Alison Bechdel

'Girls' Has Passed The Ultimate Woman Test

BuzzFeed | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Girls, Alison Bechdel, Television, Female Characters, Females on Television, Female Roles, Female Dynamics, Women News

In an interview, cartoonist Alison Bechdel reveals she also watches "Sex and the City" on loop, and discusses how difficult it can be to write about h...

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The Best Lesbian Moments Of The Week

Trish Bendix | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Amber Heard, Alison Bechdel, Felicia Day, Megan Rapinoe, Lesbian, Best Lesbian Week Ever, AfterEllen.Com, Video, Gay Voices News
Trish Bendix

Each week we'll share some of the best tidbits on The Huffington Post in our new series, "Best Lesbian Week Ever." Here's who and what was on our raging gay radar this week.

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Where All my Ladies at in the Microbudget, Independent Filmmaking Revolution?

Vera Miao | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Female Cinematographers, Female Producers, Female Directors, Film Industry, U.S. Film, Female Filmmakers, Dykes to Watch OUt For, Alison Bechdel, Bechdel Test, Lena Dunham, Tinu Furniture, Women News
Vera Miao

Hollywood has taught me a lot of hard realities about who really gets to tell what stories.

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Dan Savage Recounts First Trip To A Chicago Gay Bar

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Lgbt, It Gets Better Project, Transgender, Dan Savage, First Gay Bar, Bisexual, Lesbian, Webby Awards, Alison Bechdel, Mart Crowley, Gay Bars, Gay, David Rakoff, Chicago News

As part of a new Slate feature closing out Pride Month, eleven prominent gay, lesbian and bisexual writers, including David Rakoff, Alison Bechdel and...

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Plan ForYourArt April 22-25

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Machine, Welcome to LA, Harvey Pekar, Dangerous Love, Liz Larner, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Richard Baskin, Alison Bechdel, Pacific Standard Time, Mark Bradford, Art Institute of California, Catherine Opie, John Van Hamersfeld, Llyn Foulkes, Foryourart, Nashville, Regen Projects, Ovation, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Graphic Novels, Brewery Arts Colony, Moca, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Spring, like art, is full of surprises. From fruit trees to desert festivals to cover artist Mark Bradford's community advocacy, art grows in unexpected places.

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Memoirs are the New Novel: Here's to Life with Sudden Death

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alison Bechdel, Harvard, Joan Didion, Memoir, Dave Eggers, Mentors, Health Care, Books News
Elizabeth Benedict

It's a compelling story, but it's Downing's intelligence, his bone-dry wit, his carefully measured sorrow, carefully controlled rage, and beautifully wrought prose that make this memoir such a standout.

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