Fun Home Episode 1

Boobs, booze, banned books, and the Bechdel Test (and graphic novels, literary references, and talking about the weather). The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Fun Home”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat.

Discussion Points:

• Personal journals
• Fun Home in the “book club bag” at the library
• What’s the process of Bechdel creating her graphic novels? 
• Fun Home has been banned in schools and libraries in the USA
• The graphic images in the book
• The layout - how is it reading a graphic novel? Using a different mindset.
• Literary references 
• Boobs and booze and banned books 
• The Bechdel Test - women in film
• Small talk - talking about the weather
• Pink eye 

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

Book Interrupted Website 

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel 

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