Brown Recluse Zine Distro
Brown Recluse Zine Distro is a collectively run zine distro founded by Nyky Gomez based on Ohlone land aka Oakland, CA. It was created in 2013 to support and center zines written predominantly by Black, indigenous, and people of color. This project was born out of passion for zines and frustration at the lack of representation and meaningful zine material for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Gomez scoured through zine distros and found that just like everywhere else in the dominant culture, there was a serious lack of material written by non-white folks in these distros.
Brown Recluse gives Black zinesters 100% of the cover price for their zines. The project is by QTBIPOC 4 QTBIPOC, connecting marginalized voices to marginalized readers. Prices in the distro are for BIPOC only. White people and institutions need to add the ‘Mandatory Sliding Scale’ item to their cart before checkout online. This pays for the distro’s overhead costs, and to operate the 100% to Black zinesters initiative. All excess profits are given monthly to Black queer and trans people as mutual aid.
Their goal is that the zines they carry are an inspiration to QTBIPOC who engage in autonomous forms of resistance and political education against the violence of capitalism, white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, and imperialism.
Submission Policy
Brown Recluse Zine Distro carries zines written by Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Poetry zines by invitation only. BRZD does not accept submissions from white folks, poetry zines, and photography zines that also do not have writing, anything that includes hateful content towards trans folks, sex workers, or substance users.
Contact Information
PO Box 22281 Oakland, CA 94623
info [at] brownreclusezinedistro [d0t] com
