Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back
In an age when posts vanish into algorithmic noise—or worse, into the hands of advertisers and censors—zines are quietly making a comeback. At Brooklyn’s Black Zine Fair, hundreds gathered not just to trade handmade booklets, but to reclaim how ideas move. With rising fears over surveillance, censorship, and platform decay, creators are turning to scissors, glue, and photocopiers to bypass the feed and preserve community. What’s old-school about zines isn’t nostalgia—it’s control, permanence, and a little bit of paper rebellion. C. Brandon Ogbunu with WIRED has the full story.
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