What is Friendcities?Friendcities LLC is an Arizona-based art magazine that celebrates friendship, art, and the way they bring us together. Our zine (pronounced zeen) was started in 2023 by Andrue/Voupie as a side project of the website voupie.lol. We started with just our digital magazine then expanded into physical distribution. With every issue we wanted to further highlight our diverse perspectives coming from real artists from around the globe. ✮⋆˙ What does Friendcities Care About?Friendcities stands to uplift artists and their unique perspectives. Through our magazine we seek to expose the art our CONTRIBUTORS create. We also stand firmly against racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, dehumanization, pedophilia, and remaining complicit in the face of oppression. We actively support artists of all identities and backgrounds and with our platform we want to both share art as well as raise awareness and give direct action to our readers. We operate on a zero-tolerance policy, if you have any issues or information that should be brought to our attention feel free to email us at friendcities@proton.me. What Do You Guys Do?We currently release our magazines on an irregular schedule, but typically every 3-5 months. Between our magazines we also do interviews, release articles, videos, photodrops, event coverage, and more. Check out our articles and such HERE! We are also expanding into offering web-design services, modeling, and photography. For more information on pricing please email us at friendcities@proton.me Who's In It?Well, there is a contributor profile page HERE but it actually does not include all of our contributors! Here is a full list of current contributors:
How Is the Magazine Made?When we begin work on a new zine we start by deciding what prompts we will be using. The prompts used in a zine will be in the Table of Contents section. There are 3 major topics or prompts that we give our contributors to inspire a piece of statement. The prompts are decided by all of the members through an anonymous submission and voting process. Once we have voted on 3 prompts that we'd like to use, we begin work. There is a working period of around a month or so where each of the members has an opportunity to create a piece of work for any (or all) of the 3 prompts. After the due date for the submissions our editors create things like the cover, the table of contents, ads, as well as the music recommendation pages. Once all of this is completed and the zine is ready to be put out it is posted here on this website and we announce it on our social media page, @friendcities on Instagram. Want to Contact Us?Want us to take photos of you or at your event? Looking for an interview? General questions? Email us at friendcities@proton.me for any creative or other inquiries you may have! We also like fan mail :D Friendcities LLC 
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