Bikini Girl Zines
SPEC.RARE.0274
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
0.2 Cubic feet
1979-1987, 1998 September 3
Lisa Baumgardner was a freelance editor and publisher, model, dancer, and artist who spent much of her life in New York City.
Bikini Girl Zines, dating 1979-1987, 1998 September 3, contains issues 2-6, 8, and 9 by Lisa Baumgardner, often under the pseudonym "Deena Schwartzbaum."
Bikini Girl covered topics of feminism, art, sexual dominance and submission, and the music and punk scene in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s, in the form of short stories, poems, interviews, satirical advertisements, and collages by various contributors.
(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.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. RARE.2019.0078: Purchased, 2019 June; Accession No. RARE.2025.0022: John Bennett, 2022 March
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Bikini Girl Zines, SPEC.RARE.0274, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processing Information
Processed by: Ashleigh Minor, 2019 August; Sabrina Gorse, 2025 February; Finding aid written by: Nicole Miller, 2019 June; Ashleigh Minor, 2019 August; Sabrina Gorse, 2025 February.
Biographical Note
Lisa Baumgardner (1958-2015) was a freelance editor and publisher, model, dancer, and artist who spent much of her life in New York City. She later lived in St. Denis, France, a suburb of Paris. Baumgardner frequently edited and published the zine
Bikini Girl under the pseudonym "Deena Schwartzbaum."
Scope and Contents
Bikini Girl Zines, dating 1979-1987, 1998 September 3, contains issues 2-6, 8, and 9. The zine was published by Lisa Baumgardner beginning in 1978, often under the pseudonym "Deena Schwartzbaum," and contained contributions from multiple writers, photographers, and artists. Printed on pink copy paper in black and white,
Bikini Girl covered topics of feminism, art, sexual dominance and submission, and the music and punk scene in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Each zine includes short stories, poems, interviews, satirical advertisements, collages, and photographs.
Baumgardner, Lisa
Art and music--New York (State)--New York--20th century
Fanzines
Punk culture--New York (State)--New York--20th century
Second-wave feminism--United States
Sexual dominance and submission--United States--20th century
Volume I, No. 2
1
1
1979
Volume I, No. 3
1
2
1979 February
Volume I, No. 4
1
3
1979 July
Volume I, No. 5
1
4
1980 spring
Volume I, No. 6
1
5
1980
Volume I, No. 8
1
6
1981
Volume 1, No. 9, and John M. Bennett correspondence
1
7
1987, 1998 September 3