Look Out For

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Resources on Ferguson

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https://soundcloud.com/gothicrnb/sets/someonehas-to-care 1. How I Got Over // The Roots 2. Kneecap Jelly // Georgia Anne Muldrow 3. The Pledge of Resistance // Saul Williams 4. Roses // Georgia Anne Muldrow + Mos Def 5. Soul Chronicle (The Intro) // The 11th Scientist 6. Black Rage (sketch) // Lauryn Hill 7. Cold War // Janelle Monรกe 8. On & On (Bootyfade remix) // Erykah Badu 9. Strange Fruit // Nina Simone 10.How I Got Over (Instrumental) // The Roots

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Letter From the Editor Originally this issue was going to be cutesy, fun, pastel… everything typifying a Carefree-Black-Girl/Manic-Southern-Colored-Pixie/ All-Natural-Cocoa-Butter-Heaux*/Whatever-theFuck we QuirkyBlackGirls™ are calling ourselves now. However the events of the past month in New York, Ferguson, have altered the direction I wanted to take Issue 2.

This magazine will still be cutesy and pastel because this is my zine and that’s who I am, but... I need to grapple with a few issues here, like: what does it mean to be Black Girl in the World, when violence is a constant threat from those who are supposed to be peacekeepers, from those who are supposed to serve and protect? When there’s little to no recourse to hold law enforcement accountable? When the media puts Black and Brown victims of violence on trial, instead of the ones who kill them? When police and vigilante violence against women of color is ignored? What next?

The next piece you will see (What Happens to a Broken Heart) best reflects the state of my psyche. I can’t go to Ferguson stand with my brothers and sisters, but I’m doing what I can to speak for Michael Brown in the face of these… heartless unempathetic white people (white Christians being

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the worst) whose arguments in defense of Darren Wilson, the Ferguson PD, and the St. Louis County Sheriff Dept. reveal a frightening level of sociopathy. My heart clenches at the realization that even people I thought I knew don’t really see me as a person with inalienable rights, or if they do, they have to divorce my race and ethnicity from their perception of me to do so (which says that they don’t see Black people in general as people and reveals the problem with “colorblind” ideology).

Just hearing the justifications for not dealing with institutional racism makes me sick at heart and seeing them post fucking puppy videos or sad farewells to dead actors and comedians while ignoring the murder on America’s front doorstep wounds my soul, bringing to mind the phrase “death by thousand cuts”. I wonder what they would do if it was my father, brother, or cousin who had been killed. Needless to say a lot of people have been cut out of my life. But racial reconciliation is “important” to them.

I can’t pretend that I have the answers here, but I hope this issue of caro frames these questions and my experiences in way that add to the discussion to find solutions for the pain my people continue to endure.

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Adventures of A Girl in the World

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Product Notes Page 9 First Day of School! First Day of School! By thebookofstyle featuring a skirted vanity stool || Flos cable lighting, $2,005 / Blanket / Chicology door blind / Eco friendly home decor / Pen and Pencil Holder by Rae Dunn / Ceramic knob / Honey Can Do Wood Nonslip MapleFinish Hangers, Set of 24 / Cotton dress / Red By Wolves lace front boots, $315 / Casters furniture / Lacquer furniture / Skirted vanity stool / Black tote, $680 / Wet Seal travel kit / linen scarves and wraps - ABC Carpet & Home / riot, grrrl / Jensen CD-490 Portable Stereo CD Player with AM/FM Stereo / Revitalized Red Olivetti Valentine Typewriter Professionally‌ Page 10 Almost Doesn't Count by thebookofstyle featuring a black tank Vince black tank, $93 / Firetrap embroidered jeans, $63 / Issey Miyake black socks, $37 / Keds perforated sneaker Page 11 Never Say Never by thebookofstyle featuring

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a scroll mirror || Vanessa Bruno racer back dress, $510 / Dr. Martens faux leather boots / Yves Saint Laurent choker necklace / Scroll mirror / Goth earrings Page 12 Checklist by thebookofstyle featuring cat home dĂŠcor || Luna cat home decor / Pastel Gel Pen 5pk Essential / Holographic / checklist / analog audio tape cassette nostalgia tapedeck.org Page 14 Angel In Disguise by thebookofstyle featuring an ivory sofa || Monki clothing, $78 / Legging / Blue shoes / Bangle bracelet, $17 / Stud earrings / ASOS twist knot headband, $9.74 / Matte lipstick / Nail polish / Ivory sofa / CB2 Display Modular Vinyl Storage Page 15 #JusticeforMikeBrown #MichaelBrown #Ferguson by thebookofstyle featuring black platform pumps || Cotton shirt / Micro shorts, $16 / Debenhams ankle high hosiery, $6.09 / Office black platform pumps, $55 / Dc shoes / Beauty product Page 17 A Girl in the World Bites Back by thebookofstyle featuring a bronze table

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|| Alice You swing dress / Rag bone black blazer / High waisted legging / Jeffrey Campbell patent leather shoes, $220 / Fannie Schiavoni cross jewelry / Choker necklace / Punk jewelry / Stainless steel earrings / Joomi Lim kohl jewelry / Silver plated bracelet / Kelly Wearstler bronze table / Pylones - PHOTO FRAME DIGITAL TV -BLACK / Gothic earrings

Other Zines to Look Out For 1. The Coalition Zine http://issuu.com/blckgrlsbrwngrls 2. Glue http://glue-zine.polyvore.com/ 3. Angry Violist https://www.etsy.com/shop/angryviolist 4. Fat Girl https://www.etsy.com/shop/ StubbornBinding

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On Ferguson & Michael Brown Normally, I would include a timeline of events from some news organization and if you want to search for one you’ll find them, but from DAY ONE the news reporting on Ferguson has been not just biased, directly contradictory to the numerous eye witness reports coming from youtube, vine, Instagram, twitter, facebook, etc. So, I have provided links to various resources of live tweeting and photo/video taken by journalists, residents, and visiting supporters in Ferguson. ♦

Livestreams from Ferguson, Mo. http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/ events/3271930

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Vines from Ferguson, Mo, http://theurbandaily.com/2014/08/14/fergusonmissouri-vines/

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Photo albums of live tweets during events in Ferguson (compiled by myself): ♦ What Happened in Ferguson Last Night?

(8/13/2014) http://goo.gl/NejDCd ♦ What Happened in Ferguson This Weekend (8/16/2014 - 8/18/2014) http://goo.gl/0OsX8e ♦ More From the Past Week in Ferguson (08/1708/29/2014) http://goo.gl/iU56To

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All the things I’ve personally reblogged about Ferguson/Michael Brown: http://commiphora.tumblr.com/tagged/ferguson/

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People to Follow ♦ @handsupunited (twitter) ♦ @Netaaaaaaaa (twitter) ♦ @trillaryklinton (twitter) ♦ @deray (twitter) ♦ @shaunking (twitter) ♦ thisweekinblackness.com ♦ iwriteaboutfeminism.tumblr.com

How You Can Help ♦

Donate to the Official Michael Brown Memorial Fund http://www.gofundme.com/justiceformikebrown

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Visit http://www.handsupunited.org/

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Donate to legal funds for protesters ♦ Legal Support Fund for Justice for Mike Brown

by Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment https://secure.piryx.com/donate/mS25KFCe/ MORE/mikebrown

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Join the #HandsUp Mass Mobilization in Ferguson October 10th-13th http://obs-onthemove.org/featured/a-national-call-toaction-mass-mobe-in-ferguson/

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Keep abreast of updates from Ferguson (and other extrajudicial killings), talk about the issue with friends and family, and share information on your social networks.

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MARIE ANNETOINETTE marieannetoinette@gmail.com

Sometimes you just need an outlet for all the questions; caro is an invitation for brain dump and discussion, to marvel and to reason together.