WELCOME!! I’m glad you’re here. This newsletter comes out around every week-10days. I mainly write about trauma healing, my personal journey, wisdom from the therapy office.
About me
Back in the end of the 1990’s I wrote the 15th issue of my zine Doris. It was the DIY Anti-Depression Guide, made up of comics about how I kept depression at bay, with some pretty questionable advice.
But aside from that, a lot of it had to do with making sure to walk around a lot, to let your imagination run wild, and to actually be in the world and glory in small, daily adventures.
And for some reason, this permission to explore impacted so many people. I got the sweetest mail. I met amazing people. I still write zines sometimes, but a lot of what I think about these days is therapy and healing, and I don’t really feel like writing zines about this. I do think the public exploration of it all can be impactful, and I’d love to hear what you think.
What readers say
“I was 17 when I picked up Cindy Crabb's Doris zine randomly in a punk venue in Chattanooga Tennessee not knowing what it was or that my mind would never shrink back to its original configuration. It was that crucial nexus of personal, political, present, vulnerable, unapologetic, but not too “cool”- like I could hear Cindy’s voice talking to me. It was how I wanted to write.” - Brontez Purnell, Since I Laid My Burden Down
“In 2012 I started a mobile zine shop that became a store front, started writing my own zines and am now a published sober out queer author. So much of my practice has been informed by Cindy's vulnerable and thoughtful writing about the personal, the political, and the whole world. Cindy's writing has the capacity to open us up to ourselves, because she opens herself up to HERSELF - and we need more of that in this world!” - Marlee Grace, How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care
