THIS ZINE IS AN EXAMINATION OF MEN IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST FUR TRADE.
AS THE MOUNTAIN WEST OCCUPIES THE MIND FOR MULTIPLE REASONS - NOSTALGIA, POLITICAL MESSAGING AND YOUR FAVORITE FASHION INFLUENCER'S NEW PAIR OF SNAKE SKIN COWBOY BOOTS - THE WEST HAS ALWAYS INHABITED A SPACE WHERE FREEDOM, RESILIENCE AND HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY HAVE BEEN IDEALIZED AND SEEN AS THE STANDARD IN AMERICAN LIVING. THIS ZINE HOPES TO CHALLENGE THAT NARRATIVE, HIGHLIGHTING THE HOMOSOCIAL AND SOMETIMES HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN MEN WORKING IN THE FUR TRADE INDUSTRY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY - WHOSE FREEDOM GETS TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST AND WHY?
THE ANSWER DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON WHOSE BODY YOU WERE IN — AND WHAT THAT BODY WAS WORTH TO THE PEOPLE WRITING THE HISTORY.
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THIS ZINE IS AN EXAMINATION OF MEN IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST FUR TRADE.
AS THE MOUNTAIN WEST OCCUPIES THE MIND FOR MULTIPLE REASONS - NOSTALGIA, POLITICAL MESSAGING AND YOUR FAVORITE FASHION INFLUENCER'S NEW PAIR OF SNAKE SKIN COWBOY BOOTS - THE WEST HAS ALWAYS INHABITED A SPACE WHERE FREEDOM, RESILIENCE AND HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY HAVE BEEN IDEALIZED AND SEEN AS THE STANDARD IN AMERICAN LIVING. THIS ZINE HOPES TO CHALLENGE THAT NARRATIVE, HIGHLIGHTING THE HOMOSOCIAL AND SOMETIMES HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN MEN WORKING IN THE FUR TRADE INDUSTRY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY - WHOSE FREEDOM GETS TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST AND WHY?
THE ANSWER DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON WHOSE BODY YOU WERE IN — AND WHAT THAT BODY WAS WORTH TO THE PEOPLE WRITING THE HISTORY.