whenLanguage Runs Dry: a zine for people with chronic pain and their allies
Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists for more than six months. It is often mysterious and goes undiagnosed, but can stem from injury, illness, surgical complications, or can be an inherited condition. Because it is a condition that is invisible, pain often goes without treatment or validation. The chronic pain experience is not just about the physical sensations, but also has serious emotional and social implications.
Finding good information and meaningful dialogue about chronic pain can be challenging. Many of the resources out there are very clinical, too general, or are written from outside the pain experience. There are few voices by folks with chronic pain about their struggles and how they keep living as full a life as possible. This zine attempts to begin to fill the empty space with a diversity of voices telling their stories. We hope that by publishing these essays people will feel a greater sense of permission to speak out. Further, we hope to create more community for those with chronic pain and their allies.
This zine is a collection of 7 essays about chronic pain and caregiving. Issue one contains essays on identity, invisibility, capitalism, bravery and hopefulness as they relate to the experience of chronic pain. Additional essays on caregiving and care in activist communities.
Beautiful two color hand silk screened covers. 48 pages, 1/2 letter sized. Published in Aug. 2008.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
[...] up a zine from my bookshelf that I’d gotten from the Portland Zine Symposium called “When Language Runs Dry: A zine for people with chronic pain and their allies.” I’d tried reading it before, but it was hard — sometimes it’s just really [...]
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 am
hello,
i just heard about yr zine and im really eager to read it! im making a zine right now about anxiety and theres a lot of cross over between anxiety and chronic pain conditions…im wondering if you would like to do a trade? also im part of a skillshare that has a zine distro and we would be really excited to distro yr zine in the montreal area if you are interested (you can check us out http://www.steemilieskillshare.com)
take care,
fp
(anxiety_zine(at)hotmail(dot)com)