HLP Health - Physical

The zine is a "consciously-mixed hodge-podge of Fear and Laughter. Hopefully this zine will illustrate their connections and why both are essential elements to our existance."

"So I started to think about being a punk and being sick ... and how you never read about sick punks in zines. The people I interviewed gave me so much hope. What they all have in common is they are dealing best they can with their diseases."

Luran writes about being hospitalized for a mysterious illness, and a bunch of other things that affect family / friends / body / community etc.

List of common health concerns during pregnancy (morning sickness, varicose veins, stress, backache, etc) and helpful herbs, as well as herbs that are generally good for pregnancy and how to prepare them.

A list of things to do to avoid germs.

Dave writes about finding out he has Crohn's Disease, a chronic digestive disorder, with wit and honesty and lots of discussion of poop.

Instructions and diagrams to make sterilized dressings for wounds and treat burns. Presumably for wounds from direct-action type activities, but useful nonetheless.

Small zine about germs, how to avoid them, commonly held beliefs about them.

Humerous descriptions of yoga poses with illustative photos of Richard Simmons.

An anti-racist feminist zine put out by the UVic Women's Centre on the theme of "Health."