Post-Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel

Mo’s having a touch of performativity anxiety a post-feminist, post-gay kind of moment as she considers a panoply of possible gender permutations. Angst with her as she inquires: Is gender essential? If she were a transsexual woman, a bisexual man, or a straight woman with a penchant for lesbians, would Mo still be a dyke to watch out for?

These and other similarly searching questions of our time are queerly addressed in Post-Dykes To Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel’s ninth collection on the cartoon continuum.

Whether you yearn for the days when lesbians were wimmin and men were assumed to be mutants, or are just over it all, this witty critique in the fringes of heteronormative discourse i.e., the straight world will have you doodling in the margins of your theory books. Put the Mo back in PoMo!

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The further adventures of Mo, her tenure-bound girlfriend, Sydney, and their much-loved friends unfold against a shifting gender landscape: lesbians sleeping with men, lesbians becoming men, Ginger sleeping with lesbians who’ve become men. As with her eight previous collections, Alison Bechdel covers a host of pressing issues, from the Monica Lewinsky scandal to the decline of the independent bookstore, and pauses to consider whether an online affair qualifies as cheating. ‘Of course it’s cheating!’ says Mo, ‘It would be a diversion of emotional energy.’ Sydney demurs: ‘It’s more like remote, interactive masturbation.’ True love survives the gender wars, but monogamy may be on the wane. Don’t miss the thrilling details, in the last volume of Bechdel’s work to be published by the now-defunct Firebrand Press. –Regina Marler

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ISBN	1563411229
Genre	Graphic Novel
Copyright Date	2000
Publication Date	May-00
Publisher	Lpc-Firebrand Books
Format	Softcover
No. of Pages	144
Series	Dykes to Watch Out For
# in Series	9
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
BookID	10042

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Post-Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel