OK, some of us--well maybe most of us--have seen "Dykes to Watch Out For" in our GLBT or local freebie weekly. VERY funny. Alison Bechdel, creator of DTWOF, has a new book coming out soon if not already: Are You My Mother? I was browsing around my list of blogs I love this very early morning, and I checked in with
Feminéma
and she has this wonderful comment on Bechdel and her new book. She also slips in this: The Bechdel Test for women in movies. Ever suspect that movies are really mostly for and about guys? What was your first clue? This might give you a hint....
Nice observations. I like Bechdel. I think Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" and the new HBO program, "Girls," tackle some "real woman" issues, and women are the center of their own lives, not decorative afterthoughts as male fantasy figures.
ReplyDeleteBTW: Bechdel's book is out. I saw it on my daughter's coffee table but did not have time to more than glance it it. It's very complex.
HATTIE.....I also have the book! fabulous! it is indeed complex. i'm thinking of Joyce's "Ulysses"....you need to have a lot of life experience to understand it.
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Yeah...Excellent points. How debilitating for young girls growing up.
ReplyDeleteTrue, true....if "debilitating" incudes being totally ignored and excluded from the human experience!!
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