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“Old Father, Old Artificer” The Father-Child Relationship in Bechdel’s “Fun Home” & the Similarities in Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son”

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Rachel

Alison Bechdel and James Baldwin are two seemingly disparate writers. While Bechdel is concerned with queerness in contemporary American culture, Baldwin concerns himself with the place of African Americans in pre Civil Rights Movement America. Yet, they are united, not … Continue reading →

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Bechdel’s Self-Knowledge in “Fun Home”

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jessica R

In Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel, “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic,” the concepts of knowledge and self-knowledge become powerful markers in how Bechdel remembers and interprets her past. It’s really interesting when Bechdel starts a diary and begins to doubt and … Continue reading →

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A Fictional Father

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Meaghan K.

It seems that the only way Alison Bechdel can understand her father, along with her father’s relationship to her mother, his love interests and children is by use of allusions to other fictional characters.  Throughout her tragicomic, Bechdel relies heavily … Continue reading →

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If I Can Just Make It Until Then….

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Tiffany Cartee

A comic strip based on and exaggerating the college student experience…

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No Plans in France

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Olivia James
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Bechdel Background…

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Prof VZ

As I was trolling around the web for some suitable background tidbits related to our second-to-last autobiography, Fun Home, I first arrived at Bechdel’s home base on the interweb. It’s a lovely space.  It also led me to these two … Continue reading →

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Nefarious Plan

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Mia
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The Intertwining Pieces to Life

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Morgan Marzolf

Who am I? What defines me? These are the questions that seem to linger over some high schooler’s head at the beginning of some 90’s teen movie. Yet, although one may want to pass off these seemingly pre teen ideas … Continue reading →

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“Staking fence rods in my flesh”: Anzaldúa’s Embodied Borderland

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Crystal Frost

In Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldúa boldly claims an identity inherently composed of the intersecting elements of Chicana culture, internalizing the complexities of the US-Mexico borderland. As Smith and Watson explain, “the cultural meanings assigned particular bodies affect … Continue reading →

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Mythic Me

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Meaghan K.

Out of my forehead sprang a second self claiming the name Ceibhfhionn. She lead me to a bottomless well in the thick of some ancient forest. She dare not speak. Her familiar eyes studied the surface, conjuring up a language … Continue reading →

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