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![]() ![]() ![]() It introduced the Bechdel test, a set of criteria for determining gender bias in works of entertainment, that has since found broad application. The strip was one of the most successful and longest-running queer comic strips. Characters reacted to contemporary events, including going to the Michigan Womyn's Festival, Gay Pride parades and protest marches, and having heated discussions about day-to-day events, political issues and the way lesbian culture was changing. Īccording to Bechdel, her strip was "half op-ed column and half endless, serialized Victorian novel". The first illustrated book edition was published by Firebrand Books in 1986. The strip was carried in Funny Times and syndicated to a number of gay and lesbian newspapers, and also posted on the web. ![]() Overview ĭTWOF chronicled the lives, loves, and politics of a fairly diverse group of characters (most of them lesbians) living in a medium-sized city in the United States, featuring both humorous soap opera storylines and biting topical commentary. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle (1973) and Lisa Alther's Kinflicks (1976) were to an earlier one". Alison Bechdel, author of Dykes to Watch Out Forĭykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF) was a weekly comic strip by Alison Bechdel. ![]()
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