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ThinkProgress: The 2014 MacArthur Fellows were announced today, and among the pack of very impressive (and impressively diverse; nice work, MacArthur people!) brainiacs is ThinkProgress favorite Alison Bechdel.
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Albert Cisneros
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This article was very relevant to the our reading of "Understanding Comics" in Hawk V. Handsaw. It is a testament to how the abstract form of comics can truly portray truths about culture and humanity. It seems that Bechdel has used comics to talk about real world ideas of homosexuality and familial problems. I'm sure that if I was to sit down with her and ask her "why she choose the comic form to portray her ideas?" she would tell me exactly what Scott McCloud discussed in his book. This also supports my idea that comics may very well be the visual representation of our culture. In my art history class we have been studying how different cultures and time periods have represented themselves visually. In our current era, a time when art is created by the masses, comics seem to be our visual way of communicating and representing our ideas.
It was interesting to see this article after having read about the Bechdel test in a News from the Real World article in the past. We also had briefly discussed Alison Bechdel in our Hawk vs. Handsaw class about "Understanding Comics" but I didn't put these two together until reading this and discovering that it's the same woman. It's amazing that she has had such a strong influence in popular culture both through her comics' portrayal of lesbian culture and through the valuable addition she has provided to our vocabularies for discussing women in film. The MacArthur genius grant to doing a really incredible thing by recognizing artists like Bechdel. She completely deserves to have this money, to do whatever she wants with it, even if it is just boring things like paying off her debt and saving for retirement.
It's so great to see LGBTQ+ women being recognized for their work and intelligence and not just their orientation. Obviously, Alison Bechdel's work has been shaped by her expereices as a lesbian woman, but it's not the only thing about her. I've wanted to read Fun Home for a few months now ever since I saw my friend reading it and asked what it was about. It's truly fantastic to see people of every walk of life being recognized for their artistic endeavors and dedication to their work. I hope she uses the money from the grant to further her art and continue to do what she loves.
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This article was very relevant to the our reading of "Understanding Comics" in Hawk V. Handsaw. It is a testament to how the abstract form of comics can truly portray truths about culture and humanity. It seems that Bechdel has used comics to talk about real world ideas of homosexuality and familial problems. I'm sure that if I was to sit down with her and ask her "why she choose the comic form to portray her ideas?" she would tell me exactly what Scott McCloud discussed in his book. This also supports my idea that comics may very well be the visual representation of our culture. In my art history class we have been studying how different cultures and time periods have represented themselves visually. In our current era, a time when art is created by the masses, comics seem to be our visual way of communicating and representing our ideas.
It was interesting to see this article after having read about the Bechdel test in a News from the Real World article in the past. We also had briefly discussed Alison Bechdel in our Hawk vs. Handsaw class about "Understanding Comics" but I didn't put these two together until reading this and discovering that it's the same woman. It's amazing that she has had such a strong influence in popular culture both through her comics' portrayal of lesbian culture and through the valuable addition she has provided to our vocabularies for discussing women in film. The MacArthur genius grant to doing a really incredible thing by recognizing artists like Bechdel. She completely deserves to have this money, to do whatever she wants with it, even if it is just boring things like paying off her debt and saving for retirement.
It's so great to see LGBTQ+ women being recognized for their work and intelligence and not just their orientation. Obviously, Alison Bechdel's work has been shaped by her expereices as a lesbian woman, but it's not the only thing about her. I've wanted to read Fun Home for a few months now ever since I saw my friend reading it and asked what it was about. It's truly fantastic to see people of every walk of life being recognized for their artistic endeavors and dedication to their work. I hope she uses the money from the grant to further her art and continue to do what she loves.
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