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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
Väldigt spännande att läsa seriestrippar skrivna mellan sent 80-tal och sent 00-tal som följer samma karaktärer, mycket hinner förändras på över 20 år, särskilt åsikter om politik och vilka som platsar i queera rum. Väldigt bra ur ett rent queerhisoriskt perspektiv(och framförallt lesbisk historia). Såklart väldigt USA centrisk. Serierna om amerikansk politik, val och krig är särskilt intressanta att läsa om såhär i efterhand, även om det ibland var svårt att greppa allt. En av huvudkaraktärerna är genderqueer och börjar identifiera sig som det på tidigt 90-tal vilket är nice. Bra urval av seriestrippar som skapar en följsam historia ända till tidigt 2000-tal, då började boken hoppa mer och det var lite svårare att ha koll på vad som hände.
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
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A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 ⭐️
Really great! Lovable characters, interesting storyline and funny humour.
Very politically heavy, but a nice glumpse into gender theories of the times. Scary how some pages could of been drawn today.. it seems like no progress has happened..
The ending was a little abrupt
Really great! Lovable characters, interesting storyline and funny humour.
Very politically heavy, but a nice glumpse into gender theories of the times. Scary how some pages could of been drawn today.. it seems like no progress has happened..
The ending was a little abrupt
Geweldige collectie strips van 1987 - 2008 over een groepje lesbische vrouwen en hun entourage. Heel inspirerend om te zien hoe politiek activisme, anti-racisme, duurzaamheid en psychische gezondheid hun alomvattende levensstijl is, en dat dezelfde maatschappelijke kwesties nu nog steeds of alweer spelen. Verder is het ook nog eens supergrappig en heeft elke strip subtiele en hilarische verwijzingen naar de actualiteit, door bizarre advertenties, merknamen en krantenkoppen. Het was ook nog eens mooi om de persoonlijke ontwikkelingen van de personages door de jaren heen te volgen. Kortom: episch.
Iconic. It's incredible to read something that so very much centers lesbians and their stories. Very interesting from a historical perspective, too.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
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Character
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Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I see this book as a snapshot into lesbian life at the time. I know I'm really showing my youth here but I read this as almost a historical piece. That being said it is veryyy funny and very relatable. It's crazy because lesbians really are still like that! Just before I bought the book I had the exact same conversation mo and lo had in that first strip (sadly I was mo). The art is also wonderful, I love Bechdel's art style.
EDIT:
was just thinking about this book again...literally changed my life
EDIT:
was just thinking about this book again...literally changed my life
Oh goddess, where to start? How to sum up a book that compiles comic strips going back to 1987? Well, I guess that kinda sums it up. What a fascinating adventure watching the progression of dyke culture, LGBTQ issues and priorities, feminism, and liberalism over what's essentially my entire lifetime. It's like watching 30 years of newsreels all at once. No summations, just the actions and reactions in real time. And yes, there are characters that I despise, intentional distilled caricatures without depth or nuance, but what's lacking sometimes laterally is more than made up for longitudinally. Bechdel discovers her characters as time goes on, just as we do, and it's glorious to watch. To me, if there's such a thing as the one must-read dyke culture book, this surely must be it, a place where literature, culture, theory, and history beautifully converge and unfold over a lifetime.
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
quintessential comics, comics 101, alison bechdel you're amazing - I can't help but notice the influence of this book on almost every queer comic strip artist I read, and no wonder! bechdel has nailed strip comics through her dry humour and extensive political commentary, her art is very smooth, she's incredibly clever and she writes about such lesbian things, even now I can see myself and my friends in the characters - five stars!!!
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The representation is off the charts. Bechdel doing what the L word could never
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes