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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

See you at Hoffman Estates Zine Fest tomorrow! www.hoffmanestatesarts.com/zine-fest

Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oooo if you donate $10/mo to my @chirpradio.org fundraiser you get this cool t-shirt! 😻🐦 chirpradio.app.neoncrm.com/fundraiser/f...

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Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I get uncomfortable when orgs and businesses want to commission "zines" because usually what they are asking for is not a zine but a pamphlet/booklet that they don't want to pay professional rates for. It devalues publishing professionals and diminishes the meaning of zines.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Enjoy this picture of me in like 2002 from Caboose #3 The Modular Karaoke Issue. Karaoke philosophy and discussion w/ friends I made at the monthly karaoke at Lounge Ax at the end of the 90s. Enjoy my cringey design aped from other zines & lit of the era. lizmasonzines.etsy.com/listing/9134...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Do I say this is today or do I say this is tonight? BOTH!

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Saturday! I'll be tabling at Zinemercado! lizmasonisawesome.com/upcoming-app...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My interview with the organizers of the Punk Scholars Network U.S. is up at the Razorcake website now! razorcake.org/punk-scholar...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Check out Quimby's Bookstore 35th Anniversary zine release party + reading/panel discussion! Fri, Aug 14th @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social ✂️ I’ll be on a panel alongside past/current owners & employees. Check out the fun stuff all weekend to celebrate! www.quimbys.com/blog/art/8-1...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Miss my show this morning on CHIRP Radio? @chirpradio.org now has a helpful playlist bot that shouts out each song that’s being played & the DJ whose playing it, as well as a link to their DJ page where you can access the show’s archive!

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm moderating a panel at South Side Zine Fest called “More Than a Youth Culture: Building a Sustainable Life in DIY." Sat, 8/15. See ya there! lizmasonisawesome.com/upcoming-app...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Alrighty, here's a few of the things I'm doing this month! More info at lizmasonisawesome.com/upcoming-app...

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Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New Rough Draft episode! July was International Zine Month. Halfway through me and @caboosezine.bsky.social checked in to see how we were both celebrating it! And also, a meditation on scheduled project-making. roughdraftwithkeidraandliz.podbean.com/e/rough-draf...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Tonight! I'm DJing for @chirpradio.org Trivia at @beermiscuous.bsky.social while host DJ Moi Moi brings questions, about, well, songs to GET JACKED to. Don't think I'm beyond playing The Final Countdown during the last round. The games begin at 7. chirpradio.org/events/chirp...

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sugar Hijinx Perzine Distro will be popping back up on Sunday, July 26th at @ridmanscoffee.bsky.social on Sunday 7/26, paired up with a @zineclubchicago.bsky.social hang! See you there!

Green background. Text reads: "Sugar Hijinx and Zine Club Chicago Back at Ridman's. Sun 7/26, 12-3 pop-up zine shop. 3-5 free zinemaking hangout with Zine Club Chicago. Ridman's Coffee, 4758 N Clark St. @sugarhijinx @zineclubchicago @ridmanscoffee" Picture of an ice-cream cone.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thanks to Jessica Schwartz for having me on the Punkast to talk about how zines can become an archive, a joke, and a form of cultural research. 🎧 Listen to it where you get yr podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Liz Mason (Zines)

Podcast Episode · Punkast · July 10 · 1h 42m

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today! The Midwest Perzine Fest 12-5! ✂️🖤✂️🖤

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Join me this weekend for the Midwest Perzine Fest • Fri 7/10 pre-fest reading at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social • Sat 7/11 visit me & Cynthia of @zineclubchicago.bsky.social at the Sugar Hijinx table at Chicago Athletic Association ✂️ More info: lizmasonisawesome.com/upcoming-app... #mwpzf2026

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Check it! 📣 The first 2 Wednesdays of July I’ll be on the radio for 6 hours instead of my usual 3 on CHIRP Radio. 📻 Tune in to 107.1 fm from 6am-noon Central Time. Or at chirpradio.org or the CHIRP Radio app 🤳 Or tell yr smart speaker “Play CHIRP Radio.” 🪩 HANG OUT WITH ME FOR A QUARTER OF YOUR DAY.

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Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I haven't done a solo perzine in a minute and I'm proud of this one!

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It was an honor to have @sarahbecan.bsky.social on the newest ep of Rough Draft. I loved our "spirited" convo. It really felt like we could have gone on for hours! 🍸🍹 💚

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Is that me or is it that a Raymond Pettibon original? @megankirby.bsky.social, I enjoyed your flag party. #TodayIsFlagDay 🏴

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I know I prolly say this about every episode but this one is my favorite one we've done of the podcast I do with @kdc.bsky.social that we just uploaded it so you can to ride (off the) rails w us 🚂 punchline that needs workshopping: I literally do a zine named after the last car in a train.

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

That’s right

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thanks to Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social for the shoutout in the @chicagoreader.com about Saturday's openign of the Southwest Side Zine Library! 🔗 For event info see link in bio! chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Pink background with text: "Thanks to Leor Galil for the shoutout in the Chicago Reader." Underneath a square: "On Saturday, May 23, Zine Club Chicago helps celebrate the grand opening of the Southwest Side Zine Library at the Chicago Public Library’s Archer Heights branch. Patrons are invited to make their own zine, dig through the library’s zine collection (which Gossip Wolf expects will have some mighty fine music-centric offerings), eat snacks, and get advice on their own projects from a personage the organizers are calling “the Zine Doctor”—none other than zinester extraordinaire and former Quimby’s manager Liz Mason! The gathering runs from 2 PM to 4 PM, and it’s free." in cursive: "see u all saturday!"

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Shout out to @mrdankelly.bsky.social for 2 shoutouts in the @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social May Lit column for events I'm doing! 🤘 Sat 5/9, a workshop at Feria del Libro Chicago and Sat 5/23 at @zineclubchicago.bsky.social's Southwest Side Zine Library launch! thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/05/...

photo of a typewriter underneath it reads "Chicago Is Lit: May Literary Events in and Around Chicago and the Midwest - Dan Kelly - May 6, 2026Events, Fiction, Lit, Live lit events, Poetry, Writing"

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Podcast exchange student of the month! 📣 On this ep of Rough Draft, me & @kdc.bsky.social interview Ben Tanzer about guidelines for hype and joy, the difference between hustle culture and diligence, being comfortable w/ failure & more. roughdraftwithkeidraandliz.podbean.com/e/rough-draf...

Picture of Blue typewriter and picture of Ben Tanzer. Spiral Notebook with the words "Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz Episode 15: The Ben Tanzer"

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It's delinquency Tuesday! See you at @beermiscuous.bsky.social tonight for my trivia hosting debut! I had a lot of fun writing these questions.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I’m doing another zine workshop! ✂️ Celebrate National Library Week at the Chicago State University Archives and Special Collections on the 3rd floor of CSU's Gwendolyn Brooks Library, where I'm a practicum student in the info science program. Thurs, 4/23, 2pm 📝 csu.libcal.com/event/167035...

Flyer with "National Library Week April 20-24, 2026, Zine Workshop, zine workshop, host Liz Mason MLIS Graduate Student, Chicago State University 2PM Library Rooms 301-302." Photo of Liz holding zine. On left, painting of Gwendolyn Brooks to left with "Gwendolyn Brooks Library, Find Your Joy" on left.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I have had so much fun writing these questions. I feel like I wrote a themed unit to teach a class. A class in delinquency! I GOT NO CLASS!

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Join me for my trivia hosting debut next week! Tues, 4/21 at @beermiscuous.bsky.social 7pm! @chirpradio.org Music Trivia will be Makin’ Trouble with music questions about crime, vice, & delinquency. DJ moimoi spins tunes. Questions start at 7pm. See 🔗 link in bio or at chirpradio.org/events

Newspaper with headline: "CHIRP Radio Makin' Trouble: Music about crime, vice & delinquency April 21st 7pm @beermiscuous"

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

OK but who are all these people in my MLIS program that they’re not enjoying the opportunity for making a ridiculous profile?

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

We set a timer for 15 minutes and @caboosezine.bsky.social interviewed me about my (Very 2nd Generation biased) interest in K-pop! I could have talked for hours but maybe this will be a mini-series! roughdraftwithkeidraandliz.podbean.com/e/rough-draf...

A notebook-style podcast cover with spiral binding and paperclips. In the center, a black circle reads “Rough Draft with Keidra & Liz” above a glowing blue typewriter. Below, handwritten text says: “Episode 13: K-pop 101 in 15 minutes,” with a small concert crowd image in the corner.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Help me raise funds for @chirpradio.org ❤️ If I get 1/5 of the way there ($100) by my show on Wednesday (6-9am CT on 107.1 fm Chicago), I promise to play embarrassing voiceovers from my 90s college radio days! chirpradio.app.neoncrm.com/fundraiser/s...

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Liz's Fundraising Page

CHIRP is a volunteer-driven, listener-supported radio station. Your donations power our work! This spring, we're launching a brand new website and mobile apps. Help us get this project over the finish...

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This is a fun episode! Check out!

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Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Also in our upcoming podcast me and @caboosezine.bsky.social talk to Cynthia from @zineclubchicago.bsky.social and I was really inspired by how she talks about cultivating spaces for self expression on one's own terms through Zine Club so I've really been sitting with that for the past week.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

New ep is up of Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz 🤘This edition of the podcast I do w/ @kdc.bsky.social: Media overview! What we loved, what we're enjoying now & what we're looking forward to, all done courtesy of our eternal quest for connection. roughdraftwithkeidraandliz.podbean.com/e/rough-draf...

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

If you are a fan of @zineclubchicago.bsky.social you are going to love an upcoming episode of my podcast "Rough Draft" with @caboosezine.bsky.social

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Get the 2 most recent issues of Caboose at Billy McCall’s I Love Zines website ✂️ That’s issues #14 My Canadian Boyfriend and Caboose #15 I Was There. A bunch of other cool folks over there too! www.ilovezines.com/search?q=Liz...

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I Love Zines

Online store selling zines, books, and other DIY items. Open to everyone, but catering to stores and distros who wish to purchase in bulk.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Thrilled to be doing a zine workshop at The Native Feb 11th 8-10pm! Join us to make a collaborative mutual aid zine, or make your own zine for resistance! Liz Lane @llane7.bsky.social spins songs of speaking truth to power all night! Music til 1 AM. It’s a 2 Liz night! No cover. 21+

A DJ spins a record at a turntable. Text: "DJ Modern Girl: Women and Queer-centric punk, indie, soul, rock. All vinyl, all night. Mutual aid + resistance zine workshop by Liz Mason. The Native. Wed, February 11th.

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Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Wednesday 2/4 is my 52nd birthday! Tune in to a special birthday edition of my show “Well Now We’re Both Awake” on @chirpradio.org 6-9am CT at 1071.1fm Chicago. 📻 Or you can bake a cake & tell to yr smart speaker to “PLAY CHIRP RADIO.” 🎂 See you then!

picture of face with birthday hat. Text "Well Now We're Both Awake: My Special Birthday Edition On CHIRP Radio 6-9am CT 107.1FM Chicago Wed Feb 4th Or Tell your Smart Sparker PLAY CHIRP RADIO."

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