Girl, I'm honestly a person that never comments in anything in the internet, but I really love this video (and all of the others for the matter) ❤ i think there's something so pretty and tender in someone sharing a piece of their mind in a tactile way in this digital age. - Its really what I needed for because my friends got me to teach them all I know about zines -very little haha- and I learn all that from you, so thank you💖

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

This is so sweet! Thank you for leaving this comment, I’m glad I could share what I know about zines with you (and your friends haha) Happy Holidays 💕🎊

Your August zine kinda reminds me of the friendship I just ended.It wasn't as bad as what you went through, but the way it was- co-dependant, the other person being a negative person, starting as mutually benefitting and then it just was causing me more grief than joy, and I know she was going through some stuff but she has also outright told me more than once that sometimes she likes causing drama when she's bored so really how much of her perspective was reliable (she's still in high school so she's definetely gonna be immature, and the reason we became friends was through the internet, being part of one fandom, ect), and I was getting tired of her constantly needing me to make her happy, and even though she told me to share my feelings with her I didn't want to tell her it was her that was tiring me, and I just told her i needed a break and we haven't spoken since. I am not proud of it at all, but at the time I just wanted to be free of all the negativity, and I don't dare try become friends with her again because I'm scared to repeat the cycle. She texted me one more time after I said I need a break, but deleted it, not before I saw it, and even though it was all 'let me be there for you' it made me mad because I just wanted to be left alone, and that was when I made my first ever actual perzine, then i followed it with a lyric book too to vent about it all. I realise I've probably said too much but yeah, your august zine really reminds me of all that (not in a bad way)- and also it's thanks to you that I even thought to put my ugly, shameful feelings into something beautiful that I'm now proud of :3

@brattyxbre

20 күн бұрын

I’m sorry you went through that, it sounds like it was hard decision to cut that person off but I can totally relate. On one hand you feel bad for them, but on the other you know it’s hurting you and you need to do what’s best for yourself in the end. Sometimes people take advantage of their mental health problems and use that as a reason to depend too heavily on others and it’s not fair at all to “keep setting yourself on fire to keep others warm” as the saying goes. I’m glad to hear you were able to use that experience to make a zine! Zines are so therapeutic in that way and can help you see a situation more clearly. Thank you for sharing, it made me feel a little less alone. It’s such a tricky topic but in the end you made the right choice by choosing yourself over the negativity. Sometimes people need to figure things out with you in their life, and that’s ok!!

This video was very soothing and fun to watch! I'm sorry you had to experience that level of breakup, I'm 35 and although I'm alternative in my interests and hobbies, my expectations for behavior from others my age is set high. There is so much unchecked trauma and emotional immaturity I see in these alt/punk spaces and we really don't have time for that!! Good on you for advocating for yourself fr. I hope your tough times level out tho so you can further thrive in your art in 2024. I also thank you for advocating for Palestine at the end and refreshing everyone on what zines were originally made for ✊🏼 Feeling super inspired to make a monthly zine as a resolution for myself next year now 👀 Thanks for your content this year and have a wonderful new year! 💜✨️

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate your kind words of support!! Hope you have fun making your resolution zines - that’s a great idea to do them monthly 🥰👌🏽 Happy holidays and new year, friend!

its so great to see january’s zine and seeing that you met most of your goals. im stealing that idea for 2024 🙏🏼

@jumies4056

5 ай бұрын

eyy i remember february’s zine! i watched the video where you presented it to youtube while i was working on something of my own

@jumies4056

5 ай бұрын

“thresholded- thresh held?” during your review of march’s zine made me laugh but what a sweet zine :’) love tht one

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Yes!! More new year resolution zines!! 🗣️✨🥂

Yayyy I love this! I love seeing people gather the art that they are proud of and talk about it. Your zines are so inspiring! I started making some zines in Septemberish. I have made three finished zines and four unfinished ones (oops) because writing can be scary and hard for me. I've been unmotivated to draw and papercraft lately, but making mini zines helps! Thank you for opening my eyes to this scene that I previously didn't know about hahaha

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Mini zines are great to be able to tinker around and explore - sounds like you’re on your way to making lots more zines in 2024 and I’m sooo here for it!! Thank you so much for watching…I’m glad my videos could help introduce you to the zine scene ❤️❤️✨

PFFFFFF THAT SEPT ZINE!! (TBH, I really hate this idea that more than a gf, women have to play the part of borderline mother/THERAPIST with their partner. Ain't nobody got time for that)

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

You ain’t lying!!! 🤣 I can stress MYSELF out, I definitely don’t need a man for that lol

can’t wait to watch this! i absolutely love your content and zines and you’ve inspired me to create zines!

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Aww thank you for your support! I’m thrilled you’re inspired to make zines - don’t stop ❤️❤️💯

Thank you for your amazing zines and THANK YOU for speaking on Palestine ❤❤

ahh i finally finished this video! thank you so much for taking my suggestion i think you turned it into such a great video, and i especially appreciate you taking the opportunity to acknowledge palestine and shoutout fellow marginalized voices at the end. in 2024 i really wanna make more per zines and put my heart into it, bc in 2023 ive mostly been working on collaborative fanzines and that's fun for sure but it's a lot of writing and coordinating and what got me into zines to begin with was getting to share a piece of myself and my art. in the coming year im trying to get back to that. your videos have definitely inspired me this year, not just to make what i want to make to the best of my ability but to know when to take a needed break. i hope you have a happy holiday season/new year bre :)

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

I fully support you making zines that speak to you and your heart in 2024!! Being authentic to yourself is the best thing you can do for your art…I love that you’ll be centering yourself in your work again ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks again for suggesting this video, I had a lot of fun sharing my zines. Hope you enjoy the rest of 2023 ✨ Keep fighting the good fight ✊🏽✂️

thank you for the black zine archives! !!

Yay! Great video! Idk why this popped in my head but ... Guess who's back (back back) Back again (gain gain) Bre is back (back back) Tell a friend (friend friend)

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

*starts dancing* 💃🏽✨

@user-br5wv6fr8k

5 ай бұрын

guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back (as voice gets deeper)

Yay! I loved this roundup, it is so inspiring me as a I get about to writing the text for a new series of perzines. I just joined your patreon as a way to say "thanks" for all the inspiration and information you share for free here on YT

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support! ❤️❤️❤️

I still consider myself a baby zinester so I wanna say thank you for being an artist who inspires me. It's so cool to see all these exclusive zines from 2023. I gotta get in on the club! This actually makes me want to start my own zine club too. I want to make zines of all different sizes and shapes and subjects!

@brattyxbre

3 ай бұрын

You got this!!! So excited for you and your zine journey eeeeek thank you for watching my zine tour too ♡

@charlieTtea

3 ай бұрын

@@brattyxbre thank you 💖💖💖

I appreciate you and your voice! Especially the message of peace and liberation for the Palestinian people!

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

And I appreciate your support and community! Thanks for watching my videos 🙏🏽✂️ The zines on Palestinian liberation are sooo inspiring and informative. Hopefully a lot of people check them out. Free Palestine ✊🏽🇵🇸‼️‼️‼️

I started to get into zines like a WEEK AGO and I take these for inspiration Thank you😄

Word up Bre! This was dope to watch in between freelance and mtgs. Reminds me to free up my style!

thank you for sharing with us 😍😍😍🙏

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

The pleasure is all mine 🤲🏽💕💕

ahhh this makes me want to start making my own zines again thank you so much for this video and the resources

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! I hope you dive right back into zine making in 2024 🥰🎊

That was such a good video! I've been getting into zines again and it's so much fun!

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Zines rule 🤟🏽 glad you’re getting back into them!! And thank you for watching

Love your vibe. Been wanting to make zines for a loong time, but didn't really put myself to it. Now, since I've discovered your channel, I feel inspired and am unstoppable ! A zine a day keeps the therapist away? :D Love that t-shirt! Also I deleted a lot of my social media to revive postcard/zinesharing with family and friends. Thank you for your dedication to this wonderful art!

@brattyxbre

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!! You ARE unstoppable 😎🖤 Have fun making your zines!!

What fun to see your year in zines!! It's so cool to see all the creative ways you use paper and paper goods and how many possibilities there are for zines. I love your channel--thank you so much for sharing what you make!

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much listening to me chat about zines!! Happy new year and holidays 🎊🥳

This was fun to watch, I loved the variety of zines! I didn't get to make many zines but this gives me the motivation to keep doing them at my pace in 2024. And I want to make a flexizine now :D Also I appreciate all the resources you linked. Honestly, there are so many ways to inform ourselves about things happening around the world, I didn't even think about zines. So I really appreciate what you said at the end, thank you for sharing this with us :) And since I watched this later, happy new year ✨️

@brattyxbre

4 ай бұрын

🫂🖤

Loved the video 😊 and can definitely relate to the goal of trying to be less petty haha. You've inspired me to try to make zines about my interests! You explain it so well and make it more accessible for us

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching - I’m happy I could inspire you to make zines!! 🥰✨

loved this tour, Bre!! & that endinggggg ✊🏽🫀🇵🇸 grateful for all the deeply principled love, inspo, + creativity you share through your work~

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ happy holidays and new year!!

@loma.

5 ай бұрын

🎊🎊🎊@@brattyxbre

Your dad is adorable! That zine made me happy to see. 😊

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Hehehe thank you so much!! I appreciate you listening to me talk about my zines, especially the one for my dad :)

So inspiring, I'm going to start making zines again next year. I used to make one every month!

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching ❤️✂️ And yes, 2024 is a year for zines!!! I’m excited for you to start making them again. Hopefully you share them too so we can all see :)

idk why but I just made John waters zines all year I guess I just love him

This is adorable and wonderful i just discovered your channel and i want to create a zine subscription service for activists/gardeners where i use zines to share tips and education on sustainability and social justice. I dont know yet if people would pay for that and how much, but someday ill work up to it. Thanks for the inspo ❤

@brattyxbre

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my zine tour and leaving a comment ♥️ Your zine subscription service sounds so wholesome and informative! The topic of sustainability and social Justice is a huge theme of zine work, even from way back in the day, so I just KNOW there will be an audience for that :)

Hi Bre! Loved the video so much thanks for sharing!!! I have a stash of super cool stickers from when I was little in the early 2000s and I love them so much I'm scared to use them because then I won't be able to use them for anything else. I was wondering if you have any experience with like the conflicted feeling of wanting to use something but wanting to be able to keep using it?

@jumies4056

5 ай бұрын

haha ive never heard something more relatable in my life 😭🤦‍♂️ i wish it wasnt so conflicting just trying to place my stickers somewhere

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for this comment! I have a big sticker collection that I keep in a box. I wish I had the confidence to use the BEST ones (or my fave ones) in my zines but I’m like you 😂 I always feel conflicted!! However, I have been guilty of scanning some cool stickers and making duplicates…maybe I can make a video on that 💡

@riverjuniper

5 ай бұрын

@@brattyxbre omg I would absolutely love that!!!! would love to know how so i can to head to the library to scan my stickers that say cool! in comic sans lol

@riverjuniper

5 ай бұрын

@@jumies4056 hahah glad I'm not alone!! :)

Great content!! And you inspired me to create a zine per month in 2024 :) And of course make more zine videos in my channel ;)

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that! Cheers to a 2024 filled with zine making 🥂🎊

Don't know if it's exactly the same, but a while back I found out that a lot of people (myself included) develop a pollen-related allergy in their older teen/young adult years that makes eating "raw" fruits a bit uncomfortable LOL. I can't really eat bananas anymore cause of it smh

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha omg I think that’s what I ended up reading on Reddit 😭 our bodies are strange!

I started making my first zine after watching this vid! I totally wanna send you a copy when its donee. It’s a lyric collage zine 🎉

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

It already sounds amazing and I’d love to be able to see it IRL 😇 LMK when you finish it so we can set up a trade!!

@pine8839

5 ай бұрын

@@brattyxbre will do! 😊

O means kisses, X are hugs.

@brattyxbre

4 ай бұрын

haha thank you !

Hi Bre, another comment after watching the entirety of the video (I have adhd so I can never just watch something in one sitting lol) and trying to process my thoughts. I'm very sorry for the abuse you went through and the effects it had on you. I however noticed that you use the words "narcissistic abuse" in your zines and I've debated if I wanted to say something about it. You see, I really suffer from activist burn out lately as a disabled person living in a pandemic, and having to live through the white supremacy and imperialism towards 🍉. I felt really triggered by some parts of your video and like I needed to stop following your content in its entirety but after some thinking, I feel a hope that maybe you would be open to reflect on some language you use and learn and grow. I understand that you need to make sense of the abuse you endured (I, too, went through this process after abusive relationship dynamics) but I also know you're also a neurodivergent (a fellow autistic I think), and using terms like narcissistic abuse really sets the neurodiversity movement back: as it entails liberation for all forms of neurodivergence & all our liberations are connected to one another. This also means our NPD siblings. Sadly, cluster b "personality disorders" are very, very, very stigmatised. I have BPD myself and felt the brunt of this, and it makes you hate yourself so bad. For NPD, this is even worse. The term N abuse has become somewhat of a pop cultural thing and it exacerbates the stigmatization and demonization of people (diagnosed) with narcissistic personality 'disorder', worsening the sanism and ableism that already exists in our societies. Not everyone with NPD is abusive, a lot of them aren't, and they are often people who went through intense abuse themselves, and then are continued to be abused by society. Equating abuse to "narcissism" is very harmful. I wish people would just say "abuse", abuse is just abuse and we can all be abusive (not diminishing your or anyone's experience of abuse, but merely saying that we should stop attaching discriminatory labels to it and unpack our collective saneism that is also rampant among the autistic and adhd population).

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

Understandable, I wish you all the best! I believe in doing what’s best for you ❤️ I reference NPD from the point of view and professionalism of my trauma therapist who knows more details about my life than I’d like to share online. I will say that a variety of (diagnosed) personality disorders runs in my family, so she was tracing back how I am drawn to familiar people when I date. She explained to me that she could not diagnose my ex with NPD (not her patient), but based on my family history and what I experienced and saw in him, it was very possible. That’s why I list the “N abuse traits” bc NPD pertains to my life and is very relevant to me…even before dating that person. I see how this can be harmful with the pop culture stuff, however I simply wasn’t aware of the trends. I am speaking from what I live through, nothing more nothing less. As for the term N abuse, I understand that! Maybe I’m not using a proper term - my therapist used it to acknowledge what some people with the disorder tend to do, which is not mutually exclusive! As in, not all NPD will exhibit the same behavior. So while some ppl definitely should just say “abuse”, my history is a bit different as the abuse is consistently coming from those with diagnosed NPD and BPD (doing treatment/DBT) and it’s something I’m trying to work on every day with my family. I say in the zine SO MANY TIMES that I am not demonizing anyone, just sharing my side as best I can because no matter what someone struggles with…when they behave in a way that hurts others I think there should always be an acknowledgment of that. I know you can’t possibly know the entire zine, or my life for that matter, just from a clip on KZread. And it’s also understandable that you assumed I knew nothing of NPD and that’s fair. I’m a stranger on the internet. How would you know? In the end, I do agree I could be more mindful of the language I use regarding NPD, etc because they do need honest help and understanding from folks who care about them. At the end of the day it is something that can be improved upon if those want the help ❤️ Thanks for sharing your thoughts - I really do hope you enjoy the rest of 2023 and keep finding interest in zines! X

I love your videos ❤ you’re so articulate and your voice is so soothing. I look forward to the day I have a little extra $ so I can support you more. I have titty Kirby framed over my desk & the mini zine earrings are everything.

@brattyxbre

5 ай бұрын

HAHAHA thank god you’re a weirdo like me and enjoy my Kirby ❤️❤️ thanks for all your support! It means so much to me as a small artist Fr Fr