Honestly, people’s incredibly excited responses to the zines so far are exactly why we’ve started…

lingthusiasm:ALTLingthusiasm gets into zines! We hear from people a lot who are enthusiastic about linguistics, and many of you have been trying to get other people in your life also into linguistics, which is amazing!Whether it’s linguistics fans trying to articulate their (our) excitement to family and friends, linguistics academics trying to spread the word to future students who might want to take a linguistics course, or when we go to in-person conferences and events and we’re trying to explain why people might want to listen to a whole half hour of linguistics enthusiasm every month, we’ve been feeling a need for more ways to bring that linguistics energy from the internet into the physical world.Also, it turns out coincidentally that Gretchen’s and Lauren’s and producer Claire’s and editor Leah’s friends have all separately been getting really into zines lately [although a few of our friends would like it pointed out that they’ve been into zines since earlier zine waves. you’re…