Purple Moon Spawn

Purple Moon Spawn Purple Moon Spawn - A PMS Perzine about the Badass life of an Alternative Jerusalemite zinester Back then, my main zine was called Fallopian Falafel.

I started writing Purple Myrtle Squeegy - A PMS Perzine in April 2010. The latter was a composition zine and many women contributed to it. The layout was all done by computer - using InDesign, Photoshop, Word, and a bunch of other digital s**t. I loved Fallopian Falafel to little pieces. But then, around April of 2010, I was working on a special issue of Fallopian Falafel on DIY, and decided to de

sign and lay it out all by hand, using scissors, glue, construction paper and a manual typewriter. This experience inspired me to create a zine that would be solely made by hand, using little or no computer at all. Thus, PMS was born. The name of the zine was explained on the very first post of this blog:
- Purple is my favorite color.
- Myrtle is my name (Hadass in Hebrew)
- Squeegy is what I am (not to be confused with Squeegee)
The first couple of issues were absolutely random - including rants that may or may not be understood by anyone. But later issues, were more straightforward, and now read just like a diary. I stopped producing Fallopian Falafel in 2011 as I felt ready to move on to new and exciting things. PMS Perzine is now the only zine I produce. I have a total blast writing it (even if the typewriter I use causes blisters on my fingers) and laying it out (despite the black sticky fingers and paper cuts I get from using old school material). And I hope you have as much fun reading it!

"When the mere fact of writing a zine teaches me so much about the topic, it makes the writing experience that much more...
30/11/2022

"When the mere fact of writing a zine teaches me so much about the topic, it makes the writing experience that much more exciting!"
The last two days of ZineWriMo 2022 and the final wrap-up for the month. Check out all that I accomplished this year on ZineWriMo!
Zines and trades going out tomorrow, so get your addresses in right now so I can send you some new and awesome s**t.
Produced by PMS Mess, published by Daily H Publications, authentically Badass!

Day 29: Looking forwardToday, I finally completed my mixed media stream of consciousness zine! It’s messy and funny and dark and unclear and confusing and brilliant. I’m very happy abou…

31/07/2022
15/06/2022

The PMS Mess Etsy shop is having a clearance sale before moving to another online platform. For the event, from now until the end of July, half of the profits made from sales on this shop will be donated to the Jerusalem R**e Crisis Center, and the other half to the Jerusalem Open House (the LGBTQ organization in Jerusalem).
Please support the cause and get some DIY awesomeness while you're at it!
https://pmsmess.etsy.com

Happy International Zine Month to all!Just for this month, use coupon code IZM2020 when shopping at my Etsy shop, and re...
01/07/2020

Happy International Zine Month to all!
Just for this month, use coupon code IZM2020 when shopping at my Etsy shop, and receive 10% off any purchase

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As an update to my previous post, I decided to go ahead and start a new page after all. I said "Fallopian Falaf...
16/12/2018

As an update to my previous post, I decided to go ahead and start a new page after all. I said "Fallopian Falafel" page may as well be inactive. "Purple Myrtle Squeegy" might very well be renamed (at least on paper format because Facebook managers are as****es). So the logical step will be to create a page to promote my Etsy shop and reflect all the s**t that I produce, sell and trade. [ 126 more words ]

As an update to my previous post, I decided to go ahead and start a new page after all. I said “Fallopian Falafel” page may as well be inactive. “Purple Myrtle Squeegy& #8…

16/12/2018

PMS Mess! is an Etsy shop that sells zines and art made by Hadass Ben Ari.

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I started writing zines in 2007, shortly after moving to Israel. My first zine was called “Fallopian Falafel”, a compilation zine, and many women contributed to it. The layout was all done by computer - using InDesign, Photoshop, Word, and a bunch of other digital s**t. I loved Fallopian Falafel to little pieces.

Later on, around April of 2010, I was working on a special issue of Fallopian Falafel on DIY, and decided to design and lay it out all by hand, using scissors, glue, construction paper and a manual typewriter. This experience inspired me to create a zine that would be solely made by hand, using little or no computer at all. Thus, “Puprle Myrtle Squeegy - a PMS perzine” was born.

I picked the name PMS because: - Purple is my favorite color. - Myrtle is my name (Hadass in Hebrew) - Squeegy is what I am (not to be confused with Squeegee)

I have such a great time producing PMS Perzine that I decided to make other zines by hand, mainly one-off zines, such as Ima Badass (a perzine about pregnancy and motherhood), IZM 2018 (a perzine I wrote during International Zine Month 2018), Raise Your Horns (a perzine about the metalhead life), and assorted mini-zines.