FLASHPOINT
Shannon Colebank é o(a) autor(a) ( segundo o próprio autor, o género não releva) desta fanzine anti-clerical, que reage contra o fascismo crescente da sociedade americana, camuflado pelo conformismo do WASP (White Anglo-Saxonic Protestant) e pela correspondente hipocrisia puritana. Decidiu-se a criar esta fanzine, depois de ter participado numa pacífica manifestação de "punks" anarquistas, reprimida violentamente pelas forças da ordem de Portland (Oregon), que, segundo Shannon, teria ficado assustada com a ideia de diálogo que ali os juntara. Na publicação há sobretudo artigos de opinião, depoimentos e histórias verídicas que contam as violências quotidianas segregacionistas, concervadorismos exacerbados e sexismos generalizados nos espíritos classe média herdeiros da tradição Ronald McDonald e Coca-Cola. Visualmente, tem um estilo pouco elaborado, havendo algumas ilustrações e até, mas raros, "cartoons", todavia impera a página escrita em letra de imprensa.
Shannon Colebank is the author (according to the author himself, the gender does not matter) of this anti-clerical fanzine, which reacts against the growing fascism of American society, camouflaged by WASP (White Anglo-Saxonic Protestant) conformism and by the corresponding puritan hypocrisy. He decided to create this fanzine after having participated in a peaceful demonstration of anarchist "punks", violently repressed by Portland (Oregon) law enforcement, which, according to Shannon, was frightened by the idea of dialogue that had brought them together. In the publication there are mostly opinion pieces, testimonials, and true stories that tell of the daily segregationist violence, heightened conservatism, and pervasive sexism in middle-class spirits inherited from the Ronald McDonald and Coca-Cola tradition. Visually, it has an understated style, with some illustrations and even, but rare, "cartoons," but the page written in block letters prevails.
