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Coming+Of+Rave+V2.Pdf Welcome to Coming of Rave, our helpful guide for the baby ravers out there. We were inspired to make this when we realized we have been raving for a really long time and haven’t died (though we do cry a fair bit still), and that we should probably help other young-ins / people new to the scene also not die and live their best rave life. That’s basically it. This is a collection of real talk about drugs, how to not have a terrible time at the party, sex, packing for festivals, not dying and being an all-around good patron of the rave / festival while you are still figuring shit out. Needless to say, this zine includes explicit references to mature content and swear words, blah blah blah. Please share it around! Introduction P.S. Coming of Rave is dedicated to all the Queens in Ravepower. Xoxo, S & E 1 Packing for a festival is plates used for everything except food. overwhelming, you can think about Here are some ideas about what is the necessities as the days good and what is bad to bring: counting down get shorter, but when it comes to actually putting things Good: Fruits and veg that don’t perish in your bags, you’ll always pack or bruise easily ie. apples and carrots vs. peaches and tomatoes -unless you have too much. “It’s better to be safe faith that when you’re searching for than sorry”- Rave Mom. a beer at 2am you won’t toss all your peaches and tomatoes to the bottom of the Your Temporary Home: Tent, air cooler, leaving them in a bruised puddle, mattress, pillow,towel (for sitting on only to be discovered on Monday morning. and towelling), tarp(s), bungees/rope for securing said tarp(s), cooler(s), Good: Dried proteins like nuts, jerky, dry goods container (because just like chickpea snacks, cliff bars are okay when in real camping, critters can get into they don’t make up the entirety of your your things at festivals too), kitchen solid food groups. accessories (ie. all the things you need Bad: Potato salad, or any sort of premade What to pack to What to prepare food), garbage/recycling dairy-based thing that one buys from vessels, camp shower (if you feel so a deli, it may seem like a great and : inclined as to bathe yourself- also a easy idea for a meal, but unless you’re helpful bonus to be clean if you wanna neurotic about restocking your ice, it’s get busy with a friend), lighting (to best to leave it in the store, lest it see at night), camping chair (because join the peach-tomato puddle. you have to sit down eventually!). Good: Breads, crackers, chips, etc. Your Temporary Fridge - You need to eat, or else you will die (exaggerated Bad: Things that create a lot of waste Fes ti va l s statement). like dunkaroos. You may think that they’re a fun and good idea, but that’s You’d be surprised how much your body only half true, they’re half fun and half craves real food, cliff bars and V8’s garbage. can only take you so far and actually preparing a meal can help your body and Good: Premade cold brew coffee, you can your mind reset during the chaos of a freeze it and utilize its coolness for festival. How about a hot meal? Even the beginning of the festival and it’s a better! good idea to do this with all your non- alcoholic liquids.The list could go on, Soon your campsite will feel like a mini common sense applied and ya’ll should be home instead of a war zone covered in fine and fed. 2 Festivals might be a manufactured layer too soon, even if you see dream world, but that does not that sun peaking over the hill. exempt them from the hazards of General hazards: mother nature and porta-potties: How to dress yourself for the The Ground- Always wear shoes, boots elements and things to consider. are great because they’re durable and better for your feet than flat First of all, where is the canvas shoes, but anything that is festival? A arid desert climate? in shoe form is better than running England? Australia? Definitely around the rave without shoes, check the weather before you go, stepping on things and having to go but as we all know, weather apps to first aid to get a tetanus shot. are dirty liars, so plan for the best and the worst. Porta-Potties: Outfit hazard #1, heed my warning, do not wear big animal onesies. It goes against the Here are your elements, accessorize advice to dress yourself warmly and OutFits wisely: I know you want to be a pikachu : on Friday night, but one year at d Rain- Poncho, umbrella, Shambhala someone told me that they welly/gumboots or go naked if it’s warm called them “Piss Spongages. enough,skin is waterproof. The reason being is that porta- d Sun- Hats, bodysuits, potties are covered in piss and misters, parasols, fans when you go to the bathroom high on (electric or manual), acid, chances are you’re not holding find a tree to sit under, the entirety of your outfit in your What to Pack to What heat stroke hands, so it drops to the ground, sucks. the piss floor, soaking up the piss. d Cold/Nights- Fur And you’re also still high on acid, vintage or faux), so you’re not going to wipe properly ponchos (the warm kind, therefore also getting your own not the rain kind), piss on your outfit (scenario also scarves, etc. applicable if you’re sober). d Remember, the break of dawn So when the sun rises and you’re is always the coldest part of walking back to your campsite and the night, so don’t de- 3 you smell the scent of evaporating are super accepting of all humans, pee as the sun hits the wet grass I would be lying if I said that you also might be attributing to being surrounded by tiny humans that smell. You’ve been warned. wearing just stickers and floss, Try your outfits on before you didn’t make me feel like shit once leave, wear them around the house. in a while, as a person who needs Jump, bend and stretch and see how 46 underwires and thick spandex to it holds up. There is literally keep my tits in place. nothing worse than getting less and This is why dressing for you and less sober and having to fuck around only you is the most important part with straps, and hooks and worrying of outfit selection. Know what you about parts staying put or having rock best and it will bring out friends be on nipple / labia / ball your inner queen / king. When you patrol (shout outs to the mvps who are comfortable, it will show and do this for us though!) you will have a better time. OutFits Another important thing about On this tip - if you hear someone : costumes is that you don’t have to (even someone in your crew) body costume. The best part about raves shaming or slut shaming ANYONE is that you can literally wear at the rave - address it, do not ANYTHING, that’s one of the best ignore it. parts of the rave. So if your vibe On the flipside of this, if you is more casual - that’s TOTALLY are loving how someone is rocking FINE. an outfit, respectfully let them You don’t have to feel pressured to know you appreciate their style. What to Pack to What spend money on bodysuits, sequins They may look like they have all or whatever rave wear if that’s the confidence in the world, but not your vibe. You will not have we all move through life with our good time if you are feeling weird insecurities and sometimes it is in your own skin, forcing a look nice to hear someone appreciates that doesn’t really feel like what you are putting out there. “you.” It’s actually a recipe for a terrible time. Also related to this is the fact that as much as we say that raves 4 Rave culture has many fascinating festival to festival. origin stories, from various parts I don’t want to sound preachy here, of the world resulting in the but I want to encourage you to get to experiences you have come to know and know your scene, and do your best to love today. Raves historically, and engage with it in a meaningful way, today still can be places of immense rather than just feel entitled to get freedom and safety, especially for messed up and be entertained by it. marginalized communities. We call raves “inclusive” all the time - but Learn about the queer, black, trans what does that REALLY mean? roots of most “dance-music,” think critically about what it means to Cultural appropriation is when people rave as a settler on (likely unceded) from the dominant (aka white) Indigenous lands, learn about the “culture” “cherry pick” aspects of political narrative behind many of a non-dominant culture, get t0 try the beats and dance moves that show it on for a look, for a rave, for up in rave culture, and even about a moment, as a costume and don’t the role that gentrification plays in have to actually live with all of the commodification of “nightlife.” the complex, systemic and sometimes Dont stand for homophobia / festishinging discriminations faced transphobia / racism / ablism / by members of dominant cultures not slutshaming at events.
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