Bitch Vol. 1, no. 4, The, November 1993

The G.B. Jones Collection exhibits her sweeping influence on the queer, feminist punk scenes of Toronto, greater Canada, the U.S. and abroad from the mid-1980s onward. As founding provocateur of the queercore movement, Jones’ zines are primary sources on the movements’ anti-assimilationist queer politics and its early contributors and co-conspirators – zines including her J.D.'s co-created with Bruce La Bruce and Double Bill featuring the likes of Jena Von Brücker, bandmate Caroline Azar, Johnny Noxema, and Rex, and others.

Series 1, "Zines by G.B. Jones," consists of zines G.B. Jones created and co-created.

Series 2, "Zines collected by G.B. Jones," comprises zines traded with or mailed to Jones over decades – zines that circulated within and trace the progression of overlapping, interconnected networks of queercore, riot grrrl, squatting, anarcho-punk, and independent music and film scenes. Jones’ cultural impact is evidenced throughout, with zines featuring album and show reviews of her proto-riot grrrl band Fifth Column, interviews with her and her bandmates, her Tom Girls illustrations, and reviews of and promotion for Jones’ films Yo-Yo Gang, Troublemakers, No Skin Off My Ass and Lollipop Generation. Thank-you liner notes, dedications, photo spreads, shout-outs and fanzine fanfare for Jones are also embedded into the personal zine collection she safeguarded over the years – mementos to the lasting queer community and snail mail friendships she nurtured through zines.