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'''Alexis Stewart''' is a jack of all trades (but mostly a filmmaker and zinester) from Huntington, WV.  Stewart works as a freelance cameraman for local public and cable access television.   
 
'''Alexis Stewart''' is a jack of all trades (but mostly a filmmaker and zinester) from Huntington, WV.  Stewart works as a freelance cameraman for local public and cable access television.   
  
Stewart is the editor of [[The Rhododendron Reader]]. She created [[Small Town Loser]] and [[File 13]] in high school and continues to create one-shot zines today.  She has also contributed to [[Beejeezus]].   
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Stewart was introduced to [[zine]] culture by an email list for the author Francesca Lia Block. She created her first zine [[Small Town Loser]] in high school to promote her town's punk scene.  Today her writing has a heavier emphasis toward the literary and political spectrum, which she demonstrates as the editor of [[The Rhododendron Reader]]. She continues to create one-shot zines as well and has also contributed to [[Beejeezus]].   
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Stewart's main goal as a zinester and filmmaker is to promote the culture of [[Appalachia]].  She uses her zines as a means to defy the mainstream stereotypes of Appalachians and West Virginians.
  
  
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[http://www.myspace.com/pickitupnow Alexis Stewart's myspace profile]
 
[http://www.myspace.com/pickitupnow Alexis Stewart's myspace profile]
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[[http://groups.myspace.com/appyzinescene Appalachian Zine Scene group]]
  
 
[[Category:Zinester|Stewart]]
 
[[Category:Zinester|Stewart]]
  
 
[[Category: Appalachia]]
 
[[Category: Appalachia]]

Revision as of 18:04, 3 January 2007

Alexis Stewart

Alexis Stewart is a jack of all trades (but mostly a filmmaker and zinester) from Huntington, WV. Stewart works as a freelance cameraman for local public and cable access television.

Stewart was introduced to zine culture by an email list for the author Francesca Lia Block. She created her first zine Small Town Loser in high school to promote her town's punk scene. Today her writing has a heavier emphasis toward the literary and political spectrum, which she demonstrates as the editor of The Rhododendron Reader. She continues to create one-shot zines as well and has also contributed to Beejeezus.

Stewart's main goal as a zinester and filmmaker is to promote the culture of Appalachia. She uses her zines as a means to defy the mainstream stereotypes of Appalachians and West Virginians.


External Link

Alexis Stewart's myspace profile [Appalachian Zine Scene group]