The MUTHA of all zines.
MuthaKween unwraps the power, gender and autonomy surrounding the international history of go-go dancing.
Issue 1 + 2 out now.
Issue 3 out this fall.
Nuns & Nazis
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Dancing Fever
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Queen Regine
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Raise the Cage
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Nuns & Nazis ✳︎ Dancing Fever ✳︎ Queen Regine ✳︎ Raise the Cage ✳︎
Issue 1: The Mutha of Discotheque
MuthaKween unwraps how politics, gender and autonomy shaped the international history of go-go dancing. In issue 1, meet DJs, dancers, nazis and activists, then hide in a French convent, and visit the very first discotheque. The go-go craze continues to make cultural splashes, and MuthaKween is the one to take you there.
Issue 2: A Dance Craze, picks up where issue 1 left off. The success of go-go discotheques in the United States contorts the original freedom that women found in this new form of dance into something far more restricting and insulting. Go-go dancers find themselves in jail, plus Gloria Steinem, the Beatles and even my mother weigh in!
“Discotheque dancing freed women to dance on their own without following a male lead – or worrying about wandering hands. You could dance and express yourself, without caring about who was watching – which was empowering.”
Gloria Steinem