Links associated with OCD and Bechdel’s Fun home

“These two articles tie in really well with the OCD discussed in Bechdel’s Fun Home and the boundaries surrounding the misrepresentations of mental disorders in the media and in literature.” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/ocd-is-a-disorder-not-a-quirk/385562/ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ocd-tv-show-big-bang-theory-glee-mental-sheldon-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-a8354611.html Gianina FLEGUERAS

Highlights of the class comments on humor, comic, and irony

Even though, Allison’s exploration of her sexuality of being a lesbian juxtaposes with her father’s homosexuality, Bechdel uses dark, sarcastic humour to represent how her openness to her sexuality has been overshadowed and upstaged by her father who falls into the trap of repression. – Sinuan PHOEUNG Just when Alison feels as though she is […]

What makes the artistic/literary representation of people (or places and cultures) – and their various social identities – so complex?

Literacy can often be complex as there are many factors which are involved which influence the writer and the message they are trying to convey. The biggest influence would most likely be the time period in which this book/literacy was written as the social climate could have persuaded the writer to think much more differently […]