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[–] Ok_imagination@lemmy.world 25 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

What the fuck is a zine? A magazine?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 17 hours ago

Yes, zine is short for magazine, but the word carries additional connotations such as handmade or low production, anti-capitalist/fascist, and freely distributed

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

When I think of a pamphlet I think of the trifold thing or something similar, a zine would be several pages usually, probably staple bound. Though not as big as a proper magazine. I feel like a small pamphlet would be a postcard, or a one-sheet, or a leaflet, or something.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

The other comments give the answer, but if you're interested in the history of them, the Wikipedia article has a good bit of it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine