Counteract Collective is an amazing new all screen printed distro and skill-sharing organization. They print everything under the sun and have a huge assortment of silk screened patches for the punk, post-punk, ex-punk and straight up anarcho-crusty. Effluvia had the opportunity to get to know one of the founders, Rio, over the interweb and he [...]
This is part of a new series that Effluvia is doing on independent booksellers, info-shops, distros and other collective and individual exercises in the dissemination of “alternative” media. As the behemoth B&N adds more kitsch and subtracts more books from its brick and mortar stores and moves more of its business online, we at Effluvia [...]
by Kevin Casey with Wes Trbovich Effluvia had the opportunity to get down with one of LA’s graff legends. Here is his account first hand of the gallery scene, bombing, and the connection to the international community, surfing and the deconstruction of the letterform! Read the interview: Risk Rock Stay tuned for the Effluvia Graff [...]
Check out some new creative nonfiction by Brittany Michelson Brittany Michelson on herself: My prose and poetry has been published in Sleet Magazine, Speech Bubble Magazine, Glossolalia Fiction, Every Day Fiction, Backhand Stories, Bat Terrier Journal, Bolts Of Silk, Flashquake, and other online journals. Print work appears in PMS Magazine and an anthology by Bona [...]
An Anarchist FAQ By Kevin Casey A couple of years ago An Anarchist Frequently Asked Questions (AFAQ) migrated from the internet to a 555 page tome, put out by Effluvia favorites AK Press. Iain McKay’s excellent introduction elucidates the general goals and motivations of the project: to stand as a resource for those interested in [...]
Effluvia Magazine is excited to publish a piece by Los Angeles based writer Melissa Chadburn. Her NO HEROIC MEASURES is, at turns, provocative, informative, poignant, disturbing and uplifting. Melissa Chadburn is a lover and a fighter, a union rep, a social arsonist, a writer, a lesbian, of color, smart, edgy and fun. Her work has [...]
by Kevin Casey In Mixed Reviews. What It Do (vol. 2 issue 2) THE WRECKLESS PRESS KELSO Review – What It Do
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