Karina Hagelin

Ithaca, New York, United States

Bio

Karina Hagelin is a nonbinary queer femme artist & educator based in Ithaca, NY. Their work is grounded in their lived experience as a survivor & disabled babe, covering topics like healing from trauma, radical self-love, trauma-informed & anti-ableist affirmations, mental health, & friendship.

Zines

Affirmations for Survivors #1, $10 - Colorful, bright, & inspiring zine of affirmations for survivors with encouraging + positive words of support for healing from trauma, recovery work, & loving yourself. Purchase here.

Chronic Pain Affirmations, $5 - A pocket-sized zine for chronic pain warriors, by a chronically ill & disabled artist with chronic pain. Features bright, preppy, floral patterns overlaid with supportive words & affirming reminders about chronic pain life grounded in peer support & harm reduction. Purchase here.

Dopamine Decorating, $10 - Dopamine Decorating is a colorful zine featuring a collection of home decor & interior design ideas to help you create a bright, colorful, & inspiring home. Purchase here.

On Digital Violence & Online Abuse, $5 - A colorful pocket-sized mini-zine talks about digital violence, online abuse, & stalking from the perspective of a survivor. Purchase here.

Crybaby, $5 - A zine about crying, being a crybaby, rejecting the shame & stigma associated with crying, about times I couldn't cry & when I won't cry, & how to cry with makeup on. Purchase here.

Affirmations for Disabled Babes, $10 - A colorful & bright zine of anti-ableist affirmations for radical self-love. Purchase here.

Survivor Affirmations #3, $5 - A colorful mini-zine featuring gentle reminders, words of encouragement, & affirmations for radical self-love from one survivor to another. Purchase here.

Books Every Artist, Maker, & Creative Needs to Read, $5 - A cute & colorful mini-zine featuring my favorite books about creativity, crafting, making art, & more. Purchase here.

Surviving to Thriving #3: A Trauma Survival Toolkit, $10 - A colorful zine that compiles coping skills for PTSD/C-PTSD for people healing & recovering from trauma. This zine has been revised & updated from the initial Surviving to Thriving zine as the third part of this series. Purchase here.

Surviving to Thriving #2, $10 - Surviving to Thriving #2 is the second zine in my trauma toolkit series where I go over coping skills for survivors & folks with PTSD + C-PTSD (complex post-traumatic stress disorder). Written by a survivor, for fellow survivors. This zine is colorful, cute, & empowering. Each coping skill discussed includes an activity prompt to get you started! Purchase here.

Healing is the Best Revenge #1, $10 - The first issue of my perzine series about radical self-love, creativity, & healing. Purchase here.

The Art of Happy Mail, $10 - A zine all about mail, including how to find penpals, what to write letters about, things you can add inside your letters, tools & supplies for writing snail mail, reminders/affirmations for getting started with mail, & a list of books + zines/reading recommendations about snail mail. Purchase here.

Healing thru Aesthetics, $10 - Colorful zine about healing thru aesthetics. Topics include how style can be healing & helpful, color magic, a glossary of color symbolism, fashion pep talks, inspiring quotes, where I shop as a fat/plus-size femme, & journaling prompts! Purchase here.

When Femmeship Ends, $10 - A 30 page zine about grieving & healing from femmeship breakups. This collaborative zine by Karina Hagelin & Andi Schwartz contains personal narratives, fact boxes, activity pages, how-tos, & other dispatches from two femmes who know. Created to comfort & guide you through the end of femmeships. Purchase here.

Affirmations for Survivors #2, $10 - Colorful mental health zine of affirmations for survivors about healing, trauma recovery, & radical self-love. Carry these words of encouragement & supportive reminders from a fellow survivor with you anywhere you go. Purchase here.

F*ck Forgiveness, $5 - A supportive mini-zine for survivors filled with affirmations on healing & forgiveness, including important reminders that we don't have to forgive to heal; that what survivors need matters, & what survivors WANT matters. Purchase here.

Iconic, $5 - A colorful mini-zine & spell about radical self-love, reclaiming your power after trauma, being unapologetically confident, & healing. Purchase here.

I Believe You: A Resource on Supporting Survivors (By A Survivor), $10 - A zine about supporting survivors in your life, offering a starting point for learning the skills you need to feel confident showing up for your community. Includes practical tips & advice, exercises to develop your strengths, a reading list, & more. Purchase here.

Friendships as Resistance, $5 - A super cute & cheerful mini-zine about friendships as resistance, queer & trans friendships, community care, & more! Purchase here.

Keep Going: A Pocket-Sized Pep Talk for When Things are Hard, $5 - A colorful mini-zine featuring a pep talk for hard days. Carry it with you in your pocket or bag :) Purchase here.