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But the cover lies! it’s not “full color throughout”, it’s all graytones. I’m not complaining, just setting the record straight…#dtwof #lpmtwof #alisonBechdel #dykesToWatchOutFor #lesbian #peta

Después de dos años, un TFG entero sobre ello y muchos paseos a la biblioteca, tener por fin mi propia copia de #DykesToWatchOutFor se siente como un sueño 😭 es de mis obras favoritas!

Bechdel es fascinante e hizo algo increíble publicando durante 25 años la vida cotidiana de un grupo de #lesbianas activistas... Qué archivo tan importante <3

Today in Writing History September 10, 1960: Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator was born. She is most famous for her “Dykes to Watch Out For,” comic strip. And for her “Bechdel Test,” originally intended as a joke in one of her comics, but which has since become a routine metric used by critics as an indicator for the active presence of women in a film.

#workingclass #lgbtq #lgbtqia #alisonbechdel #women #feminism #DykesToWatchOutFor #comics #artist #writer #author #books @bookstadon

Several characters in Dykes to Watch Out For. From left to right: Mo, Sydney, Ginger, and Samia. Caption reads: Ironically, lots of cancer survivors get depressed after finishing treatment. Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4483497

Not much has changed in 37 years, Mo

#dykestowatchoutfor #alisonbechdel

Panel from High Anxiety, a 1987 strip from Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel.

Mo laments "We live in a protestant police state and all I'm worried about is getting a job so I can perpetuate the paranoid patriarchal death culture."

Reminded by
@Kendrawcandraw
Over on Bluesky about this book:
@kendrawcandraw.bsky.social
“Picked up The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For and it is so good. Incredible how we are still having these conversations
20-30 years later”
#DykesToWatchOutFor

The cover of The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
With art showing the characters facing each other in sequence as each character is show twice turning to face the next character who continues the sequence.

Excerpt of DTWOF strip, 9 panels:
Panel 1: Mo (short dark spiky hair standing next to Lois, light slicked back short hair & leather jacket facing Jezanna, sweater with necklace,headband holding back mid length natural hair)

Jezanna: “...BUT l HIRED SOMEONE ELSE.”

Panel 2:
Mo: “YOU WHAT?”
Lois: “WHO?!”

Panel:
Jezanna: “HER NAME'S THE A.
SHE'S NEW IN TOWN. MAYBE YOU SAW HER WHEN SHE BROUGHT HER RESUME IN LAST WEEK. SHE WALKS WITH CRUTCHES.”

Panel 4:
J: “LOOK,I'M
SORRY. I KNOW YOURE DISAPPOINTED. BUT IT'D BE A REALY DUMB MOVE NOT TO HIRE HER”

Panel 5:
J: “SHE HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A BUYER FORA BOOKSTORE ON THE WEST COAST.
SHE KNOWS THE JOB!”

Panel 6:
J: “PLUS SHE'S AN ARTIST.
SHE'S IN TOUCH WITH LOTS OF CRAFTSWOMEN AND HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR SETTING UP A GALLERY IN THE STORE.”

Panel 7:
J: “WHAT CAN I SAY?
SHE'S SMART, FUNNY, HER REFERENCES ARE FANTASTIC!”

Panel 8
M: “JEZANNA. I CAN'T
BELIEVE YOU PASSED UP ME AND LOIS FOR SOME STRANGER JUST BECAUSE SHE'S DISABLED!”

5 panel strip:
Mo: (woman in glasses, lying in bed, striped shirt)”WHY SHOULD | BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF A SOCIETY THAT THRIVES BY OPPRESSING EVERY ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD?

Sydney: (light haired in a shirt with vest)Y KNOW, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! I THINK YOU'VE HIT ON A VERY
SYMBOLIC FORM OF PROTEST HERE!

Panel 2: (S strikes palm with fist for emphasis)
S: “YES! AS A CITIZEN OF A PRIVILEGED COUNTRY, RENOUNCE THE POWER YOU HAVE TO ACTIVELY DISSENT AND EDUCATE! JUST STAY IN BED!
THAT'LL SHOW THOSE
REPUBLICANS A THING OR TwO.”

Panel 3:
S:”WHAT A MEANINGFUL WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE FEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING FIVE TO A MATTRESS IN REFUGEE CAMPS
AND SHANTYTOWNS
AND PRISONS!
CAN I GET YOU ANOTHER BLANKET BEFORE I LEAVE?”

Panel 4: (Mo swinging her legs over the side of the bed)
M: “ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT!
I'M UP ALREADY!”

Panel 5: (M and S walking away with S lightly smacking M’s barely exposed tuchus)
M: “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BRIBING YOUR LOVER OUT OF BED WITH HOT BLUEBERRY MUFFINS?”

Excerpt of a DTWOF
Strip (6 panels)
Lois (wearing a “Sao Paulo volleyball” shirt) is talking to Mo (dark short spiky hair, glasses & striped shirt speaking across a counter)

Panel 1:
Lois: “WHY NOT?
I SURE THEY’D
HAVE A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE ON THE TOPIC.”

Mo: “LOIS, I’M STILL TRYING TO ADJUST TO LESBIANS USING DILDOS! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE OF A MAN WHO BECAME A WOMAN WHO'S ATTRAC-
•TED TO WOMEN?!”

Panel 2 ()
L: “LOVE IS A MANY-GENDERED THING, PAL. GET USED TO IT”

M: “WELL FINE. LET PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT. BUT I'M NOT GONNA ADD THIS UN WIELDY "BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER" BUSINESS TO THE NAME OF MY READING SERIES. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TRANSGENDER MEANS!”

Panel 3:
L: “IT'S SORT OF AN EVOLVING CONCEPT. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY LANGUAGE FOR PEOPLE YOU CANT NEATLY PEG AS EITHER BOY OR GIRL.”

Panel 4:
L: “LIKE CROSS-DRESSERS, TRANSSEXUALS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE AS THE OPPOSITE SEX BUT DON'T HAVE SURGERY, DRAG QUEENS AND KINGS, AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER TRANSGRESSIVE FOLKS.
"TRANSGENDER"
IS A WAY TO UNITE EVERYONE INTO A GROUP, EVEN THOUGH ALL THESE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT SELF-IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER.”

Panel 5:
L: IN FACT, THE POINT IS THAT WE'RE ALL JUST OURSELVES, AND NOT CATEGORIES.
STEAD OF TWO RIGID GENDERS, THERE'S AN INFINITE SEXUAL CONTINUUM! COOL, HUH?”

M: “HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS STUFF?”

Panel 6:
L: “FROM HANGInG OUT
WITH JILMAN AT LESBIAN AVENGERS MEETINGS. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GONNA SEND THIS TO YoU.”

M: “YoU LOVE TO WATCH ME SQUIRM, DON'T YoU?

How #AlisonBechdel remains #relevant 40 years on.

#DIVA takes a look at the unwavering #popularity of the #infamous #DykesToWatchOutFor

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Media #Representation #Culture #RoleModels

https://diva-magazine.com/2023/09/12/alison-bechdel/

Today in Writing History September 10, 1960: Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator was born. She is most famous for her “Dykes to Watch Out For,” comic strip. And for her “Bechdel Test,” originally intended as a joke in one of her comics, but which has since become a routine metric used by critics as an indicator for the active presence of women in a film.

#WorkingClass #lgbtq #lgbtqia #AlisonBechdel #women #feminism #DykesToWatchOutFor #comics #artist #writer #author #books @bookstadon

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: 18 Movies That, Much to Our Surprise, Pass the Bechdel Test https://jezebel.com/movies-bechdel-test-surprising-1850537372 #Jezebel #thefastandthefurioustokyodrift #trudibronaghgallagher #entertainmentculture #englishlanguagefilms #thefastandthefurious #audraheinrichsalien #dykestowatchoutfor #matthewmcconaughey #veronicacartwright #stevensoderbergh #kadyruthashcraft #martaanadearmas #giselegalgadot #savedbythebell #xquisitedallas #creativeworks #lex

Just finished reading Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni (graphic novel).

It's very reminiscent of Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, while still at the same time being its own fresh/original/independent thing.

"Best friends and chosen family Chris [a nonbinary person]; Elise; Jo [a trans woman]; and Alex [a trans man] work hard to keep themselves afloat. Their regular brunches hold them together even as the rest of their lives threaten to fall apart. In an effort to avoid being the oldest gays at the party, the crew decides to put on a new queer event called Grind–specifically for homos in their dirty thirties.

Grind is a welcome distraction from their real problems: after a messy divorce, Chris adjusts to being a single parent while struggling to reconnect to their queer community. Elise is caught between feelings for her boss and the career of her dreams. Jo tries to navigate the murky boundaries of being a supportive friend and taking care of her own needs. And Alex is guarding a secret that might change his friendships forever.

While navigating exes at work, physical and mental exhaustion, and drinking way, way too much on weekdays, this chosen family proves that being messy doesn’t always go away with age."

#LGBT
#LGBTcomics
#QueerComics
#ArchieBongiovanni
#Bongiovanni
#Mimosa
#AlisonBechdel
#DykesToWatchOutFor

The cover of the graphic novel Mimosa. A nonbinary person with green hair and tattoos; a trans man with a shirt that says Art Trash; a trans woman of colour; and a woman wearing a flannel shirt are all toasting each other with mimosas.

Da ist ein „Merkur in Retrograde“ Witz in #DykesToWatchOutFor? o.O Der Comicstrip war von 1993 oder so. Woher zur Hölle kommt diese Anspielung ursprünglich?

Lese gerade die #DykesToWatchOutFor
nochmal und stelle fest:

a) Entweder ist heute noch alles genau so wie Anfang der 90s... oder heute ist bei uns alles so schlimm wie in den USA in den 90ern.

b) Ich bin sowas von Mo. Also minus das Lesbisch-&Frausein. Aber der ähm... latent verzweifelndpessimistischdogmatische Blick aufs Leben und die Unfähigkeit, Flirten zu erkennen, um nur ein paar Aspekte zu nennen... Faust aufs Auge ^^‘ Beim letzten Lesen fand ich sie sympathisch, nun bin ich sie?! /o\

#DykesToWatchOutFor

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