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Fun Home – Alison Bechdel

Wilde Victorian Characters – Are They the Real Deal?

Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is written with much humour intwined in the works as possible. It was written in the Victorian times, and Wilde wanted to find ways to subtly poke fun at their strict society. My favourite line from Act 1, said by Algernon is: “The only way to behave to…

Wilde Jokes

Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is full of witty humour, satire, sarcasm and puns – something quite outrageous to be performed in a play in Victorian England. My favourite line, said by Algernon, is: “the only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she’s pretty, and to…

Body of Work: Graphic Novels and Female Shame

Article As a girl myself, I understand the shame felt when we walk outside, the somewhat predator-like looks of men, and the flame of anger at them, wanting to snap back at them, but not doing so for the fear of what might happen. That shame is felt worldwide – female illustrators and authors of…

Fun Home – Alison Bechdel

To me, a graphic text is a comic book, a thing for children, not a serious work of literature to study in class. Though through reading this, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount I could analyse from it. My initial thought of comic books are that they were for children, and the main focus…

The Millennial’s Guide to Kissing

‘The Millennial’s Guide to Kissing’ seems a rather intimate title for an article, let alone an article posted on the New York Times. But it’s not about any guide to kissing, or hugging, or any sort of intimate gesture. If anything, it’s about the way that millennials (typically) act when faced with possibilities to interact…