'Zine scene thriving at Hamilton Zinefest

If you need some weird ideas in your life, the Hamilton Zinefest is a good place to start. The annual gathering of creatives and their endeavours took place on Saturday in the Meteor Theatre. It was a hustling, bustling marketplace of artists, writers, poets, collectors and those with decidedly left-field notions.  Take, for example, the self-published 'zine of Hamiltonian Callum McDougal: Vegan Cannibalism. It is an unassuming 12-page pamphlet that its creator describes as a manifesto, a guide to a way of life. "It's based on the idea that eating people is not contrary to vegan ethics," the cheerful McDougal explains. "People contribute greatly to environmental destruction. It makes sense that there would be much less environmental destruction if there were less people, and one of the most simple and effective means of making sure there are less people is through cannibalism." Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2018-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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