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Ways I Have Tried to Stop Biting My Nails

Mini-zine with a black and white cover. Text reads Ways I Have Tried to Stop Biting My Nails: A Collection of Subjective Review.
Mini-zine with a black and white cover. Text reads Ways I Have Tried to Stop Biting My Nails: A Collection of Subjective Review.

This zine is about nail biting, OCD, anxiety, gender, being trans, and responding to unsolicited advice. If you or someone you know have an adult nail-biting habit, Robin Elan hope this brings you some laughs and solidarity.

  • Black & white mini-zine
  • 5.5 x 4.25″
Two-page spread of the zine. Page 1: text reads: I'm also including many tips I've received from people with Opinons about nail-biting, usually cloaked in unsolicited advice. For example: "You really shouldn't do that, you know, it's so bad for you." Page 2: #2 consider my health and well-being. Zero stars. Drawing of author, a white person with a curly undercut in a t-shirt. They are biting their nails. They have arrows pointing at them that say "Worrying about the health effects of nail biting" and "Coping with the resulting anxiety by biting nails."
Two-page spread of the zine. Page 1: text reads: I’m also including many tips I’ve received from people with Opinons about nail-biting, usually cloaked in unsolicited advice. For example: “You really shouldn’t do that, you know, it’s so bad for you.” Page 2: #2 consider my health and well-being. Zero stars. Drawing of author, a white person with a curly undercut in a t-shirt. They are biting their nails. They have arrows pointing at them that say “Worrying about the health effects of nail biting” and “Coping with the resulting anxiety by biting nails.”

I’ve also struggled with nail biting (and its stigmas) my whole life, so this zine provided some great insight. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

-Liz, Etsy
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