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Amazing thread! A few I have not yet seen mentioned:

• Charlotte Wessels (pop, metal-ish, former singer of metal band Delain, but now goes solo)
• Seraina Telli (hard rock I would say)
• Visions of Atlantis (pirate metal)
• Exit Eden (metal covers of pop songs and original songs)
• My Indigo (pop music, solo project of Sharon den Adel, singer and founder of Within Temptation)
• Suzane (french pop)
• Anneke Van Giersbergen (pop, rock)

Thank you <3

On Lemmy, there is !zines@slrpnk.net. I would say it's more on the political/activist side due to the server the community is hosted on. But the first two pinned posts show an easy way how to fold a zine out of a sheet of paper. And that's literally all you need, to create a zine. A sheet of paper and a pen! Even tho there are many forms and ways to do them.

And regarding content, there are basically no rules and you can just put whatever you want. It can be political or to share information. It can be personal, like sharing your own art/poems or doing collages. It can be silly comics or horror short stories. You can just make a list of your favourite animals or make a zine with a recipe of your favourite dish. Here is a online archive/library for example. As you can see zines can cover all kind of topics :)

And there are also many ways to share or distribute a zine. You could just hand them out for free at a concert/protest/gathering for example. There are zine fairs (even tho I have never been to one myself as there is none close to me), where they are presented and sold (depending on quality of the print and the size somewhere between $2-$20 maybe) or traded. I also found 1-2 online trades, where you could then send 3 copies of your zine and you will receive 3 zines back. So you can grow your own collection :) But they are based in Germany. But of you look for it, you will probably also find some in your area.

Here is a youtube video with a little introduction to zines and also some examples.

I am close to finishing my first zine :) It's basically a poetry zine. The poem was written by my partner for me last year, so it's highly personally to me and I won't share it. I am really happy with how it turned out, especially as I would say I am a non-creative™ person.

But I also have more ideas for some other zines, which I hope to create soon :) And those I want to share or trade with others. Zines and the community around it just seem like so much fun. It's really motivating :)

Oh I love this! And it is a great way to journal and keep the memories of all the travels and important events.

And see, I always feel boring because I just write to journal. I was already proud when I had one train ticket from my last travel, which I could put inside my journal :D

Shamelessly pointing to the journaling community: !journaling@sh.itjust.works. There is also a great introduction in the !nanowrimo2@feddit.online community.

I journal mostly because I like writing and the ritual of sitting down (usually with a hot chocolate) and thinking about what is going on inside my head. It's like someone asking "how was your day" and you tell them. Sometimes nothing special, sometimes a lot and sometimes you think it has not been much, but once you start it all falls into place and the thoughts and emotions start to come up. I don't do it daily, but multiple times per week.

There are many ways to journal. You can use prompts, if you are unsure what to write about. It can be more shallow, like what has happened during the day. Or more deep to explore your feelings. Some like to track what's going on in their life and it's actual closer to a logbook. But that's fine as well. It has to fit for you after all and will probably change as you go along and get more comfortable with it.

And, to be honest, sometimes it's a good excuse to buy that pretty notebook I saw in the store...

I am glad you found a way to journal, that allows you to be more honest! Everyone has a different way to do it, and I think it's really important to feel comfortable and safe in the way one puts their thoughts down.

If you journal, how honest are you really? Do you hold back? What would change if you knew nobody could ever read it?

I journal with a notebook and pen. So yeah, technically my partner could find it and read it, but I never really consider it an option. It does not really play a role in how honest I am or not. Because there is always one person, who can read it, and that's me. So for me, honesty in journaling is about being honest towards myself. And it's something I try to learn and do more.

I've started to journal again around New Year, so about 3 months ago. So my main goal is consistency and keeping the routine up. And I notice that most days I keep it surface level. I don't think every entry has to be deep and meaningful. And sometimes the energy is just not there to explore some thought or feeling I had through out the day. I try to be more honest, but for me it usually takes a few times. Like it might start one day just writing something general like "Feeling tired, didn't sleep well.". And over the course of a few days I figure it out step by step and at some point I allow my self to actually think, explore and write down the thought. It's a learning process, but I agree that honesty is a really important part of journaling.

Natalie emerging and dropping an essay is my favourite time of the year!

Yes, yes, so much yes! Lift each other up <3

Nah, was also my reaction when I saw the picture. I am not used to this.

In Germany one has to park in "driving direction", which usually mans only on the right side (one-way streets coming to mind as an example to be allowed to park on the left side, too)

There is also this interview in the New York Times from a few days back. Links to the podcast can be found within the article if you prefer listening.
I think it shows what you can expect from the book.

I am considering reading the book. But even just reading the interview is so hard. It just feels very raw to hear from her directly.

Same here. I'm on a bookwyrm instance and it works for me. But I am not really an "app"-user in general. Very happy with just using the browser.

German level: Nativ

Is the correct preposition “an (akk) das Theater” in this case? I feel like it is but I’m not 100% sure.

It is "in das Theater".

Obwohl looks like a subordinate clause so I’m using verb last form.

Structure is correct, but little typo. It's "teuer"

I’m not very good with mehr vs sehr either so if someone could double check my sentence structure that be great!

"Hamilton ist mehr als $500!" is correct.