Alaast Kamalabadi

Director of Design, The Baseline

Worked on 3 assignments, created 0, named on 3 bylines for The Chaffey Breeze.

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MeToo, Epstein — A Bitter Obituary

The case of the late New York financier, Jeffrey Epstein, has permeated American consciousness for well over a decade. Epstein stands accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring targeting minor girls out of his Palm Beach mansion. He has thwarted proper punitive measures twice: first, in 2008, with a plea bargain that would in February 2019 be ruled as unconstitutional for...

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Rebellion Sewn: Carole Frances Lung on Alter-Egos, Art, and Advocacy

I walked into the space and there she was, by a sewing machine, exactly how I’d imagined her from our email correspondence — salt-and-pepper hair worn short; a deep, welcoming timber to her voice, even through her cold. Despite her minor ailment she projected a core of strength in her that seemed indefatigable. Carole Frances Lung is an artist-activist whose...

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The A-Z of Zines

Illustrations by Alaast Kamalabadi. Zines: independently published booklets or pamphlets of appropriated text and images for limited circulation. So you’re curious about what makes a zine tick. Maybe you’re a seasoned zinester looking for inspiration or for a zine fact you’ve never heard. Maybe you’re a neophyte wondering if a zine is the same thing as a magazine. Look no...