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Joan and Alison never would have gotten together in Fun Home if Joan hadn’t made a move. So for Valentine’s Day, we give you the gift of this Dykes to Watch Out For cartoon and hope that it inspires you.

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Some pro tips from Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For.

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Fun Home

Happy Pisces season! This panel from Alison Bechdel’s 1980s cartoon strip, Dykes to Watch out For, proves that queer culture’s love of astrology goes way back. 

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An Interview with Jeanine Tesori

We sit down with Jeanine Tesori, the most accomplished female composer in theatre history, for an in-depth talk about Fun Home, composing, her commitment to mentoring young women, being brave, and much more.

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Fun Home composer, Jeanine Tesori, on artistic process, female ambition, and taking up space.

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The Term 'Graphic Novel' Has Had A Good Run. We Don't Need It Anymore

Coined in an era when comics were considered junk culture, graphic novel is a hoary, meaningless, and often completely inaccurate term. Comics are comics; stop apologizing for them.

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Alison Bechdel's Fun Home won awards as a "graphic novel" and was hailed as a landmark "graphic memoir," but cultural critic Glen Weldon asks, why not call it all comics?

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14 Diverse Graphic Novels About Coming of Age – Electric Literature

A broad range of perspectives on the drama of becoming an adult

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Fun Home isn’t the only graphic novel to tackle the challenges of growing up.

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Do you think that Fun Home passes Alison Bechdel’s own Bechdel test?

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Mixtape for Joan: A Fun Home Inspired Playlist, a playlist by bcs_spotify on Spotify

Here’s our take on a mixtape Alison might have made when she fell head-over-heels for Joan. Check out tracks 1-10 to hear some songs that Alison and Joan may have been listening to at Oberlin College in the early ‘80s and then listen to 11-21 for today’s equivalent.

Fun Home

Happy Valentine's Day! 🌈❤️ In honor of this day of love we've created our very own Fun Home-inspired mixtape from Alison to Joan. Jam out to these songs that celebrate queer love across the years and maybe even share them on your next date.