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It’s our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

Are you my Mother? by Alison Bechdel

January 23, 2019 by vel veeter 2 Comments

Here’s some questions: Are you?? Does this book pass the Bechdel test? Yes, overwhelmingly. Also, say the title of the book with the emphasis that makes the most sense to you. ARE you my mother? Are YOU my mother? Are you MY mother? Are you my MOTHER? All of these work for this book. This is a follow-up memoir after Fun Home, that is a mature and interesting work, but one that’s also less successful and ultimately less memorable. This book follows more so along […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Alison Bechdel, are you my mother

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:43 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Alison Bechdel, are you my mother ·
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Are you my mummy?

December 11, 2017 by tillie Leave a Comment

“It’s our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive.” The name Bechdel is for me synonymous with the Bechdel test. I was, of course, vaguely aware that the phrase originated from a person named Bechdel who did something with comic strips or drawing on the internet, but other than that it was just a feminist test that was popular for a while, but has since gone somewhat out of fashion. <sidenote> The Bechdel test has been criticized for being insufficient, that it’s too easy. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Alison Bechdel, are you my mother, cbr9, Graphic Novel, Mathildehoeg, psychoanalysis, Psychology

tillie's CBR9 Review No:44 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Alison Bechdel, are you my mother, cbr9, Graphic Novel, Mathildehoeg, psychoanalysis, Psychology ·
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