{"product_id":"love-bomb","title":"Love Bomb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLOVEBOMB has detonated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur third zine, only in print, celebrates NEW, STRANGE, QUEER writing and art on love and its many forms. Featuring work from around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eour third literary and art zine  – just dropped into your life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ewhat is dif. ?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ea focal point for new directions in queer writing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ea growing network of writers and artists working on solo and collaborative projects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ediy by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003enature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e - but will do it with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003epublishers, bookshops and readers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003estudio in salford, zine project outa b\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eristol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eand a worldwide online network\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003elgbtq+ focussed, artistically queer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ewhy dif ?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eto think beyond the now - our contribution to modelling queer utopias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003etodays queer canon was yesterdays beyond the mainstream - consider Alan Ginsberg's Howl which was banned and tied up in legal cases for years but won out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eexploring alternatives to a UK publishing scene that is structurally conservative and London-centric. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eto move beyond the traditional parameters and rules of literature such as novel - poetry - fiction - non-fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eto reassert freedom of expression especially in the wider context of banned books and soft censorship in libraries based on a fear of social media backlash from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003einterest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e groups\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003efor real change, language and grammar itself needs to change - Ursula\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eLeGuin talks about this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003euse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e DIY, writer led learning approaches to developing new writing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003econsider human creativity in a landscape dominated by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003edigital and AI developments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eprotectionist global tariffs and brexit customs rules have made it harder and more \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eexpensive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e to access and export alternative lit between countries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eour network aims to build\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eindependently\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e and reduce\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ereliance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e on increasingly problematic global \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003esocial media platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"dif.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56983806247290,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/52733C1E-665B-42B9-A121-C2752C011000.jpg?v=1781698066","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/love-bomb","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}