Caro || Issue 2
In this issue: more music, a style editorial (Adventures of a Girl in the World) and Resources on Michael Brown/Ferguson. -- caro is a perzine in the truest sense: a public journal, an outlet, and a voice.
In this issue: more music, a style editorial (Adventures of a Girl in the World) and Resources on Michael Brown/Ferguson. -- caro is a perzine in the truest sense: a public journal, an outlet, and a voice.
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EVERYTHING IN THIS ZINE WAS CREATED<br />
BY MARIE ANNETOINETTE, UNLESS OTHER-<br />
WISE STATED<br />
ssu 2: Gir h World<br />
3 Mixtape: Someone Has to Care…<br />
4 Letter From the Editor<br />
6 Art: “What Happens to a Broken<br />
Heart”<br />
10 Style: Adventures of A Girl in the<br />
World<br />
19 Other Zines to Look Out For<br />
20 Resources on Ferguson
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https://soundcloud.com/gothicrnb/sets/someone-has-to-care<br />
1. How I Got Over // The Roots<br />
2. Kneecap Jelly // Georgia Anne Muldrow<br />
3. The Pledge of Resistance // Saul Williams<br />
4. Roses // Georgia Anne Muldrow + Mos Def<br />
5. Soul Chronicle (The Intro) // The 11th Scientist<br />
6. Black Rage (sketch) // Lauryn Hill<br />
7. Cold War // Janelle Monáe<br />
8. On & On (Bootyfade remix) // Erykah Badu<br />
9. Strange Fruit // Nina Simone<br />
10. How I Got Over (Instrumental) // The Roots
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Lette Fro h Editor<br />
Originally this issue was going to be<br />
cutesy, fun, pastel… everything typifying a<br />
Carefree-Black-Girl/Manic-Southern-Colored-Pixie/<br />
All-Natural-Cocoa-Butter-Heaux * /Whatever-the-<br />
Fuck we QuirkyBlackGirls are calling ourselves<br />
now. However the events of the past month in New<br />
York, Ferguson, have altered the direction I wanted<br />
to take <strong>Issue</strong> 2.<br />
This magazine will still be cutesy and<br />
pastel because this is my zine and that’s who I am,<br />
but... I need to grapple with a few issues here, like:<br />
what does it mean to be Black Girl in the World,<br />
when violence is a constant threat from those who<br />
are supposed to be peacekeepers, from those who<br />
are supposed to serve and protect? When there’s<br />
little to no recourse to hold law enforcement accountable?<br />
When the media puts Black and Brown<br />
victims of violence on trial,<br />
instead of the ones who kill them? When police<br />
and vigilante violence against women of color is<br />
ignored? What next?<br />
The next piece you will see (What Happens to<br />
a Broken Heart) best reflects the state of my psyche.<br />
I can’t go to Ferguson stand with my brothers<br />
and sisters, but I’m doing what I can to speak for<br />
Michael Brown in the face of these… heartless unempathetic<br />
white people (white Christians being
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the worst) whose arguments in defense of Darren<br />
Wilson, the Ferguson PD, and the St. Louis County<br />
Sheriff Dept. reveal a frightening lack of empathy,<br />
sympathy, and compassion. My heart clenches at<br />
the realization that even people I thought I knew<br />
don’t really see me as a person with inalienable<br />
rights, or if they do, they have to divorce my race<br />
and ethnicity from their perception of me to do so<br />
(which says that they don’t see Black people in<br />
general as people and reveals the problem with<br />
“colorblind” ideology).<br />
Just hearing the justifications for not dealing<br />
with institutional racism makes me sick at heart<br />
and seeing them post fucking puppy videos or sad<br />
farewells to dead actors and comedians while ignoring<br />
the murder on America’s front doorstep<br />
wounds my soul, bringing to mind the phrase<br />
“death by thousand cuts”. I wonder what they<br />
would do if it was my father, brother, or cousin who<br />
had been killed. But racial reconciliation is<br />
“important” to them. Needless to say a lot of people<br />
have been cut out of my life. I can’t pretend<br />
that I have the answers here, but I hope this issue<br />
of caro frames these questions and my experiences<br />
in way that add to the discussion to find solutions<br />
for the pain my people continue to endure.
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Adentue of<br />
Gir h World
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Produc Notes<br />
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First Day of School! First Day of School! By<br />
thebookofstyle featuring a skirted vanity stool <strong>||</strong><br />
Flos cable lighting, $2,005 / Blanket / Chicology<br />
door blind / Eco friendly home decor / Pen and<br />
Pencil Holder by Rae Dunn / Ceramic<br />
knob / Honey Can Do Wood Nonslip Maple-<br />
Finish Hangers, Set of 24 / Cotton dress / Red By<br />
Wolves lace front boots, $315 / Casters furniture<br />
/ Lacquer furniture / Skirted vanity<br />
stool / Black tote, $680 / Wet Seal travel<br />
kit / linen scarves and wraps - ABC Carpet<br />
& Home / riot, grrrl / Jensen CD-490 Portable<br />
Stereo CD Player with AM/FM Stereo<br />
/ Revitalized Red Olivetti Valentine Typewriter<br />
Professionally…<br />
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Almost Doesn't<br />
Count by thebookofstyle featuring a black tank<br />
Vince black tank, $93 / Firetrap embroidered<br />
jeans, $63 / Issey Miyake black socks, $37 / Keds<br />
perforated sneaker<br />
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Never Say Never by thebookofstyle featuring<br />
a scroll mirror <strong>||</strong> Vanessa Bruno racer back<br />
dress, $510 / Dr. Martens faux leather<br />
boots / Yves Saint Laurent choker necklace<br />
/ Scroll mirror / Goth earrings<br />
Page 12<br />
Checklist by thebookofstyle featuring cat<br />
home décor <strong>||</strong> Luna cat home decor / Pastel<br />
Gel Pen 5pk Essential / Holographic / checklist<br />
/ analog audio tape cassette nostalgia -<br />
tapedeck.org<br />
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Angel In Disguise by thebookofstyle featuring<br />
an ivory sofa <strong>||</strong> Monki clothing, $78 /<br />
Legging / Blue shoes / Bangle bracelet,<br />
$17 / Stud earrings / ASOS twist knot headband,<br />
$9.74 / Matte lipstick / Nail polish / Ivory<br />
sofa / CB2 Display Modular Vinyl Storage<br />
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#JusticeforMikeBrown #MichaelBrown<br />
#Ferguson by thebookofstyle featuring black<br />
platform pumps <strong>||</strong> Cotton shirt / Micro shorts,<br />
$16 / Debenhams ankle high hosiery,<br />
$6.09 / Office black platform pumps, $55 / Dc<br />
shoes / Beauty product<br />
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A Girl in the World Bites<br />
Back by thebookofstyle featuring a bronze ta-
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ble <strong>||</strong> Alice You swing dress / Rag bone black blazer<br />
/ High waisted legging / Jeffrey Campbell patent<br />
leather shoes, $220 / Fannie Schiavoni cross<br />
jewelry / Choker necklace / Punk jewelry<br />
/ Stainless steel earrings / Joomi Lim kohl jewelry<br />
/ Silver plated bracelet / Kelly Wearstler<br />
bronze table / Pylones - PHOTO FRAME DIGITAL TV<br />
-BLACK / Gothic earrings<br />
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2. Glue<br />
http://glue-zine.polyvore.com/<br />
3. Angry Violist<br />
https://www.etsy.com/shop/angryviolist<br />
4. Fat Girl<br />
https://www.etsy.com/shop/<br />
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O erguso & Michae Brown<br />
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Normally, I would include a timeline of events from some<br />
news organization and if you want to search for one<br />
you’ll find them, but from DAY ONE the news reporting<br />
on Ferguson has been not just biased, directly contradictory<br />
to the numerous eye witness reports coming from<br />
youtube, vine, Instagram, twitter, facebook, etc. So, I<br />
have provided links to various resources of live tweeting<br />
and photo/video taken by journalists, residents, and visiting<br />
supporters in Ferguson.<br />
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Livestreams from Ferguson, Mo.<br />
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930<br />
Vines from Ferguson, Mo,<br />
http://theurbandaily.com/2014/08/14/ferguson-missouri-vines/<br />
Photo albums of live tweets during events in Ferguson<br />
(compiled by myself):<br />
What Happened in Ferguson Last Night?<br />
(8/13/2014)<br />
http://goo.gl/NejDCd<br />
What Happened in Ferguson This Weekend<br />
(8/16/2014 - 8/18/2014)<br />
http://goo.gl/0OsX8e<br />
More From the Past Week in Ferguson (08/17-<br />
08/29/2014)<br />
http://goo.gl/iU56To<br />
All the things I’ve personally reblogged about Ferguson/Michael<br />
Brown:<br />
http://manicsoutherncoloredpixie.tumblr.com/tagged/ferguson/<br />
People to Follow<br />
@handsupunited (twitter)
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@Netaaaaaaaa (twitter)<br />
@trillaryklinton (twitter)<br />
@deray (twitter)<br />
@shaunking (twitter)<br />
thisweekinblackness.com<br />
iwriteaboutfeminism.tumblr.com<br />
Ho Yo Ca Help<br />
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Donate to the Official Michael Brown Memorial Fund<br />
http://www.gofundme.com/justiceformikebrown<br />
Visit http://www.handsupunited.org/<br />
Donate to legal funds for protesters<br />
Legal Support Fund for Justice for Mike Brown<br />
by Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment<br />
https://secure.piryx.com/donate/mS25KFCe/<br />
MORE/mikebrown<br />
Join the #HandsUp Mass Mobilization in Ferguson<br />
October 10th-13th<br />
http://obs-onthemove.org/featured/a-national-call-toaction-mass-mobe-in-ferguson/<br />
Keep abreast of updates from Ferguson (and other<br />
extrajudicial killings), talk about the issue with friends<br />
and family, and share information on your social<br />
networks.
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Founde/Editor<br />
MARIE ANNETOINETTE<br />
marieannetoinette@gmail.com<br />
Abou caro<br />
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brain dump and discussion, to marvel and<br />
to reason together.
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