Alyssa Bernardo — Pink Press | 2020.ocadu.gd

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FOR DESIGNERS:

Dear white & non-Black POC designers
Where are the Black designers?
Decolonial Teaching in Action

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Anti-Racist Resource Guide: Become a better ally
A Radical Library (incl. books, texts, podcasts, & articles)
How to talk to people who disagree
How to support Black artists

Alyssa Bernardo

Pink Press

Pink Press is a collection of zines authored within Canada. By giving a voice to the lens of the oppressed, the project aims to decolonize Canadian discourse. Zines are a common medium of subcultures. Zines have contributed greatly to humanitarian issues of feminist, LGBTQ+, and health activism. Due to their ease of creation, cheapness of production, and the acceptance of difference and originality, zines make it easy for even members of marginalized groups to involve themselves.

Pink Press is an interactive project, featuring zines authored by Canadian zinesters and calling for continued participation of anyone willing to share their work. These zines, with different themes, authors, and formats are tied together by the Pink Press brand identity. The project shifts the perspective of post-colonialism from “the end of colonialism” to “the after of colonialism” as Canadians deal with Eurocentric after-effects of a colonial past.

Identity

Social Justice

Social Practice

Interactive

To some, a hand-coded website can also be considered a zine. A hand-coded website is the alternative to template-based websites which saturate the internet. This is the reason why pinkpress.glitch.me is 100% hand-coded.

When there is no space for an individual's identity or voice to be respected, this poster can be a call to participate in the Pink Press project in hopes that it can help build a space where all identities are celebrated.

Wearable accessories are an effective way to spread awareness for a cause. Buttons are a great incentive to get people to participate.

To help foster greater interactivity, I designed some witty prompt cards. Even if participants cannot come up with a topic or cause they want to write and/or draw about, they can just pick a card and get creative.

In a physical exhibition, this Photoshop mockup shows what my workshop would look like. Here, participants can be seated, rest while reading a zine, or even write one themselves using the material provided. All zines are branded with a Pink Press sticker for a consistent brand identity.