In disciplines dedicated to talking about ourselves like queer theory and disability studies, how do theorists decide what to publish, and how do people for whom academia is prohibitive or hostile theorize ourselves? While looking for something both profound and precedented enough for a Keystone, I found myself attracted to zine-making instead of more traditional academic mediums. This presentation will chronicle my investigation into the cripqueer legacy of zine-making on the North American West Coast between the ‘80s and ‘90s, the functions and conventions of these zines, and the appeal of this anarchist publication method to academics and non-academics alike.