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Bitch in a Box: Holiday Gift Guide, Graphic Novels Edition

Books post by Kjerstin Johnson on November 29, 2012 - 3:54pm; tagged Alison Bechdel, Aya de Yopougon, comics, Cristy C. Road, flannery o'connor, graphic novel, queer comics.

Thumbnails of the graphic novels in the gift guide

Whether you're shopping for a long-time comics reader or someone who's new to the world of graphic novels (maybe you're just looking for a good page turner for yourself, we won't tell), click through for some quality 2012 releases of the graphic persuasion.

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Tales From The Crip: "The Paper Mirror: Drawing Alison Bechdel"

Movies post by Caitlin Wood on October 25, 2012 - 9:56am; tagged Alison Bechdel, art, Bechdel Test, bill shannon, Charissa King-O’Brien, disability, dykes to watch out for, Fun Home, neil marcus, nomy lamm, obsessive compulsive disorder, queer, Riva Lehrer, Tales from the crip, The Paper Mirror.

Alison Bechdel Renowned visual artist and educator Riva Lehrer has teamed up with brilliant cartoonist and graphic memoirist, Alison Bechdel in the new short film, “The Paper Mirror: Drawing Alison Bechdel.”

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On Our Radar

Bitch HQ post by Mac Pogue on November 11, 2011 - 12:10pm; tagged Alison Bechdel, Angela Davis, Herman Cain, net neutrality, Olympics, sexual harassment, The Spice Girls.
Here's what we've been reading (and watching, and thinking about) this week.
  • Have you been reading Ladydrawers' interview comic with Alison Bechdel? Catch up with part two of three over at Truth Out.
  • Women's Media Center writes about Ibtihaj Muhammad's journey to become the first women to compete for the U.S. Olympic team wearing a headscarf.
  • In the "Something actually good occuring at Penn State this week" category, Angela Davis and Eric Stanley spoke about Stanley's new anthology, Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex. (Thanks Toshio!)
  • Ms. Magazine writes on the importance of net neutrality—and how lucky we are that Obama vetoed it.
  • Sady Doyle gives the Spice Girls a second chance over at Rookie.
  • Dahlia Lithwick writes about and the old-school misogyny and the frightening new-school sexual harassment denial surrounding the Herman Cain scandals.
  • Maxwell Zachs weighs the pros and cons of the new BBC series, My Transsexual Summer.
  • We're still taking who-to-follow recommendations for Twitter! Leave your suggestions in the comments.

Tell us what you think and what you've been reading in the comments below!

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TelevIsm: The Bechdel Spectrum

TV post by RMJ on August 5, 2010 - 10:56am; tagged Alison Bechdel, television, televism.
If you’re on a site about feminist response to pop culture (spoiler alert: you are), you have probably heard of the Bechdel Test for movies. Conceived in Alison Bechdel’s Dykes To Watch Out For, the test is simple: to pass, the movie in question must feature a conversation between two named female characters that is not about a man. It’s a good indication of whether or not a film is at all concerned with women, or if its focus is entirely on men. It’s deceptively simple; upon hearing this for the first time, I thought "well, surely almost every film must pass!" But no.

While I am not the movie writer in residence here (check out Snarky’s archive for that!) I’ve found that it’s easily applicable to other forms of media, including television! It’s not a standard I apply to every single episode of every single television show I watch, but more of something that occurs to me while I’m watching. "Oh," I’ll think while watching Tami and Tyra talk about college on Friday Night Lights. "This episode clearly passes the Bechdel test! Awesome!" The Bechdel test is not a way to tell whether or not a show is feminist—that depends on the viewer’s interpretation of the show and their definition of feminism—but it’s a good way to gauge the development and value of female characters on the show.
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