Yesterday was the final Queer/Trans Zinefest in Providence. I've attended the past two years, and each time I've left with a rush of creative inspiration and an armful of zines, prints, and other ephemera. It's an event that means a lot to me, and I'm sad that it's over. But that's just the way of things; everything ends. As I write, summer is ending too. The message displayed on the LED matrix signs above the highways in Rhode Island is stuck in my mind: Slow down and savor the end of summer...
