Comments on: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cleveland OH

By: ALISON BECHDEL IN CLEVELAND

ALISON BECHDEL IN CLEVELAND — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:37:22 +0000

[...] the street, last night we went to see Alison Bechdel read at the Joseph-Beth in Legacy Village. (Here’s Alison’s own blog of the event.) They had the reading hidden upstairs in this special conference room that had a fantastic [...]

By: A.

A. — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:03:12 +0000

Uhmmm… am I the only one to find that this is another utterly, irresistibly cute picture of Alison?

Looking forward to seeing you in the flesh in Paris later this month, Miz Bechdel. I’ll be right there, blushing behind my copy of Fun Home.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:04:32 +0000

No Toledo, OH? Check out People Called Women (bookstore); I’m sure they’d love to have you.

By: *tania

*tania — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:24:56 +0000

p.s. i did not know that my sideways smiley emoticon would be turned into that hideous graphic. i’m so sorry. i won’t do it again.

By: *tania

*tania — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:23:34 +0000

as a fashionista turned croc-lover, i have to weigh in here. i was veeeeery skeptical about them, and only bought a pair on my last trip to vermont because i need some sort of clogs to wear around the house that could also double as rain shoes when i got back to seattle. i put them on and was sold immediately on their comfort. they are not rubber, they’re some kind of crazy resin that molds to your feet over time. yes, they are super-ugly, but i got black ones and i have started wearing them to work, hoping no one notices. and it makes me feel naughty, like i don’t deserve to be so comfortable and unfashionable while at work. so far, no one’s said a thing…

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:43:22 +0000

LOLOL

Jeez louise!

I worked very hard at masking my disdain.

I backspaced at least a dozen times.

Do I get ANY points for that?

By: wombatgrrl

wombatgrrl — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:01:35 +0000

To get back to the scintillating shoes topic….let me personally assure you that Christine has NEVER worn a pair of Birkenstocks. Her disdain for them is so overwhelming that she can barely stand to look at them. So she can hardly attest to their comfortableness in comparison with the Crocs.

I have to say that it does appear to me that Keens are fast making headway in the arena of dyke footwear though…..

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:52:43 +0000

Sorry to break in with an off-topic post, but I just have to tell this story. Remember when Toni and Clarice visited the incredibly clueless teacher at the elementary school? Well, I used to think that was just humorous exaggeration on Alison’s part. But check out what showed up on the “Single Mothers by Choice” listserv that I belong to:

Several weeks after Max started preschool, he came home upset because when he told one of the teachers that he didn’t have a dad, she told him “everyone has a dad”. As near as I could tell, he was not upset that he didn’t have a dad – he was upset that she didn’t believe him.

When I spoke to the teacher, she asked me how that could be. So I told her that I used a sperm donor. She looked puzzled and said, “but he looks just like you”.

By: cybercita

cybercita — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:09:41 +0000

rohmi,

if you want the ultimate in comfortable sandals, i highly recommend masai barefoot technology. i don’t know their provenance in terms of how they are manufactured, but they are the only sandals i can wear without limping at the end of the day.

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:42:38 +0000

Oh yeah, so totally spectacular (and have been introduced by, and to have a picture with Harvey Pekar, and I really appreciate the links to Christine’s blog and Austin Kleon’s blog.