Women And The Graphic Novel
Posted on July 8, 2008
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A graphic novel is a type of comic book, usually with a lengthy and complex storyline similar to those of novels, and often aimed at an adult audience. The term also encompasses comic short story anthologies, and in some cases bound collections of previously published comic-book series.
A graphic novels is typically bound in a longer and more durable format than the familiar comic book, using the same materials and method as a printed book, and is generally sold in a bookstore and or specialty comic book shop.
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home is indeed a graphic rendering of a family locked in tragedy, caught in moments from her life – and more importantly, from the life and death of her father. Alison tells her story through snatches of literature, photography, art, even her own diary from her childhood, in a series of repeated, but not repetitive looks at the relationships in her family and the relationship she had with her father, in particular.
12 Days is a story of a woman’s attempt to get over her grief for an ex-lover who has died. This process is complicated – and assisted – by the presence of her lover’s cousin, who brings her some of her her ex’s ashes, and stays around to escape his own issues with his family. Through Jackie and Nick’s reflections, we come to know a little bit, but not too much, about Noah, her life and her death.
Love and Rockets defines a world of Hispanic gang warfare, ’80s California, punk rock, and women wrestlers. Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez’s main characters are Maggie and Hopey, two adorable lesbian rockers who start out in a somewhat vague relationship and are then separated by adventures both grand and demeaning.
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki’s Skim, aka Kimberly Keiko Cameron, is about a goth girl in an all-girls school in Toronto, circa the early ’90s. Skim is an articulate, angsty teenager, the classic outsider yearning for some form of acceptance. She begins a fanciful romance with her English teacher, Ms. Archer, while nursing her best friend through a period of mourning.
Lindsay Lohan Confirms Lesbian Affair?
Posted on July 7, 2008
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(via Gossip Girls) Lindsay Lohan took the day off yesterday to hang with her favorite person – Samantha Ronson. The girlfriends were spotted lunching at the trendy Sunset Strip eatery Chin Chin, thoroughly enjoying their conversation and having a few laughs throughout the meal.
Regarding the rumored romantic relationship between Lindsay and Sam, one source claims that the crimson-haired actress came clean about her lesbian love affair, telling party goers, “I just wanna live a healthy happy year, continue on the path I’ve been on and be with the person I care about,” during her 22nd birthday party last week.
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Dara Torres: 40 Is the New 20
Posted on July 7, 2008
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This determined Olympic swimmer is proof that (1) life doesn’t end at 40, (2) a baby doesn’t have to slow you down; and (3) when it comes to any goal, it’s all about how bad you want it
Friday, this mother of a 2-year-old girl looked like a kid again herself — waving an American flag on the pool deck — in making an unprecedented fifth Olympic team, winning the 100-meter freestyle in 53.78 seconds at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
“I was shocked when I touched the wall,” Torres said. “I couldn’t see the scoreboard. What does that say? They need to make those numbers bigger for people my age. I’m shocked. I don’t think it’s hit me yet, a fifth Olympic team. . . . I don’t think it’s sunk in yet. I’m thrilled.”
With her victory, Torres has become the oldest American swimmer to qualify for the Olympic Games. She began her Olympic career at age 17, when she qualified for the 1984 Olympics and won a relay gold at the games. She then went on to qualify again in 1988 and 1992.
Torres has won nine Olympic medals in her career, including the gold in 1984, a bronze and silver in 1988, a gold medal in 1992, and two gold medals and three bronze medals in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 where she was the eldest member on the team at 33 years old.
She was the first American swimmer to attend four Olympics and as of Friday, will become the first to attend five. We will be watching and cheering. You go girl!
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