***WORKSHOPS***

11:15 am -12:15pm
Beyond Verbal Consent: A Workshop About Communication, Journals, Zines, and Feelings
Facilitated by Parks Dunlap of Oh My! Sensuality and AASECT 
As awesome as verbal consent can be, its not always the best way to communicate. In this workshop will discuss how to use written negotiation as a tool to enhance and create clearer communication between awesome people. We will cover fun things like negotiation forms, consent logs, email negotiation, erotic writing as scene planning, relationship forms, and info-share forms. Bring a pen/pencil/brightly colored glitter crayon to take notes!

12:30-1:30 pm
Zine and Ethics Facilitated by Rachel of Hoax zine series
This workshop will focus on how the ethics of zine writing & how zine format influences how and what we choose to write about. we will collectively explore the following topics: navigating personal disclosures, call outs, censorship & trigger warnings, how privilege impacts what we choose to write about, protecting the anonymity of third parties, crediting other people's work & much more. please come prepared with a writing utensil and a critical mind.

1:45-2:45 pm
Letterpress Printing Facilitated by Flying Object Printing Press
Letterpress Printing on a Kelsey 5x8: Learn the basics of hand-setting type, composition, registration, and printing on a table-top letterpress---the perfect press for printing cards, zine covers, and other ephemera. A very informal history of letterpress printing may also be included

3:00-4:00 pm
Papercut Zine Library Presentation
Librarians from the Papercut Zine Library in Cambridge will lead a discussion on zines, beginning with the very basic questions of what a zine is, what they look like and why they are important. Using the group's own definition and analysis of zines, each participant will then create one page of a compilation zine -- which they will receive a copy of later in the day. This workshop will exhibit the theoretical aspects of zine-making and zine culture as well as the very participatory, concrete act of "doing it yourself." Great for those unfamiliar with zines as well as seasoned zinesters alike! 

4:15-5:15 pm
Communicating Identity in Zines by Sari of Hoax Zine series
zines give us the opportunity to talk openly about certain facets of our identities that we often feel compelled to minimize or conceal in other areas of our lives. giving a voice to the intersection of our statuses, zines can be a place to work out intimate aspects of ourselves while reaching out to others for connections and support. unfortunately, certain styles of confessional writing can often keep us stagnant or even reinforce dominant narratives about authenticity. how can we write zines that focus on our marginalized identities without losing focus of the ways in which we are privileged? can zines help us heal through storytelling without pushing us to reveal too much about ourselves, thus being counterproductive? how do certain identities and experiences gain legitimacy and concern in the zine community while others do not? these and other questions will be raised and discussed in this workshop and round table.