MONETIZE
A downloadable book
This is a quiet rant. The feeling that we are obligated to monetize and hustle and make our lives worth money is fucked up.
The human drive to create and vent and express just for the sake of it is nothing in the face of a need to survive. To try to live doing only what we love. But really, why do we need to leverage our greatest joys for another few bucks? It feels like an endless loop.
Created for FUCK CAPITALISM JAM 2025.
Never pay for this.
I included a foldable for anyone who wants a portable version.
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Install instructions
There are 2 files: the MONETIZE digital zine is available to easily read on a digital screen; the foldable version can be printed borderless and folded to become a minizine.
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I love this. I intended to write a zine venting about this for this jam and missed the deadlines due to real life stuff, but I’ve always hated that hobbies these days have to be so commodified and capitalist-approved. Let Kevin free from the stupid scarves. It’s insane that many hobbies are considered luxuries because apparently not making money in your spare time is a crime (and a sad reality to many).
Living from your hobby is cool.
It doesn’t have to be the only way or even the only valid way.
Yes yes yes! The pain of feeling like everything you do needs to be worth something can be crushing and sadly I see people getting crushed in the cogs far more often than I would like to admit.
This is so real.
You're speaking the truth in this zine. I like the combo of spoken word and comic. For those who have been in the position you describe it hit home right away.
Thanks! I really wanted to make it clear how easy the cycle occurs and how little it takes to get into this position.
literally me whenever someone tells me i can sell my crochet
its not fun if i sell it !!
Exactly!!!