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<div>'''On Edge''' is a mental health [[zine]] with a political edge published by [[Tracey Mitchell]] in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It's about how we feel as well as about how we deal. This text-heavy, well-written [[compilation zine]] offers ideas and experience on how to cope. It allows people to tell their stories in ways that empower readers and writers alike.<br />
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===Issues===<br />
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Issue #1: ''The Commodification of Mental Health'' by Jackie Kennelly, ''Big Pharma Out of Control?'' by Tracey Mitchell, ''Please, Accept These Things'' by Tad Hargrave<br />
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Issue #2: ''Did Drugs Play a Role?'' an article by Angela Bischoff on environmental activist Tooker Gomberg's suicide and the influence of SSRI drugs on suicidal ideation and self-harm, ''The Grass is Staring at Me: The History of LSD Research in Canada'' by Erika Dyck, articles on parenting with mental illness and dealing with a parent's mental illness, ''On Psychoanalytic Poetry'' by Jackie Kennelly<br />
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Issue #3: ''True Power''and various artwork by Raeanne Fortin, Excerpts of Derrick Jensen's ''Endgame'' on Post-Traumatic Stress in Western Civilization and Tim Wise's ''Paleness as Pathology'', ''Beyond the Matrix: Deconstructing the Oppression of Mental Illness'' by Darien Thira, A tribute to Steve Stapleton, mental health activist and friend, Part I of the ''History of Sexual Sterilization in Canada'', cover art by [http://www.mnartists.org/Denise_Fletcher Denise Fletcher]<br />
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Issue #4: A feature interview with Kate Bornstein, author of ''Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws'' and ''My Gender Workbook'', ''Madness'' by Jamina Lin (of Oh My Stars zine)<br />
-''Let Them Eat Cake'' by Maranda Farthing (of Telegram Ma'am zine), Original illustrations by [[Carrie McNinch]]<br />
-Cover art by RaeAnne Fortin, poetry by Meagan Wohlberg, Denise Fletcher and Rae Ens<br />
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===Contact Information===<br />
Email: ms_t@riseup.net<br />
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[[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Saskatchewan Zines]] [[Category:2000's publications]]<br />
[[Category:Zinester|Mitchell]]</div>Mhwriter