ECHO is…
my “low-budget DIY feminist publishing and creation project” started in 2001. I make zines, comix, and pamphlets (and sometimes music, spoken word, and crafts too).
Apart from posting about my own zines, I use this blog to announce feminist zine-related news, especially from Belgium, write zine reviews and share articles about DIY feminist zine culture.
(ECHO is not a distro or publishing company!)
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Top Posts & Pages
- Zines
- Some thoughts on the evolution of zines from the 1980s till now
- List of zine libraries in Belgium
- Zines about music available from ECHO
- Merch
- Zinefest Berlin - some photos of my trip
- IZM day 26 - organise your zine collection: mini-zine boxes
- I'm closing my webshop(s)...
- Visiting zine libraries in Manchester
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- Eldritch Yourself
- Feminist Zines Europe
- Grrrl Zines Network
- Igor's zines
- International Zine Month
- Les VoiZines
- Penfight Distro
- Poor Lass
- Queer Zine Archive Project
- QueerArcana
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- ScumGrrrls
- Sea Green Zines
- Sugar Paper Gang
- Vampire Sushi Distro
- zine distros
- zine events
- Zine Libraries
Category Archives: Article
Visiting a witch town
I was in urgent need of a pause from everything, as I’m sure we all are, so I decided to visit (or escape to) a witch town with two friends.
Posted in Article, Report, Witchcraft
Tagged belgium, bookshop, field recording, home recording, museum, photos, recordings, sigil, street-art, travel, vielsalm, winter holidays, witchy
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Interview about my zines by Shoot Me Again
I was interviewed by Isabelle of Shoot Me Again webzine about my zines and my love for self-published paper media. The article is in French but maybe Deepl can help you with a translation if needed. Read the interview at … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Interview, Zine scene
Tagged belgian zine culture, echo, Interview, shoot me again, webmagazine, website, webzine
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Why zines are important to me – also in quarantine times
Zines have a central role in my life. Ever since I first heard about (fan)zines in a Courtney Love biography that mentionned zines in the context of riot grrrl, my interest was awoken. I then found more books about zines … Continue reading
Support your local (or less local) zinester
Do you value feminist alternative print media? Do you think zines should live forever? Read on… 🙂 Support is the key in the zine community! ♥ Zines are a labour of love. They are meant to be non-profit. Zines should … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Looking for..., Merch, Zine scene
Tagged community, donate, echo, order, support
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Why I don’t have an online shop but you can still order my zines online (and please do)
I was recently considering that opening an online shop such as on Etsy, Storenvy, or Bigcartel might get me more outreach and more sales. Because of course I’d like my zines to be found by people who might be interested … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Distro, Zine scene
Tagged catalogue, distribution, distro, echo, flyer, sales, shop, website, websites, zine distros, zine shop
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Craftivism article – ScumGrrrls
I wrote this article in 2011 for Scumgrrrls magazine #18. So quite a long time ago… I might phrase some things differently nowadays but I think this can still be an interesting text to read and discuss. The article is … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Craft
Tagged activism, craft, craftivism, diy activism, magazine, scum grrrls, scumgrrrls
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Sleater-Kinney concert memories
I didn’t know anyone who liked or even knew Sleater-Kinney when I went to see them for the very first time in Amsterdam in 2000. It was the year of sexual violence at the renewed Woodstock festivals as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Music, Report
Tagged #SKLiveinParis, amsterdam, antwerp, brussels, concert, feminist zine scene, music, riot grrrl, sleater-kinney
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Article about feminist zines as activism in DiGeSt journal
Some cool news: My second research article was published a little while ago in the new issue of the journal for gender studies and diversity DiGeSt (published by the Leuven University Press). The article focuses on the ways zines can … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Publication
Tagged digest, journal, paper, research paper, unruly bodies, unruly booklets
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Book review: The Archival Turn in Feminism
The Archival Turn in Feminism: Outrage in Order – Kate Eichhorn How could I not have picked up this book from the anarchist bookshop Fort Van Sjakoo in Amsterdam? It’s about several of my biggest passions: archives, libraries, zines, riot grrrl, … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Review
Tagged archive, book review, kate eichhorn, library, outrage in order, riot grrrl, the archival turn in feminism
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Looking for: local zine scene reports?
I’m really curious about local zine scenes anywhere in the world, what they are like, which kind of zines are written, who is writing them, how are those zines distributed, what is the response, are there zine fests / workshops / … Continue reading