OUGD502 / STUDIO BRIEF 01 / ATOMIC PUSSY - FEMINIST ZINE

This year, me and Charlotte continued the progress from last year with our feminist zine Atomic Pussy. We tried to develop it in a more contemporary way for this issue rather than using hand rendered elements. The articles were written by people who are interested in feminism who follow our Zine's twitter page. They submitted work via email. There was a range of responses including articles about female genital mutilation by Kate Powell, alongside colourism and sexualisation.

Members in our class also submitted work, including Cameron's article on fluidity and a design focussing on India's rape culture by Jack.

Although I am happy with how the zine turned out, this was created mainly during Summer and I feel I have progressed a lot as a designer since then, therefore if I should design for the next issue, I would do a lot of things differently, including typesetting and planning beforehand.

Another issue is the name of the zine which we have grown dissatisfied with, and feel it could be catchier and more fitting to a wider audience. Although controversial, we felt the name could hinder our chances of gaining a bigger audience for it, and may put people off. We would not want to lose the controversial nature, but feel it could be done in a more subtle way.