![]() So discovering Dykes to Watch Out For, in which Bechdel takes delight in the irony of lesbian life, let me know that I wasn’t alone. “Lesbian visibility” was about being able to see whom you were dancing with at the bar mainstream media didn’t know we existed or, more likely, didn’t care.Īs someone who tends to find something to laugh about in the most sober of circumstances, I often had to bite my tongue. Being a lesbian was an identity as much as a sexual orientation. I don’t mean they were humorless - at least not all the time - but activism was beyond exhausting it was dangerous. When I came out in the late 80s, lesbians tended not to laugh at themselves. I’ll let that soak in for a minute while you admire the comic strip’s awesome creator, Alison Bechdel.ĭTWOF has kept me sane more than once over the past couple of decades. This year is the 25th anniversary of Dykes to Watch Out For.
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