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Alison Bechdel

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    (September 10, 1960- )
    Born in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania
    Based in Bolton, Vermont
    Creator of ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’ (comic strip, 1983-2008)
    Author of ‘Fun Home’ and ‘Are You My Mother?’ (memoirs)
    Author of ‘Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic’ (Time Magazine’s Best Book, 2006)
    Namesake for the Bechdel Test, ascribed to a scene where a conversation between two or more females has no mention of a male (and therefore passes)

Why she might be annoying:

    Rhymes with ‘rectal.’
    She bears a passable resemblance to Ted Allen (who is also homosexual).
    Her father committed suicide in his mid-40s, in 1980.
    Having been rejected by a number of art schools in Manhattan, she worked many office jobs in the publishing industry.
    At the time of her first marriage, the California Supreme Court had invalidated all same-sex marriage licenses within the city.
    Worse, that first marriage, 12 years into their relationship, ended in separation.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She came out at 19.
    ‘The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.’
    Her (bisexual!) father was stationed in West Germany during his Army run.
    She named her pet cat Donald (and blogged about him being on the #trumpyourcat bandwagon).
    She attributes the true concept of the Bechdel Test to two people in particular: a close friend, and Virginia Woolf.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 30 Votes: 3.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying