every detail in the history of this AIDS humor zine is unforgettable

This Hazlitt longread by Jonathan Kauffman, Get Fat, Don’t Die, is spellbinding from beginning to end as it traces the history of a ‘90s AIDS humor zine called Diseased Pariah News along with the lives of its founders, who — “inspired by ACT UP but too introverted to join its protests” — employed the darkest humor imaginable to provide a counternarrativ…