Publishing

“Thank you so much! I have received the Seeds, and browsed through the zines. They have brought me a lot of peace and joy, and have also inspired me to begin searching for a local herbalism class in pursuit of being able to provide natural medicine assistance to others. I have also been using your recommendations for self preservation. They have helped me a great deal, and I feel reinvigorated to allow myself to be.” ––Mondo, Herbal Student

Glass jar with long skinny neck holds dirt, a red rose flowering, and a leafy plant in water. Publishing Apothecary is dancing font.
Glass jar with long skinny neck holds dirt, a red rose flowering, and a leafy plant in water. Publishing Apothecary is dancing font.

Upon turning in my article Community Based Reparations to a radical publishing collective they rejected it justifying “this will not be of interest to our community”. In this moment I realized the value of diverse publishers willing to amplify marginalized narratives. Diversity in publishing reflects the actual identities of the global majority. 

Motivated by our greatness I founded Authentic Creations as a publishing platform that tells true stories of triumph, unity and our place within Nature. Where we uplift oppressed creators through mixed medium art forms. 

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Community zines in black cursive. surrounded by crafting materials each a solid color. scissors, stablers, glue stick, ruler, laptop, roll of tape, xerox printer.
Community zines in black cursive. surrounded by crafting materials each a solid color. scissors, stablers, glue stick, ruler, laptop, roll of tape, xerox printer.

My paper zines are available at Brown Recluse Zine Distro, Minnesota Center for Book Arts and ‘Los Angeles’ Libraries. More locations pending. If you have interest in distributing our collection of zines, contact us.

My zines are in many prestigous places across Turtle Island such as Sogorea Te’ Land Trust LAND BACK ZINE COLLECTION, Broken Pencil 2021 Zine Awards Finalist, on S.A.P. Pressing Favourite Zines of 2020, and in The Joyner Library at East Carolina University institutional book art collection.

“I am so excited to read these zines. Seed Keeping which I purchased earlier was such a pleasure to read. I am part of a botany study group with some friends where we read all these long academic articles. Somehow, you managed to distill so much of what I had been reading about into a single zine, all while filling it with joy and play. And you inspired me to save seeds from my garden for the first time!”
—Maya, Seed Lover and Patron

community zines in black in teal box in center. Background is 20 zines over layed. zines range in topic.
community zines in black in teal box in center. Background is 20 zines over laid. zines range in topic.

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  • 10 of our Zines spread out in a semi-circle with one more below them. They discuss a wide array of topics, from information about plants to sex education. They're laid out on a blue and white striped cloth.
  • A hanging shelf holds multiple copies of three zine titles. Pinned to the wall behind is a poster of Mesoamérica Resiste by the Beehive Design Collective.
  • Support Intersex Afro Creatives in blocky yellow font. A cartoon depiction of kuwa jasiri in a pink dress holds the intersex flag. There are pink flower petals falling in the background.
  • A display table filled with many different zines. There's a sign pinned to the front stating this is the Authentic Creations Publishing Apothecary table. The zines are spread apart for ease of viewing, and there's a sign-up sheet in the center.
  • A festive display table filled with many different zines. There's a sign pinned to the front stating this is the Authentic Creations Publishing Apothecary table. The zines are displayed neatly to one side with a box for donations and a sign-up sheet on the other.
  • Diné Zine Cover in black and white of Katherine Smith. Her hair in a bun and her jaw resting on her clasped hands adorned with a large ring.
  • A zine cover for Beautifully Brown. There's a photo of an Afro person in a white shirt looking up. A thought bubble with the words "Like Me" floats above. Declare Yourself is at the bottom.
  • A black and white drawing of a bandana and black face mask hanging from a clothesline. Below are a collection of Seeds, soap, ointments, and oils. Above it states, "Nature Based Self-Care."
  • The cover for the Wild Wisdom zine. It features educational artwork describing the anatomy of a plant, and the different stages of its life cycle. The zine includes education colouring pages.
  • A collage of brown people of many ages all smiling. Above is a message to declare yourself beautifully brown. That is me!
  • A zine cover of Buist Park: Birds, Bees and Beyond. It features a large tree with a bird on the lowest branch. The roots of the tree are surrounded by honeycomb, flowers, and a hummingbird.
  • A cover showing a red cross with a fist rising from the top. A white circle surrounds this with the words, "First Aide. To Face Adversity." Behind the circle is a brown and green background.
  • Artwork of someone assigned female at birth who has a penis and a vagina. The words, "Come out, come out" are written above. The vagina responds with, "As what?"
  • Zine cover of Sacred Land Zine. thick brown-red outline drawing of Roberta Blackgoat is center right in front of a barbed wire fence and Big Mountain. Rena Babbit Lane displays a hand-woven rug with her arms wide open.
  • The Seed Keeping zine cover features three overlapping Baobab trees in brown, green and purple. The branches of the trees are flowering and bearing fruit. There is also a Seed growing in the foreground.
  • Seven zines are laid out and overlapping on a wooden table. They are all about a different topic, ranging from the history of Diné survivors, to information on plants and seeds.
  • A zine cover for Declare Yourself! Beautifully Brown. That is me. There are photos of joyful Afro faces on brown paper.
  • A zine cover of Buist Park: Birds, Bees and Beyond. It features a large tree with a bird on the lowest branch. The roots of the tree are surrounded by honeycomb, flowers, and a hummingbird.
  • A flyer for a zine making service. kuwa jasiri sits with one leg bent, and a writing tool in each hand and one behind the ear. The being is passionately working on a zine in a periwinkle robe.
  • Misty purple mountains roll by in the background. Support Intersex Afro Creatives is in cursive font in the foreground. "Support" is in black, and the rest is in yellow.
  • A cartoon version of kuwa jasiri in a pink dress with the bold words MY ZINES. A background of wheel flowers with leaves.
  • The 10th Anniversary in a hand-drawn style. The number 10 is in bubble letter font, filled with rainbow pastel and a starry sky.
  • A teal shell outlined in yellow in a teal circle. Over layed with a Dragonfly, crystals and Oregano plant bursting with Seeds
  • Nature Corridors Connectivity illustration is in 4 parts, from top to bottom: wild, rural & farm land, urban & cities, and highway & mine site. Each section lists characteristics of each place and contain drawings of how each place looks.
  • Several zines lay on top of a table during zine fest
  • A close up of colorful zines on a table during zine fest
  • A close up of a variety colorful zines on a table during zine fest
  • A collaborative resource sharing brochure with black text of white background
  • A collaborative resource sharing brochure with black text of white background