2018-02-07 Guide to the Doris Zines, circa 1993-2016 SPEC.RARE.0227 Finding aid prepared by Belle Teesdale; Nicole Miller; Ashleigh Minor Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2018 February; 2018 December; 2019 June; 2019 August; 2019 September This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2023-08-10T14:52-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Doris Zines SPEC.RARE.0227 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.6 Cubic feet circa 1993-2016 As of 2019, Cindy Crabb is an American author, musician, feminist, and clinical mental health counselor. Crabb began writing the zine Doris in 1993, after moving to Berkeley, California. Doris Zines contains issues #4 through #32 of Doris. Crabb writes about her personal experiences, and covers topics such as childhood, family, sexual abuse, depression and mental health, third wave feminism, abortion, gender roles, sex, travel, and everyday life. The zines are dated circa 1993-2016, and were published at irregular intervals. (1) 5'' letter document box; (1) 2.5" letter document box English Ohio State University. Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged sequentially by issue number.

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Processed by: Belle Teesdale, 2018 February; Ashleigh Minor, 2019 August; Rachel Hammer, 2022 July; Finding aid written by: Belle Teesdale, 2018 February; Nicole Miller, 2018 December; Nicole Miller, 2019 June; Ashleigh Minor, 2019 August; Ashleigh Minor, 2019 September

 Biographical Note

As of 2019, Cindy Crabb is an American author, musician, feminist, and clinical mental health counselor. Crabb began writing the zine Doris in 1993, after moving to Berkeley, California. She was inspired to start writing Doris by Miranda July and Johanna Fateman's zine, Snarla. In addition to Doris, Crabb has written several other zines, as well as essays and articles, primarily on the topics of feminism, relationships, women's rights, and abortion.

 Scope and Contents

Doris Zines contains issues #4 through #32 of Doris. Doris is written and distributed by Cindy Crabb, who writes about her personal experiences, and covers topics such as childhood, family, sexual abuse, depression and mental health, third wave feminism, abortion, gender roles, sex, travel, and her everyday life. The zines are dated circa 1993-2016, and were published at irregular intervals.

 Crabb, Cindy Abortion--United States--20th century Abortion--United States--21st century Autobiography--Women authors--20th century Autobiography--Women authors--21st century Depression in women--United States--20th century Depression in women--United States--21st century Fanzines Feminists--United States--20th century Feminists--United States--21st century Mental health--United States--20th century Mental health--United States--21st century Politics and culture--United States--20th century Politics and culture--United States--21st century Sex crimes--United States--20th century Sex crimes--United States--21st century Sex role--United States--20th century Sex role--United States--21st century Sexual abuse victims--United States--20th century Sexual abuse victims--United States--21st century Sexual intercourse Third-wave feminism--United States Women authors, American--20th century Women authors, American--21st century Issue #4 1 1 circa 1993-1995 Issue #5 1 2 1995 Issue #6 1 3 circa 1995-1996 Issue #7 1 4 1996 September Issue #8 1 5 1997 Issue #9 1 6 circa 1997-1998 Issue #10 1 7 1998 February Issue #11 1 8 circa 1998-2000 Issue #12 1 9 circa 1998-2000 Issue #13 1 10 circa 1998-2000 Issue #14 1 11 circa 1998-2000 Issue #15 1 12 circa 1998-2000 Issue #16 1 13 2000 Summer Issue #17 1 14 2000-2001 Issue #18 1 15 circa 2001-2002 Issue #19 1 16 2002 Issue #20 1 17 2002 Issue #21 1 18 2003 Summer Issue #22 1 19 2004 Issue #23 1 20 2006 Issue #24 1 21 2007 Spring Issue #25 1 22 circa 2007-2011 Issue #26 1 23 circa 2007-2011 Issue #27 2 5 2009 Issue #28 1 24 2011 Issue #29 2 1 2012 Winter Issue #30 2 2 2013 Issue #31 2 3 2014 Issue #32 2 4 2016 Summer