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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Like me, my guest today is a huge paper nerd who is the founding editor of a stationery publication. Unlike me, Victoria Kirst is also a software engineer who created her fabulous zine<a href="https://shop.pouchmagazine.com/">⁠ </a><a href="https://shop.pouchmagazine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pouch⁠</a> as an offline labor of love to share her passion for analog tools with an ever-growing community.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you haven&#8217;t seen a zine in a few decades or so, prepare to be dazzled! This purely 21st-century publication truly celebrates our medium, showcasing its endless potential — as well as the seemingly endless creative ways individuals in the stationery community express and process their inner lives and experiences through journals, planners, washi tapes, pens, cards, rubber stamps, and the like.</p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-85117" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-85117 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="85117" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-10006139 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favorites tag-buttons tag-calypso-cards tag-cards tag-design tag-greeting-cards tag-illustration tag-janie-velencia tag-magnets tag-mugs tag-national-stationery-show tag-nicky-burton tag-nss tag-ruth-bader-ginsburg tag-sarah-schwartz tag-seltzer tag-stationery tag-stationery-blog tag-stationery-design tag-stationery-designer tag-the-aclu-womens-rights-project tag-the-card-bureau tag-the-found tag-the-greeting-card-association tag-the-paper-chronicles tag-the-paper-fold tag-the-paper-nerd tag-thinking-of-you-week tag-tote-bags" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/rbgs-favorite-birthday-card/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=293%2C293&;ssl=1 293w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=254%2C254&;ssl=1 254w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=351%2C351&;ssl=1 351w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=546%2C546&;ssl=1 546w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=861%2C861&;ssl=1 861w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=24%2C24&;ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=48%2C48&;ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=96%2C96&;ssl=1 96w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=50%2C50&;ssl=1 50w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MUG-02H-1-scaled.jpeg?zoom=2&;resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></div><div class="meta"><div class="byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-4"><div class="byline-part cats"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/category/favorites/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">Favorites</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/rbgs-favorite-birthday-card/">RBG&#8217;s Favorite Birthday Card</a></h3></div><div class="byline byline-3"><span class="byline-part date"><i class="tipi-i-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date" datetime="2020-09-24T14:19:16+00:00">September 24, 2020</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="10006139"><span class="likes-heart"><i class="tipi-i-heart-o" aria-hidden="true"></i><i class="tipi-i-heart" aria-hidden="true"></i></span><span class="tipi-value">1</span></a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></tipimidc>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With a mission is to inspire every reader to start doodling, junk journaling or other stationery project, of course I have plenty of questions that we begin tackling in the first of two episodes. What attracts a software engineer to the world of analog — and what does stationery have that the digital domain lacks? Why are stationery clubs and meetups and junk journaling retreats happening now? Whatever your role in stationery, it is nearly impossible to not catch Victoria&#8217;s excitement — ;or begin a journal of one&#8217;s own!</p>



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Victoria Kirst of Pouch Studio
