Show Notes
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 YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
