PRIDE GUIDE 1998

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE C-15

Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

WHERE IS

THE SLUSH of. YESTERYEAR?

ONE SPRINGY SATURDAY MORNING...

FEMINISTS CAN'T WIN! IF WE CRITICIZE CLINTON'S BEHAVIOR, WE'RE PRUDES. AND IF WE SUGGEST HIS SEX LIFE IS HIS OWN BUSINESS, WE'RE HYPOCRITES. IT'S THE SAME ÖLD VIRGIN/WHORE TRAP.

ACTUALLY, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT ALL THIS OBSESSION WITH OUR FEARLESS LEADER'S WENCHING HAS HAD THE INTERESTING ANCILLARY FUNCTION OF EXPANDING THE DISCURSIVE DEMARCATIONS OF WOMEN'S SEXUAL SUBJECTIVITY. WHAT?

ROUGHAGE

FLAKES

THE MORE OPEN DISCUSSION THERE IS ABOUT SEX, THE MORE WE MOVE BEYOND THE FALSE POLARITY OF WOMEN AS EITHER SEXUAL PREY, OR FRAIL VIRGINS IN NEED OF PROTECTION.

SOMEHOW, I THINK THAT POINT WILL ELUDE YOUR AVERAGE JOE MOLESTER, IF THIS IS PROGRESS, TAKE ME BACK TO THE FIFTIES. HEY! THAT'S THE LAST BANANA!

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1998 BY ALISON BECHDEL

FORTY-SEVEN MINUTES LATER...

COMING SOON

HUDDERMYN UNDER CONSTRUCTION

BOUNDERS

BOOKS-N-MUZAK

BZzzz

www.visi.com/~oprairie/

YOU WANT IT? COME AND GET IT!

SYDNEY! C'MON, I HAFTA GO TO WORK!

I'VE WANTED TO DO THIS EVER SINCE I LAID EYES ON YOU.

WILLEY VS. WILLIE: NO.WL SAYS PREZ COMMITTED ASSAULT

STEMEM SAYS GROPING BY BOS

OKAY IF HE'S A

DEMOCRAT

HEY, MO!

CHECK IT OUT! IS THIS THE SHIT, OR WHAT?

MADMIN

BOOKS

WOW! You GOT INTO BROWN! CONGRATULATIONS,, ANJALI!

I'M SO STOKED! I CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER I WANT TO CONCENTRATE IN MODERN CULTURE AND MEDIA, OR SEXUALITY AND SOCIETY. WHAT'D YOU MAJOR IN?

UM...

GETTING

HIGH AND COMING OUT, IF MEMORY SERVES.

SORRY

IM LATE, JEZ.

SENSING CHANGE IN CLIMATE, BOB PACKWOOD MAY RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN

PUFFED

GROATS

DOESN'T MATTER. HARDLY ANYONE'S BEEN IN. THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL AT BUNNS AND NOODLE, DUNKING BISCOTTI OVER THE LATEST GLOSSIES.

OFFICE

JEZANNA, DON'T BE SO

NEGATIVE! WE'VE GOT LOYAL CUSTOMERS! WE'RE HANGING IN!

I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR HANGING IN, I WORKED LIKE A DOG TO GET THIS PLACE STARTED. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LOOK BACK ON THOSE DAYS AS MY GOLDEN YEARS.

GOD! YOU'RE SO APOCALYPTIC! ARE YOU, LIKE, MENOPAUSAL OR SOMETHING?

Dosed

MO, ON THE OFF CHANCE A STRAY CUSTOMER WANDERS IN, COULD YOU GET THE HELL TO WORK?

PUBLISHER'S WEAKLY

MEDIA CONGLOMERATE BERTELSMANN ACQUIRES RANDOM HOUSES

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

on the air

ear

So Here yoU ARE, ANOTHer DAY ON THE JOB as PersonAL ASSISTANT TO TV WEATHerman Monty Poole.

WeLL HOW'r You

YOUNG LADY? DID YOU KNOW

IT'S MY BirTH" RAY, I'M 87!

Jane You AL Reuker?

LAST weeK AT A SENIOR CITIZEN'S EVENT

Mercy!I THOUGHT YES MONTY (YaWN) You were SweeT

16... ETHAN, GIVE THIS LADY A HAND

MONT

FAN

Actually, MONTY is OUT OF THE COUNTRY ATTENDing A WEATHerman's CONVENTION IN BANGKOK..

GARY Greenway VANCOUVer TV WEATHerman

SHRINKING COM

PETITION SPELLS DOOM FOR CULTURAL LIFE

OF NATION

by Eric Orner

... AND THE regular Sub, WeekEND ANCHOR, DAPHNEY HANDY, IS HOLED UP AT A PADre ISLAND resort SPA WHILE Her Lawyers NEGOTIATE THIS WEEK'S CONTRACT DISPUTE..

PISSY, THREATENING TO QUIT. CONSIDERING SEPARATION From HER HUSBAND STATE SENATor Jim HANDY

THE SPORTS GUY IS IN JAIL FOR VIOLATING a reSTRAINING Order, aND Sergei, in MAINTENANCE, ONLY SPEAKS UKRANIAN, ALL of WHICH MEANS THAT Newscenter 12 MANAGEMENT HAS TURNed To You To do The WEATHER.

12

Your FRIEND JAY

IS THE NEW STAT-

ION MANAGer

WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, GREEN, HAVE YOU ever BEEN BEFore

THE CAMERAP

HAVE I!

Yessir IcerTAINLY, Why IN THE 8TH GRADE I WUZ THE LEAD in

OKLAHOMA-MOM FILMED THE WHOLE ProDuCTION!

OKU

WHere T WIND CON WHISTL

This is big News in The GheTTo, Where Your FRIENDS THrow A LITTLE PARTY TO TAPE Your 15 MINUTES..

MON

NEWS

12

MRS. GREEN

And Since You Are Being critiqued by every Queen in The CITY, MYSTerious Forces of The COSMOS CONSpire To Make You Look UNATTRACTIVE, DESPITE THE best efforTS OF MICHAEL, CHANNEL 12's STYLIST, YOU'VE APPARENTLY Grown a Hair out of The Top OF Your ear...

HeY CHECK OUT The New Guy-ear HalR..

15 Seconds

"TILL

air...

GASP

OMYGOD

Curbside

©1998

BY ROBERT KIRBY

SHOE GOES ON THE OTHER FOOT BY NATHAN, ALLYOU

WHEW DONE!

R. KIRBY

HOW'S IT GOING FOR You OVER THERE?

FEH.

HAVE TO DO IS KEEP WRITING UNTIL YOU FILL UP THREE PAGES! IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE!

YOU WANT ME TO EXERCISE? I'LL TAKE UP JOGGING.

BEFORE HANDING

OVER YOUR HEART OR

THE KEYS TO YOUR PROPERTY

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE GIVING THEM TO

TENANT SCREENINGS

BACKGROUND CHECKS

Wee SEARCH

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

SERVICE

OH, HAHA, THAT WAS REALLY LAME.. I THOUGHT WE AGREED TO TRY AND SHARE IN EACH OTHER'S INTERESTS MORE?

DREW, I CAN'T PUT WORDS TOGETHER LIKE YOU.. I DON'T ENJOY IT. YOU'RE THE WRIT ER! YOU WRITE!

m

WELL, YOU WRITE SONGS, DON'T You? WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY?

NO, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAYI HAVE TO HAVE MY GUITAR WITH ME, NOT THIS.... THIS... PAPER!

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1.800.585.0028 (OUTSIDE CUYAHOGA COUNTY) weesearch@compuserve.com

BUT I CAN'T WRITE WHEN YOU PLAY...I NEED TOTAL SILENCE.

THAT SETTLES IT THEN. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE TO DO TOGETHER.

SOMEHOW IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO THIS, HUH? Ow CAREFUL BACK THERE!

DON'T WORRY, BABY, I'M JUST TRYING TO INSPIRE You A LITTLE..MAYBE YOU'LL GETA GOOD SONG OUT OF IT! UH

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