Podcast appearances and mentions of Alison Bechdel

Host Jason Blitman talks to Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy (Let Them Stare) about astrology, the names of our teenage cars, and early inspirations for their book. And Crock Pots. And British accents. And Nobu. They talk about a lot. Jason is then joined by queer icon Alison Bechdel who shares what she's been reading and talks about her new graphic novel, Spent.   Julie & JVN Publisher's Weekly ArticleJonathan Van Ness is an Emmy-winning television personality, 3x New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, comedian, celebrity hairstylist, and founder of JVN Hair. He stars on Netflix's Emmy Award–winning reboot series Queer Eye, where he shines as the hair guru and self-care advocate; and he hosts the popular podcast Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness.Julie Murphy splits her time between North Texas and Kansas with her husband, who loves her, and her cats, who tolerate her. When Julie isn't writing, she can be found watching movies so bad they're good, hunting for the perfect slice of cheese pizza, or planning her next great travel adventure. She is the author of the middle grade novels Dear Sweet Pea and Camp Sylvania as well as the young adult novels Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary, the Faith series, Pumpkin, Puddin', and Dumplin' (now a Netflix original film).Alison Bechdel's cult following for her early comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For expanded wildly for her family memoirs, the New York Times bestselling and Time magazine #1 Book of the Year graphic memoir Fun Home, adapted into a Tony Award–winning musical, and Are You My Mother? Most recently, The Secret to Superman Strength was named a New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2021. Bechdel has been named a MacArthur Fellow, among many other honors.SUBSTACK!https://gaysreading.substack.com/ MERCH!http://gaysreading.printful.me BOOK CLUB!Use code GAYSREADING at checkout to get first book for only $4 + free shipping! Restrictions apply.http://aardvarkbookclub.com WATCH!https://youtube.com/@gaysreading FOLLOW!Instagram: @gaysreading | @jasonblitmanBluesky: @gaysreading | @jasonblitmanCONTACT!hello@gaysreading.com

Perhaps you've been following Alison Bechdel's work since her comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” which invented the now ubiquitous Bechdel test (does a movie have two women who speak to each other about something other than a man?). Maybe you came to know her through her graphic memoir “Fun Home,” which was adapted into a Tony-award winning musical. Her latest comic novel, “Spent,” is a work of autofiction that grapples with and parodies Bechdel's own popularity. We'll talk with Bechdel about being famous in a world on fire— and the funny side of it, too. Guests: Alison Bechdel, graphic novelist and cartoonist, author of "Spent: A Comic Novel." Her previous books include "The Secret to Superhuman Strength" and "Fun Home," which was adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of Law at University of Michigan Law School Leah Litman, Sr. Fellow at the American Statecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Aaron David Miller, author of “Fun Home” Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel rose to fame as the creator of a long-running alt-weekly comic strip before jumping to an even wider audience by way of her celebrated graphic memoirs “Fun Home” and “Are You My Mother?” Her new book, “Spent,” is a graphic novel — but it was originally meant to be another memoir, as Bechdel tells Gilbert Cruz on this week's podcast.“Over the years that I turned myself from being a comic strip writer into a memoirist, I got very sort of self-righteous about memoir as a genre,” Bechdel says. “I just thought, why would you bother making anything up? Life is incredible. It's all right there. It's served up on a platter every day. Write about that. My friends who are fiction writers would say, You're able to tell a deeper kind of truth with fiction, don't you think? And I would agree with them, but secretly I would think, no, you can't. You've got to tell the actual truth. But that does get really tiresome. It gets tiring." Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

In the latest installment of our series, Vermont Edition At Home: The award-winning cartoonist Alison Bechdel chats with us from her home studio in Bolton.Alison Bechdel is one of the country's most renowned cartoonists. Her graphic memoir Fun Home was turned into a Tony Award-winning musical. Her new graphic novel, Spent, is set in Vermont.

Spent by Alison Bechdel is a big-hearted and funny account of life and art from a beloved author. Alison joins us to talk about late-stage capitalism, vulnerability hangovers, community, writing autofiction and more with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.                     New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Spent by Alison Bechdel Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé The Unstrung Harp by Edward Gorey

Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist and graphic novelist. She first started getting attention for her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and later wrote a graphic memoir called Fun Home which is about her father's troubled life and her own experience of coming out as a lesbian. In 2015, Fun Home was produced as a Broadway musical and won 5 Tony Awards. Her new graphic novel Spent is about an artist trying to come to terms with her past success. And here's a spoiler. She includes this in her story but Alison Bechdel doesn't really run a sanctuary farm for pygmy goats. “Now What?” is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Jackie Schwartz. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.

The Guilty Feminist 434. Alison Bechdel in ConversationPresented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Alison BechdelRecorded 21 April 2025 via Riverside. Released 28 April.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah's new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-haveMore about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://www.instagram.com/dfdubzhttps://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120More about Alison Bechdelhttps://www.instagram.com/alisonbechdelhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/464738/spent-by-bechdel-alison/9781787335394https://www.harpercollins.com/products/spent-alison-bechdel?variant=43095391764514For more information about this and other episodes…visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.comtweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempodlike our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeministcheck out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeministor join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPTOur new podcasts are out nowMedia Storm https://podfollow.com/media-stormAbsolute Power https://podfollow.com/john-bercows-absolute-powerCome to a live recording:An Evening with Deborah Frances-White and David Tennant https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/an-evening-with-deborah-frances-white-and-david-tennantThank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts or Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/guiltyfeminist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Julie Enszer, editor of Sinister Wisdom, dyke poetry superstar, and protector of the lesbian archives. Julie and I speak about shared queer cultures, lesbian feminist publishing, and all of the amazing queer archiving projects Julie is involved in. We also speak about the importance of sharing knowledge and practices of resistance, especially at a time like the present moment. Since Julie is particularly invested in sharing these practices internationally, she is part of the team that is bringing the Lesbian Lives conference to New York in October 2025… Tune in for the details.  References:https://julierenszer.com/Sinister Wisdom https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/@sinister_wisom (IG)Julie Enszer's The Pinko Commie Dyke (Indolent Books, 2024) with illustrations by Isabel Clare PaulOutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture (ed. Julie Enszer and Elena Gross, Rutgers UP, 2022)The Complete Works of Pat Parkers (ed. Julie Enszer, Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night's Press, 2016)Fire-Rimmed Eden: Selected Poems by Lynn Lonidier (ed. Julie Enszer, Sinister Wisdom, 2023)Sinister Wisdom 128: Trans/FeminismsReveal Digital Archiveshttps://about.jstor.org/revealdigital/The Lesbian Poetry Archive http://lesbianpoetryarchive.org/Feminist Bookstore News Archivehttps://www.lesbianpoetryarchive.org/fbnCarol SeajayWomen in Print MovementCatherine NicholsonHarriet DesmoinesHillary ClintonLesbian Lives ConferenceElla Ben HagaiThe Journal of Lesbian StudiesOlu JenzenCLAGS (The Centre for LGBTQ Studies, CUNY)https://www.gc.cuny.edu/clags-center-lgbtq-studiesMatt BrimGrace Nichols' The Fat Black Woman's PoemsHeresieshttp://heresiesfilmproject.org/archive/Cheryl Clarkehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cheryl-clarkeTim Retzloffhttps://michiganlgbtqremember.com/842-2/Alison Bechdel's Fun HomeMarilyn Hacker's Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons (1986)  Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:1.      How do we build lesbian and feminist communities? Which examples does Julie give?2.      What are the Reveal Digital Archives?3.      What types of writing does Sinister Wisdom publish and what would Julie like to see more of? In which year was the journal launched?4.      How does Julie describe the importance of lesbian archives?5.      How might archives help us with lesbian, queer and trans oganising?  

In this new podcast, you meet some family members who live in the Fun Home! Fun Home is shorthand for funeral home but that's just the setting for a family who face relationship challenges and lots of personal growth. We meet Alison (a character based on the playwright Alison Bechdel and her graphic novel) which […]

Holding Space? What about Thickening Space?? Inspired by The Muppets, Ani DiFranco, Sinead O'Connor, and Joni Mitchell- queer music icon - B*TCH is here to talk about her musical memoir, B*TCHCRAFT at wild project. Sarah and B*TCH talk about political art, musical theatre, "thickening space" in acting class, violin, One Long Earring, and much much more! B*tch (Creator/Performer) is a longstanding queer music icon who Yahoo Entertainment called “a feminist force that the world needs now more than ever” when she released “B*tchcraft,” her 9th studio album, on the legendary label Kill Rock Stars in 2022. With her signature electric violin and lyrical smarts front and center over huge beats and deep synths, B*tch coined the genre “Poet Pop.” “B*tchcraft is a masterpiece,” said Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. Both Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco took B*tch on tour as their opener. Joey Soloway (Transparent) directed the music video for “Easy Target.” B*tch first achieved notoriety as one half of the folk duo B*tch and Animal. The duo had met in acting school at DePaul University (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where B*tch was the recipient of the Merit Scholarship for two years in a row. They toured with Ani DiFranco, and released two albums on her label Righteous Babe Records, and were nominated for a GLAAD Media award in 2003. In 2004, B*tch went solo, and shared stages with the Indigo Girls, acted in John Cameron Mitchell's film “Shortbus,” co-wrote a song with Margaret Cho, and produced two albums of her elder and folk hero Ferron. Recently, she played a role in the new Audible podcast of Alison Bechdel's “Dykes To Watch Out For,” alongside Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein and Roxane Gay. The series was directed by Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet, Well), and Bitch co-wrote a song for it with Faith Soloway (Transparent, A Transparent Musical). Connect with B*TCH Instagram: @bitchmusic Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Esta mañana en #Noticias7AM entrevistamos a la Mtra. Ixchelt Guadalupe Barboza Romero, Experta en derechos humanos, justicia social y en violencia de género, entre otros.   Tema: El test de Bechdel, también conocido como test de Bechdel/Wallace o The Rule, es un método para evaluar la brecha de género en las películas en general y, por extensión, en las series u otras producciones artísticas. Se menciona por primera vez en el cómic Unas lesbianas de cuidado, obra de Alison Bechdel,​ si bien la autora atribuye la regla a Liz Wallace.   #Uniradioinforma

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comRiot girls: Dykes drama (3 episodes)https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dq2dNew study on birth order and homosexualityhttps://x.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1841496999645901070

In this special episode, we move the discussion out of the Stardust Lounge and into the soulless void of a podcast studio... mostly to address the first three seasons' alcohol budget imbalance. We share our thoughts about the New York Times "Best Books of the 21st Century." A list which includes works by Alison Bechdel and Cormac McCarthy. (Does McCarthy PASS the Bechdel test? The answer will not surprise you.) We talk a lot about the books we've read, admit to the books we shamefully have not, and nitpick the list based on odd, arbitrary fixations we've developed over years of reading  books and then podcasting about them... but by now you would expect nothing less. 

Chris Roberson and Michael Avon Oeming are teaming up for a new Hellboy miniseries from Dark Horse Comics. Pantheon to publish Tongues by Anders Nilsen. It's Alison Bechdel's birthday.SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The third episode of the reading series! Unfortunately, this reading series is going on hiatus so Jolene can work on some other projects. There was still another recorded before she decided to do that, though, so there'll be one more upload of a reading group discussion in the coming weeks. Also, stay tuned to the feed for a Classic WAGHARFG episode in the coming days. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the pod on twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon is on pause for a little while Jolene recalibrates some stuff, you can find it here anyways: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146 The RSS Feed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate to our Kofi, if you're so inclined: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/whenaguyhas⁠⁠⁠

We venture back to Texas to check out how Ambrose, Texas deals with the RQK in That Texas Blood Vol. 3. We review The Department of Truth #24 from Image Comics, Godzilla vs. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II #4 from BOOM! Studios and IDW Publishing, and take a look at Peepee Poopoo from Silver Sprocket Press. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN The Department of Truth #24 Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Martin Simmonds Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 31, 2024 Before Lee Harvey Oswald took his fateful place in the window of the Texas Book Depository, he spent time behind the Iron Curtain. This is fact. But he wasn't just a sympathizer-he was on a secret mission to infiltrate the Soviet Ministry of Lies. This is Truth. [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/46o6JdO MATTHEW GODZILLA VS. MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS II #4 Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Baldimar Rivas Publisher: BOOM! Studios/IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 24, 2024 With the help of some of the greatest giant monsters in history, the Kaiju Power Rangers are born! New powers! New weapons! New Zords! The next evolution of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - and the next mutation of Godzilla's friends and foes - is upon us! And if you miss this book, you're missing history in the making! [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YjwMB4 RODRIGO PEEPEE POOPOO #1 Writer: Caroline Cash Artist: Caroline Cash Publisher: Silver Sprocket Cover Price: $9.99 Release Date: August 14, 2024 Four issues into the series and we finally get PeePee PooPoo #1! Was it time travel, or just a marketing move? The world may never know! In this issue: Caroline discovers a fresh start is surprisingly hard to make in "Ah, Philly." Romance blossoms in "First Date," a classic Alison Bechdel comic gets an update in "Femme and Butch," and a night out turns complicated in "Stoned Again." Caroline Cash's gay, modern take on the '60s underground comic continues to make readers say "hell yeah." As always, this issue is printed with a cardstock foil cover and a PeePee PooPoo sticker sheet [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION THAT TEXAS BLOOD VOLUME 3 Writer: Chris Condon Artist: Jacob Phillips Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $16.28 As a winter storm looms over Ambrose County in January of 1992, a local woman's body is discovered and believed to be the latest victim of a horrifying West Texas serial murderer known as The Red Queen Killer. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4d2K4pY CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

We venture back to Texas to check out how Ambrose, Texas deals with the RQK in That Texas Blood Vol. 3. We review The Department of Truth #24 from Image Comics, Godzilla vs. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II #4 from BOOM! Studios and IDW Publishing, and take a look at Peepee Poopoo from Silver Sprocket Press. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN The Department of Truth #24 Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Martin Simmonds Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 31, 2024 Before Lee Harvey Oswald took his fateful place in the window of the Texas Book Depository, he spent time behind the Iron Curtain. This is fact. But he wasn't just a sympathizer-he was on a secret mission to infiltrate the Soviet Ministry of Lies. This is Truth. [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/46o6JdO MATTHEW GODZILLA VS. MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS II #4 Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Baldimar Rivas Publisher: BOOM! Studios/IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 24, 2024 With the help of some of the greatest giant monsters in history, the Kaiju Power Rangers are born! New powers! New weapons! New Zords! The next evolution of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - and the next mutation of Godzilla's friends and foes - is upon us! And if you miss this book, you're missing history in the making! [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YjwMB4 RODRIGO PEEPEE POOPOO #1 Writer: Caroline Cash Artist: Caroline Cash Publisher: Silver Sprocket Cover Price: $9.99 Release Date: August 14, 2024 Four issues into the series and we finally get PeePee PooPoo #1! Was it time travel, or just a marketing move? The world may never know! In this issue: Caroline discovers a fresh start is surprisingly hard to make in "Ah, Philly." Romance blossoms in "First Date," a classic Alison Bechdel comic gets an update in "Femme and Butch," and a night out turns complicated in "Stoned Again." Caroline Cash's gay, modern take on the '60s underground comic continues to make readers say "hell yeah." As always, this issue is printed with a cardstock foil cover and a PeePee PooPoo sticker sheet [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION THAT TEXAS BLOOD VOLUME 3 Writer: Chris Condon Artist: Jacob Phillips Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $16.28 As a winter storm looms over Ambrose County in January of 1992, a local woman's body is discovered and believed to be the latest victim of a horrifying West Texas serial murderer known as The Red Queen Killer. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4d2K4pY CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

**PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES HEAVY THEMES SUCH AS SUICIDE, SUICIDAL IDEATIONS, AND SEXUAL ABUSE. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.**Sorry for the delay, but we were celebrating pride and all of us girls over here at the pod have been having our best girly pop summers. So please forgive us and then listen to this episode. Okay thanks hiyeeeeeee.Anyway, SLee and Kat finish out pride month with the magnificent sapphic coming of age musical, Fun Home, based on the auto-biographic, graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. The gals also chat this year's Tony Awards and much more. What shows/artists were snubbed in your eyes? Follow us on Social Media!!@thispodwontrunaweek on instagram@thispodwontrun on twitterhttps://www.patreon.com/thispodcastwontrunaweek Hosts: Kat Shaw, @katlynwithak on all platforms SLee, @justcallmeslee on all platformsAudio Engineer: Solaris Universe @universolaris on instagramTheme Song written and performed by: Rachel Lind @rachellindnyc on instagram and @rachelglind on twitterArtwork by: Adele Simms, @artsyadele on instagramSupport the Show.

It's the episode you've all been waiting for... Ell & Mary's hot (well, now tepid) take on the hit BBC show I KISSED A GIRL. Join us for a deep dive in which we ask: what does "gay panic" actually mean? Is there such a thing as bi or nonbinary panic? What's the deal with gender on the show? And most importantly: if we were on it, would anyone fancy us?!?Alison Bechdel clip: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/t-magazine/butch-stud-lesbian.htmlEnjoying Life of Bi? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/lifeofbiFind out more about our work: https://www.lifeofbi.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TOB followers know that we are obsessed with discovering positive and powerful roles for older women in movies and TV. That's why we lure our sister Screen Bitches -- Debbie Zimmerman (Women Make Movies), Malaga Baldi (Baldi Literary Agency) and Aruna Rao (Gender at Work)  – onto the podcast at least twice a year to schmooze about what we're watching and how TV and movies challenge (or regrettably affirm) stereotypes of older women in popular media. This time, we were kind of gobsmacked. For three reasons. First, because Debbie was inducted into the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences (Oscars!) this year --so this episode features her firsthand account of an Academy newbie, walking the (other) red carpet. Second, because we actually found at least one film and a dramatic series with really superb portrayals of older women. If you haven't seen Slow Horses (Apple TV) or Nyad (Netflix), stop what you're doing right now and tune in. We thought that Annette Bening and Jodie Foster were extraordinary in the way they portrayed 60-year old Diana Nyad and her best friend Bonnie Stoll in Nyad's swim from Cuba to Florida. (Only three of us loved the movie.) And while they are not main characters, three —not one, but three!— powerful and pivotal women over 50 in Slow Horses – Sophie Okonedo, Saskia Reeves, and Kristin Scott Thomas  -- epitomize characteristics you rarely see attributed to women of a certain age.    And third, we were so inspired – especially by Slow Horses – that TOB is now launching a screening tool to let movie and TV makers know we're watching. You know how Alison Bechdel brilliantly coined The Bechdel Test as a set of three simple criteria to measure the active presence (or absence) of women in film? Well, we love that test – and appreciate the influence it's had on generating more and better roles for women -- so we're introducing The TOBies, a set of 5 criteria to measure the quality of presence of OLDER women in TV and film. And they are that the older women are: 1) NOT solely defined by their age; 2) integral to the plot; 3) making independent choices (e.g., they have agency); 4) NOT seeking a man as ‘the prize'; 5) there are at least two older women (e.g., no tokenism). We'd love to know what you think! And to know if you see any films or TV shows where you think the portrayals of older women meet these criteria. Wouldn't you love to join us on Screen Bitches this year?  ------------------------------ Visit www.twooldbitches.com Follow us on Instagram @twooldbitches, Twitter @TwoOldBitches, Facebook @TwoOBPodcast Created, Produced and hosted by Joanne Sandler &  Idelisse Malavé Edited by Jeyda Bicer Social media management by Loubna Bouajaj

I was thrilled to speak to Lucy Maunder who stars as Roxie Hart. Maunder most recent credits include Winifred Banks in 'Mary Poppins the musical' Australian revival (Cameron MacIntosh/ Michael Cassel Group/ Disney) and Alison Bechdel in the Australian premiere of Fun Home (MTC/ STC). Hear more about Maunder's character research in finding Roxie Hart. Watch performances: ~ 'Roxie Hart' ~ Opening Night at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney ~ Watch more Follow: Lucy Maunder Let Me Entertain You- Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | Youtube

This week, Jolene is joined by Alexis to talk about her essay in the Trans Marxism special issue of TSQ, as well as: Remy Boydell and Michelle Perez's The Pervert, Jolene's opinions on Car Seat Headrest, just what happens at furry conventions, the erotics of Finnster, and the worst cover on an academic anthology ever. Read Alexis' essay here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article/11/2/287/387883/Femboys-in-the-FactoryTrans-Labor-beyond-Abjection?guestAccessKey=e1bddaa9-1546-4d73-be4f-13e098a3f149 Follow her on twitter: https://x.com/regresssion Listen to her Unjust Depths podcast: https://www.abnormalmapping.com/#/allunionradio/ And her music podcast: https://pnc.st/s/hot-singles UPCOMING READING GROUP SESSIONS: July 7th, 1 PM CST, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home: https://discord.gg/D4JDKzpTPh?event=1242297065489305722 August 4th, 1 PM CST: Kate Bornstein's A Queer and Pleasant Danger: https://discord.gg/D4JDKzpTPh?event=1254870250487545988 The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the pod on twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The patreon is on pause for a little while Jolene recalibrates some stuff, you can find it here anyways: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146 The RSS Feed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate to our Kofi, if you're so inclined: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/whenaguyhas⁠⁠

In this classic episode, we discuss Alison Bechdel's graphic novel and memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and dig into themes of sexual identity, gender norms and dysfunctional family dynamics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jolene hosts a reading group for Herculine Barbin's memoir! S/o to Rhea, Harper, and Logan for joining, discussion was lovely. You can join us for the next meeting on June 23rd, at 1PM CST for a discussion of the Autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein, or for the meeting after that, a discussion of Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, on July 7th, also at 1PM CST. Both of those meetings will take place in the discord server linked here: https://discord.gg/DmxXMhJnu6 Also, pop into the discord to keep the conversation going! I know at least a few of you read but couldn't make it so. If you have ideas that we didn't also have, or different reactions, or just. anything worth sharing! Go to the discord. Check out the episode of Perfect Taste Forever Jolene was on here (I have no idea why I didn't mention this in the episode bit I rerecorded up front but. Whoops): https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GK5rAsEXZQ0TBZW58MjLp?si=7737f74ad79a4dea The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the pod on twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/WhenAGuyHas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://whenaguyhas.neocities.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (IN PROGRESS) Subscribe to the patreon for more like this!!! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146 The RSS Feed: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/9877d600/podcast/rss⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate to our Kofi, if you're so inclined: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/whenaguyhas⁠⁠⁠

Since graduating from WAAPA in 2006, Lucy Maunder has cemented her reputation as one of Australia's musical theatre leading ladies performing in a huge range of roles over the last 17 years.Most recently she appeared as Winifred Banks in the critically acclaimed Cameron Mackintosh/Michael Cassel Group/Disney revival of Mary Poppins. Prior to this Lucy starred in Victorian Opera's production of Kurt Weill's anti-capitalist musical Happy End as Lillian Holiday. The start of 2022 also saw her play the protagonist Alison Bechdel in the acclaimed MTC/STC Australian premiere production of Fun Home (Green Room and Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Performer in a Leading Role in a musical). In between seasons of Fun Home, Lucy reprised her role of Mrs Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Crossroads Live) for which she received a Helpmann Award nomination.Following the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic to the Arts, Lucy was lucky enough to appear in the first main stage commercial musical to return after the shutdown of all theatre as Catherine in Pippin for Crossroads Live. Her other recent career highlights include Cynthia in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group, Green Room Award nomination), Miss Honey in Matilda: The Musical (Louise Withers/RSC, Helpmann Award nomination), The Spirit of Christmas (QPAC), There's Something About Music (The Little Red Company), Heather Chandler in Heathers (ShowWork Productions), Patty in Tim Finn's Ladies in Black (QTC/MTC), Rizzo in Grease (GFO, Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award nominations), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Victorian Opera, Helpmann and Green Room Award nominations), Georgia Hendricks in Curtains (The Production Company), Gertrude Lawrence in Noël and Gertie (CDP Theatre Producers, Glug Award for Best Actress in a Musical), Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (STC/Malthouse/Victorian Opera), Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (TML Enterprises), Emma in Jekyll & Hyde (TML Enterprises) and Anne in A Little Night Music (Opera Australia). Lucy also created the role of Lara in the world première of Doctor Zhivago opposite Anthony Warlow (GFO, Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award nominations).Lucy's film credits include The Eternity Man (Channel 4 UK/ABC) and the lead role in the short film Identical, amongst other commercial and television appearances including the National Anthem at the State of Origin, The Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols (Channel 9) and appearances on The Morning Show (Channel 7) and Today Extra (Channel 9).Lucy's one-woman show Irving Berlin: Songs in the Key of Black toured Australia to rave reviews at venues such as the prestigious Spiegeltent, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, His Majesty's Theatre Perth and La Salon at Claire's Kitchen. Her album featuring arrangements and musical direction by Daniel Edmonds is available across all streaming platforms.Lucy is over the moon to be starring as Roxie in Chicago, a true bucket list moment.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

We round out season 3 of our little podcast with another graphic novel, this time from revered author Alison Bechdel and her 2006 masterpiece, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. There was so much to discuss here, including, but not limited to sexual identity, death in the family, and toxic citrus spokespeople of the 1970's. This is an important book for anyone struggling with their sense of self that may clash with the world and family they grew up in. Even with our best coverage, there were still topics in this book that we didn't get to, but we at least try to put the fun in "perfunctory"!

We're “Changing our Major” to Beth Malone! In this latest episode of the QUEER SERIES, showbiz siblings, Kristen and Sarah Goodman, discuss Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's groundbreaking musical, FUN HOME, and chat with their new friend, Beth Malone, the Tony-nominated performer who originated the role of Alison Bechdel. She talks about her time in the show, her experience as a queer person growing up in rural Colorado, and the exciting new musical she is co-writing with Mary Ann Stratton and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls! GOOD SHOW! Instagram @goodshowpodcast  GOOD SHOW! TikTok @goodshowpodcast    Beth Malone Instagram @thebethmalone broadwaycares.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Raquel Breternitz about her love for comics. Raquel has a particular interest in indie comics and autobiographical work, appreciating how they can tell unique and often painful stories. She recounts her personal history with comics, starting with reading them as a child, and rediscovering her passion for them during college through works that profoundly impacted her life. She reflects on how comics blend the literary and visual arts, creating a unique medium that matches the complexity of human communication. The conversation touches on the comics community's openness and supportiveness, Raquel's evolving taste in comics, and her current reading list.Guest BioRaquel Rubio Breternitz (she/they) is an award-winning designer with a unique bent for research-driven work built with craft and polish. She is dedicated to inclusion, accessibility, and keeping tech human (and human-focused).With a diverse background in purpose-driven work across product design and brand, Raquel has served as Design Director for Senator Elizabeth Warren and has contributed to organizations including the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Shopify, the New York Times, Pivotal Labs, and IBM. Currently, they are a founding lead designer at GoodDay software.In addition to her professional accomplishments, Raquel is a writer, public speaker, panel moderator, and sketchnoter. In their free time, they draw comics, tear through fiction novels, play rhythm guitar, and take waaay too many photos of their cat.LinksRaquel on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RaquelDesigns/Raquel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raquelbreternitz/Alison Bechdel and Fun Home: https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/fun-home-2/Black Hole: https://50wattsbooks.com/products/black-hole-pantheon-graphic-libraryGhost World: https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/ghost-world-softbackAdrian Tomine: http://adrian-tomine.com/Booksandcomics.htmlLenore Yerkes: https://lenorayerkes.com/aboutJillian Tamaki: https://www.jilliantamaki.com/books; Mariko Tamaki: http://marikotamaki.blogspot.comSquire: https://sara-alfa.com/books/squire/- and writer Nadia Shammas: https://www.nadiashammas.com/comicsEden ii, K. Wroten: https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/eden-iiTillie Walden: https://www.tilliewalden.com/booksCreditsCover design by Raquel Breternitz herself!

This week, we dive into the story of iconic cartoonist and feminist champion, Alison Bechdel. Alison not only created the "Bechdel Test" that is used to mneasure the representation of women in media, but she also wrote and illustrated some of the most iconic American cartoons of the last century. Her work, "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic", chronicles her childhood, and was also adapted into a Tony-Award-Winning musical.Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram! @WomenDidThat Please leave us a review and subscribe! It really helps our small podcast grow and reach new listeners.Our theme music was created by: freesibsThanks so much to Buzzsprout for making the creation of this podcast possible! They provided so many amazing tools and tips that made the process of creating our first podcast so much easier. If you have ever wanted to start your own podcast, Buzzsprout can help you do it for free! Follow our link to learn more about how Buzzsprout can help you make your dream podcast a reality, while also helping out our podcast.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Beyond Plastics is hosting a virtual event with activist and actress Jane Fonda, and Alexis Goldsmith will join us to give us details. Then, we hear some excerpts from last Saturday's rally in Troy calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Later on, KP Holler speaks with BronxNet executive director, Michael Max Knobbe, about the Community Media Reinvestment Act. After that, we'll hear about the upcoming production of “Fun Home,” a musical adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir by the same name. Finally, we go to the Kate Mullany National Historic Site with Willie Terry

“Fun Home” is a musical adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir by the same name. “Fun Home” will run at Schenectady Light Opera Company March 15th-24th, and Director Francesco Carlo Archina and Music Director Emily Rose Rivera spoke with Jakoby and Sina for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. More info: http://sloctheater.org/project/fun-home/

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger Picture The green new scam is completely falling apart. The sales of EVs is dropping and car rental services, manufacturers are in trouble. Biden is planning to sell Northeast gas reserves.Fed waiting to strike, Trump will usher in a new economy. The [DS] is panicking, their plans have not worked so they will now ramp them up. They will push to the very end. They are preparing a communication blackout. Meta, Instagram and other social media platforms have had login problems. Garland is now trying to convince the people that voter id is not necessary. Cheating plans in place. Patriots are ready, they have brought the [DS] to exactly where they want them. The real military will defend and protect at all costs.   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy  Movies Can Now Be Graded By ‘Climate Reality Check' Test Recently-released movies can now be graded on a new “Climate Reality Check” test, which will gauge on whether or not the film addressed the so-called “climate crisis.” This simple new test was inspired by the famous Bechdel Test invented by cartoonist Alison Bechdel in the mid-1980s to measure the presence of women in movies and other forms of fiction. It was created by climate change storytelling consultancy Good Energy in collaboration with the Buck Lab for Climate and Environment at Colby College in Maine. Source: breitbart.com US considers selling Northeast gasoline reserve in 2024 in draft bill  The United States may sell its 1 million barrel Northeast gasoline reserve in fiscal year 2024, according to the draft text of a funding bill released on Sunday. The reserve, first established in 2014 after Superstorm Sandy left motorists in the northeastern United States without fuel, is located in New York Harbor, New York, Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. The proceeds from the sale of the refined products in the reserve would be deposited into the Treasury's general fund, according to the text of the bill, which is likely to pass this week. Once the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve is closed, the secretary of energy cannot establish any new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding is explicitly requested in advance of an annual budget submitted by the president and approved by Congress, the bill stipulates.   The U.S. House of Representatives will have to vote on the bill first before the Senate can take up the package before Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. Source: apnews.com https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1764954009226666369?s=20 Atlanta Fed's Bostic Warns Rate Cut Could Reignite Inflation There's a significant risk that a rate cut from the Federal Reserve could rekindle inflation, Atlanta Fed president Rapahel Bostic said on Monday. In an essay published on the Atlanta Fed's website, Bostic argued that the Fed should take a cautious approach to the economy, cognizant that the danger of higher inflation remains and easing monetary policy could fan the flames of rising prices. In particular, Bostic warned that a premature rate cut could trigger a surge of business activity that would raise demand and push inflation higher. “I asked one gathering of business leaders if they were ready to pounce at the first hint of an interest rate cut,” Bostic said. “The response was an overwhelming ‘yes.'” Source: breitbart.com Political/Rights Hunter Biden helped hire aides who mishandled Joe's classified documents

You may have heard Alison Bechdel's name from the feminist film tool, the Bechdel test, or through her memoir turned Tony-award-winning Broadway musical called Fun Home. But even before those achievements, Bechdel wove herself into the fabric of lesbian cultural identity when she started publishing her comic strip 'Dykes to Watch Out For' in Minneapolis back in 1983. And the strip had gained a worldwide cult following for its game-changing portrayal of American queer life. It went on hiatus in 2008 but is still getting attention to this day.Alison Bechdel is a MacArthur Genius Award recipient and the author of a New York Times best-selling graphic memoir. Next week on March 4th, she'll be coming back home to speak at St. Thomas University as the Luann Dummer Center for Women, Women's History Month Speaker. We revisit a conversation from 2022, when she sat down with MPR News producer Ellen Finn to look back at the roots of her work in Minnesota.

We could see record-breaking warmth today, we're talking 60 degrees in February. Is this the end of Minnesota winter? We could see some snow tomorrow, but one resort owner is pulling the plug on ice fishing season. What is the impact of this warm winter on Minnesota's migratory birds? We'll talk to a local climate expert.And our resident doctor is back for another edition of Vital Signs. We get his opinion on changing COVID isolation guidelines and measles cases that have popped up in Minnesota. Plus, she's known for the Bechdel test, but Minnesota native Alison Bechdel also made her mark as a cartoonist. More than 40 years later, she'll be home sharing her story.

Acclaimed graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel, a native of Clinton County, PA, speaking about her life and work in anticipation of her visit to Wilkes-Barre. The Wilkes University English Department will open the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with a reading and book signing by Alison Bechdel, on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 7:00 pm, at the Darte Center for the Performing Arts on the campus in Wilkes-Barre. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Registration is advised. www.wilkes.edu/dickson

Arthur Marchetto, Cecília Garcia Marcon e Vilto Reis convidam Aline Zouvi para a discussão do último livro do Clube de Leitura 30:MIN de 2023, Fun Home, de Alison Bechdel. Família disfuncional, transtornos obsessivos, representatividade do corpo lésbico e a descoberta da própria sexualidade estão entre os temas discutidos nesse episódio. Além disso, apresentam os livros para o Clube de Leitura 30:MIN de 2024, bora? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/30min/message

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode: Teen angst, older wiser lesbians, an obsession with Avril Lavigne, driving in the car with your crush, dead dads…MJ takes a page out of Alison Bechdel's book and attempts the impossible. This episode was created by MJ Farrell Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Kate Jones, Anooj Bhandari, Katy Kay Chelena, Val Ramirez, Lucia Arias.  If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We'd love to hear from you! @nyneofuturists on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at nynf.org, or joining our Patreon. Take care!

“I wanted to figure out what happened, and the way I figure stuff out is by writing.” Discussing Fun Home with author and illustrator Alison Bechdel for the Talk of Iowa book club

Author, illustrator, and narrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka joins AudioFile's Michele Cobb to tell listeners about transforming his graphic memoir SUNSHINE into a moving full-cast audiobook. SUNSHINE is Krosoczka's second graphic memoir, sharing his experience working at a camp for terminally ill children and the joy of the friendships he made there. It's a powerful listen, and in this interview, Krosoczka tells listeners about the challenges of transforming a visual memoir into an audio experience. Read AudioFile's review of the audiobook. Published by Scholastic Audiobooks. AudioFile's 2023 Best Audio Originals 2023 are: ALISON BECHDEL'S DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR by Alison Bechdel, Madeleine George, read by Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, Roxane Gay, and a Full Cast EXODUS: THE SHANGHAI JEWS by Kate McAll, read by Edita Brychta, Michael Canavan, Shannon Cochran, Arye Gross, Anna Mathias, Alan Shearman, André Sogliuzzo, Joanne Whalley THE SCAVENGER DOOR by Suzanne Palmer, read by Karen Novack, John Kielty, Rayner Gabriel, Gail Shalan, and a Full Cast SUNSHINE by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, read by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jaiden Meltzer, Xavier Krosoczka, Noah Rico, and a Full Cast THIRD EYE by Felicia Day, read by Sean Astin, Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, LilyPichu, London Hughes, Wil Wheaton, and a Full Cast For the full list of 2023 Best Audiobooks visit our website. Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus, and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more! Photo of Jarrett J. Krosoczka courtesy of StudioJJK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The artist Chantal Joffe picks I Capture The Castle, the English classic by Dodie Smith. Set in 1930s rural England, it relates the adventures of an eccentric family over the course of about a year. It's a book Chantal has come back to again and again, ever since she was a teenager. Séamas O'Reilly champions the Irish novel, A Goat's Song by Dermot Healy, which he argues deserves to be more widely known. And Harriett Gilbert recommends a graphic memoir by the cartoonist Alison Bechdel, called The Secret to Superhuman Strength.Chantal Joffe is an artist known for her often larger-than-life-sized paintings, of women and children in particular, which have been shown in solo exhibitions around the world. Séamas O'Reilly is a columnist for the Observer whose memoir is Did Ye Hear Mammy Die.Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio

In In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s (U Minnesota Press, 2023), Margaret Galvan explores a number of feminist and cultural touchstones—the feminist sex wars, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the women in print movement, and countercultural grassroots periodical networks—and examines how visual culture interacts with these pivotal moments. She goes deep into the records to bring together a decade's worth of research in grassroots and university archives that include comics, collages, photographs, drawings, and other image-text media produced by women, including Hannah Alderfer, Beth Jaker, Marybeth Nelson, Roberta Gregory, Lee Marrs, Alison Bechdel, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Nan Goldin. Through all of this, Galvan documents the community networks that produced visual culture, analyzing how this material provided a vital space for women artists to theorize and visualize their own bodies and sexualities. The art highlighted in In Visible Archives demonstrates how women represented their bodies and sexualities on their own terms and created visibility for new, diverse identities, thus serving as blueprints for future activism and advocacy—work that is urgent now more than ever as LGBTQ+ and women's rights face challenges and restrictions across the nation. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. Jen edits for Partnership Journal and organizes with the TPS Collective. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom and The Social Movement Archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Kris, aka "The Road Trip Warrior Audiobook Listener," and Tara have talked many times about their love of audiobooks. The right audiobook is a mix of the right story and the right performer. If you only have one, the project doesn't work. So, it's with great joy that we welcome two very special guests this week to talk about all things audiobooks. If you've listened to a sapphic romance in the last 5 years, chances are good you've heard Lori Prince's voice. And if you listen to historical fiction, then you've probably heard Marisa Calin, too. Here's the other cool thing: Marisa and Lori are married to each other! You know what narrators, readers, and writers also love to do? Laugh. There's a lot of laughing in this episode, probably because there's a lot of love here. Love for stories and how they reach out through our headphones, our speakers, or just the page itself, to connect us all together. Like Kris, aka "The Pusher," is fond of saying, “Punch and roll, bitches. Let's go!” Works/People Discussed SAG-AFTRA strike website WGA Strike Hub Interview with Adam Conover, member of WGA's negotiating committee (A More Civilized Age podcast) "AI is coming for your audiobooks. You're right to be worried." (Washington Post, August 16, 2023) Alison Bechdel's Dykes to Watch Out For, by Alison Bechdel and Madeleine George (audiobook) My Covid Romance by Gabra Zackman About our guests Lori Prince is an New York City based actor and narrator with over 25 years of acting experience. She has an extensive theatre background from Off-Broadway to some of the country's top regional theatres and you've probably seen her on TV. With over 150 audiobooks on Audible, she has become a go-to Sapphic Romance narrator with two Earphones Awards. Marisa Calin is an Audie, Odyssey, seven-times Audiofile Earphones Award winning and SOVAS nominated audiobook narrator. She's had an Audible Best Audiobook of the Year, Apple Books Must-Listen audiobooks of the month, starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal, and books on YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks of the year list. She's also the author of Between You & Me, a queer YA coming of age novel which was selected for ALA's Rainbow Book List, and the writer of the film A Million Happy Nows, which won best feature at the first Clexacon conference.  Support & follow our show Buy us a Ko-fi Sign up for our newsletter Twitter: @queerlyrec Facebook: @QueerlyRecommended Instagram: @queerlyrecommended Tumblr: @queerlyrecommended TikTok: @queerlyrecommended Get all our links on Linktr.ee Support local animal shelters by joining Kris's Patreon

This full-cast audio adaptation of Alison Bechdel's classic comic strip about the messy lives of a group of queer women in the 1980s is absolutely flawless. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Michele Cobb discuss this hilarious, heartfelt, and utterly compelling adaptation of a lesbian classic. Jane Lynch grounds the production as the narrator, and Carrie Brownstein gives a knockout performance as Mo, a self-righteous but well-intentioned lesbian who is prone to panic attacks. Sound effects, music, and a delightful full cast make for a vibrant and engaging listen. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Audible, Inc. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from A Soul of Ash and Blood. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits Poppy and Casteel's epic love story in the next installment of the Blood and Ash series. Learn more at Audible.com/ASoulOfAshAndBlood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to writer Madeleine George, who recently adapted the classic Alison Bechdel comic Dykes to Watch Out For into an audio drama that stars Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, and Roxane Gay. In the interview, Madeleine discusses the challenges of turning a piece of visual art into an audio-only narrative. She also talks about the 1980's setting of the story and the continued relevance of the characters' personal and political lives.  After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler explain how to set rules for your creative projects.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Madeleine talks about her work on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to writer Madeleine George, who recently adapted the classic Alison Bechdel comic Dykes to Watch Out For into an audio drama that stars Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, and Roxane Gay. In the interview, Madeleine discusses the challenges of turning a piece of visual art into an audio-only narrative. She also talks about the 1980's setting of the story and the continued relevance of the characters' personal and political lives.  After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler explain how to set rules for your creative projects.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Madeleine talks about her work on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to writer Madeleine George, who recently adapted the classic Alison Bechdel comic Dykes to Watch Out For into an audio drama that stars Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, and Roxane Gay. In the interview, Madeleine discusses the challenges of turning a piece of visual art into an audio-only narrative. She also talks about the 1980's setting of the story and the continued relevance of the characters' personal and political lives.  After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler explain how to set rules for your creative projects.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Madeleine talks about her work on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alison Bechdel is both cartoonist and an eponymous test. We talk about adapting her long-running comic series Dykes To Watch Out For into an Audible Original Series. Plus, less excitement meets meatless meat, and bread takes a hit, too. Also, some 6-3 SCOTUS decisions, including the first we were warned about. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Special thanks to: Andy Andrews Sarah Chapin Marc Colello David Duesing Alan Dybner Phil Goldstein Jason Howard Andrew James Pierce Eric Koleda Carrie Jerm You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices