Get Off
Zine, Alexandra Mae Jones, thevologgingnook.tumblr.com
Alexandra Mae Jones’ zine chronicles the frustrations and fears of first learning how to masturbate as a person with a vagina. With brothers and boys around her who tout their ability to “get off” so frequently that one of their arms is stronger than the other, she continues to try. Yet, she only finds herself steeped in a gross, unresolved feeling. Get Off is illustrated with a collage of images of hands and human figures, adding a dreamy and quick element that invites readers to breeze through her short paragraphs about masturbation. This zine offers an honest and succinct story about one process of growing up that not all experience, suggesting that perhaps, with more attempts, something will eventually work.