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'''Telegram Ma'am''' is a [[perzine]] written by [[Maranda Elizabeth]] of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
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'''Telegram Ma'am''' is a [[perzine]] written by [[Maranda Elizabeth]] of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada and Guelph, Ontario, Canada and, most recently, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  
Maranda describes her [[zine]] as "a perzine about mental health, loneliness, nostalgia, adventures, bicycles, small towns, and finding a home."  Frequent topics include insights about location and identity as well as details of her experiences with depression, anxiety, and bipolar.
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Maranda Elizabeth is a writer, zinester, introvert, identical twin, high school dropout, & recovering alcoholic. They write about mental health & illnesses, borderline personality disorder, trauma, fibromyalgia, writing & creativity, friendship, magic & witchcraft & Tarot, self-care, support & $upport, alienation & the illusion of community, and embracing weirdnesses.
  
Several issues of ''Telegram Ma'am'' have been published as [[split zines]], including numbers 12 and 17 with [[Culture Slut]] (written by Maranda's twin sister [[Amber Farthing]]) and number 18 with [[Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell]] (by [[Tukru Hassinen]]).
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Several issues of ''Telegram Ma'am'' have been published as [[split zines]], including numbers 12 and 17 with [[Culture Slut]] (written by Maranda's twin sister [[Amber Forrester]]) and number 18 with [[Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell]] by [[Miss Tukru]].
  
There are currently nineteen issues of this zine.
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When Maranda came out as genderqueer, they altered the title of their zine from ''Telegram Ma'am'' (inspired by the T. Rex song, Telegram Sam) to, simply, ''Telegram''. Issues 24 and onward are written under this title.
  
Maranda Elizabeth also writes the fiction zine, [[Edith]], and the 24-hour zine, [[Little Acorns]].
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There are currently thirty-seven issues of ''Telegram'' zine. The most recent issue was printed in Spring 2015.
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Maranda Elizabeth has also written three issues of a short fiction zine, [[''Edith'']], and eight issues of a 24-hour zine, [[''Little Acorns'']]. They also wrote a one-off zine with Dave Cave in Winter 2012, called ''Real Life: A Magical Guide to Getting Off the Internet'', and several other one-offs, including ''Self-Care for Zinesters'', and ''How to Support/$upport the Writer &/or Artist In Your Life''.
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In October 2012, they released an anthology of their zine, called ''Telegram: A Collection of 27 Issues'' published with Mend My Dress Press, and in May 2013, they self-published a novel about queer girl friendship in a small town, called ''Ragdoll House''.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
* [http://wemakezines.ning.com/profile/MarandaElizabeth We Make Zines profile]
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* [http://marandaelizabeth.com Maranda's Blog]
* [http://schoolformaps.etsy.com Ordering information]
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* [http://schoolformaps.etsy.com Maranda's Etsy]
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* [http://twitter.com/MarandaDearest Maranda's Twitter]
  
 
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Telegram Ma'am is a perzine written by Maranda Elizabeth of Lindsay, Ontario, Canada and Guelph, Ontario, Canada and, most recently, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Maranda Elizabeth is a writer, zinester, introvert, identical twin, high school dropout, & recovering alcoholic. They write about mental health & illnesses, borderline personality disorder, trauma, fibromyalgia, writing & creativity, friendship, magic & witchcraft & Tarot, self-care, support & $upport, alienation & the illusion of community, and embracing weirdnesses.

Several issues of Telegram Ma'am have been published as split zines, including numbers 12 and 17 with Culture Slut (written by Maranda's twin sister Amber Forrester) and number 18 with Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell by Miss Tukru.

When Maranda came out as genderqueer, they altered the title of their zine from Telegram Ma'am (inspired by the T. Rex song, Telegram Sam) to, simply, Telegram. Issues 24 and onward are written under this title.

There are currently thirty-seven issues of Telegram zine. The most recent issue was printed in Spring 2015.

Maranda Elizabeth has also written three issues of a short fiction zine, ''Edith'', and eight issues of a 24-hour zine, ''Little Acorns''. They also wrote a one-off zine with Dave Cave in Winter 2012, called Real Life: A Magical Guide to Getting Off the Internet, and several other one-offs, including Self-Care for Zinesters, and How to Support/$upport the Writer &/or Artist In Your Life.

In October 2012, they released an anthology of their zine, called Telegram: A Collection of 27 Issues published with Mend My Dress Press, and in May 2013, they self-published a novel about queer girl friendship in a small town, called Ragdoll House.

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