Trans Sexual Geographies

From the 2025 Flywheel Zine Fest in Holyoke, MA USA).

Title: Trans Sexual Geographies
Writer: Niamh Timmons

Personal (mostly) prose zine focused on body and relationship changes during transition, with some discussion of geographic relocation as well. This was pretty raw in terms of its head-on grappling with mental health, body image, and unhealthy relationships. It's a deeply personal narrative that is picked up in the midst of change and ends with a relationship finished but much still unresolved. Includes poetry, a couple of photos, and some small hand-drawn illustrations. This was personal and moving.

Rating: 7/10

Waterways: On Geography & Disability

This was (I believe) also a Flywheel Zine Fest (Holyoke, MA USA) find, but from last year.

Title: Waterways: On Geography & Disability
Writer: Niamh Timmons

This zine is an essay linking changes in the landscape of the Seattle WA area with the author's own experiences with disability, illustrated with photos from the archive of the University of Washington. This was a pretty fascinating dive into the geography of human-engineered changes (on indigenous land) that have shaped the city of Seattle and altered the ecosystem of the region. These changes are juxtaposed with the changes the author has experienced living with disability, which add a powerful personal component to the geologic history. The alternation between the two threads serves to connect them, resulting in a piece that is moving and informative.

Rating: 7.5/10