Ring of fire. 3

Seattle, WA : [E.T. Russian], [1997]

91 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm

"A zine for limbless creatures, radical crips & perverts of all kinds."--From front cover.

"This zine promotes queer sex, genderfuck, and the advancement of amputees everywhere."--From reverse of front cover.

Reprinted in 2025.

Black and white inkjet printed on white paper with purple cover.

Title from cover.

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Handling and digital copies: Exhibited in "Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice" at Wellcome Collection, 14 March - 14 September 2025.

Exhibition caption for Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice at Wellcome Collection: "US-based artist E.T. Russian created Ring of Fire between 1996 and 1999 after acquiring a disability in an accident as a young adult. Through writing, images, poetry and erotica, the zine explores a range of topics from E.T.’s life during this period across disability, politics, gender and sexuality. In 2014, E.T. published an anthology version of Ring of Fire, adding their reflections on the original zines, along with essays and interviews with other Disability Justice activists and artists. Looking back, E.T. writes: "When I first wrote Ring of Fire I was working out so much about my disability, my sexuality and gender … Really, I think that I was trying to explain it to myself and it just happened to be helpful to other people who were also new to disability as a concept."