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Dykes to Watch Out For

revelations

OCTOBER 15, 1993

ONE RAINY MORNING AT MADWIMMIN BOOKS...

THEA, YOU SHOULDN'T DRINK COFFEE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE COMPUTER. WHAT IF IT SPILLS?

RELAX, MO. I'M VERY CAREFUL.

SHEESH! WHAT'S UP HER BUTT? SHE'S BEEN ACTING REALLY WEIRD TOWARD ME LATELY.

OKAY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOW. THE OTHER DAY, SHE OVERHEARD YOU TELLING ME HOW PUPPYLIKE YOU FIND

HER CRUSH ON YOU.

SHIT! SHE MUST FEEL AWFUL! I'D BETTER TALK TO HER.

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OH, JEEZ. I HATE LESBIAN HONESTY. LOOK, JUST DON'T TELL HER I TOLD YOU SHE HEARD WHAT YOU TOLD ME.

CLARICE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE WITH A TWO-DAY-OLD KID AT HOME? STIR-CRAZY ALREADY?

I NEED SOME BOOKS ABOUT BABIES, FAST.

WHAT'S WRONG, CLARICE?

1993 BY ALISON BECHDEL

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I DON'T KNOW! HE'S CRYING A LOT AND NOT NURSING. TONI'S NO HELP AT ALL SHE KEEPS TELLING ME IT'S NORMAL. GOD, I SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE RESEARCH ON THIS!

CHILDREN PARENTING

AND AS IF I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH, HOW 'BOUT THAT JUDGE IN VIRGINIA?! HE SAYS A WOMAN IS UNFIT TO RAISE HER SON BECAUSE SHE'S A LESBIAN, THEN GIVES CUSTODY TO THE GRANDMOTHER!

FEMINIST BOOKSTORE SOMEZE

WHAT IF TONI'S HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS TRIED SOMETHING LIKE THAT! D'YOU REALIZE HOW VULNERABLE WE ALL ARE TO THE LEGAL DECISIONS OF STUNTED, HATEFUL, PALEOZOIC DICKHEADS LIKE THIS GUY?!

MR. SPOCK

The

NEW

FATHER

PARENTS CHILDING

YEAH, IT'S REALLY BAD NEWS. BUT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT

ANY SLEEP?

SLEEP? LIKE, LYING DOWN?

MAYBE YOU OUGHTA TAKE HER HOME.

I'LL GET MY JACKET.

NIB TO AMY

JUST GO EASY WHEN YOU TALK TO MO. YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT TO LOOK AT HER, BUT THERE'S A PASSIONATE BABE LURKING BENEATH THAT NEUROTIC EXTERIOR

OH, BELIEVE ME, I'VE THOUGHT IT.

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ANTI-RACISM STRATEGIES

a workshop facilitated by

Sharon Washington, PhD & Beth Blue Swadener, PhD October 30, 1993

Cleveland State University, Main Classroom Building (2nd Floor)

This Program provides strategies for building inclusive communities by examining how personally held beliefs influence our ability to work in multicultural spaces.

Session I, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm General Training, All People Welcome, (Limited to 100 participants)

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