Comments on: off to France http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=223 By: cialis http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-28443 cialis Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:42:54 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-28443 <strong>cialis</strong> news cialis

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]]> By: Alex K http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21887 Alex K Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:45:13 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21887 Silvio: Because it gives you a mean drunk - makes you more likely to beat your wife. Getting you drunk fast is part of the 5.2% ethanol content of your pint of Stella, of course. Although I can't exclude Josiah's hypothesis, Tennessee Williams is a bit poncey for the East End. Gissa proper show - Babs Windsor wiffa Bristols out, innit... Oi! Wotchoo lookin' at? Silvio: Because it gives you a mean drunk – makes you more likely to beat your wife. Getting you drunk fast is part of the 5.2% ethanol content of your pint of Stella, of course.

Although I can’t exclude Josiah’s hypothesis, Tennessee Williams is a bit poncey for the East End. Gissa proper show – Babs Windsor wiffa Bristols out, innit…

Oi! Wotchoo lookin’ at?

]]> By: Nea http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21878 Nea Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:32:17 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21878 than l you so much for the conference you gave at university , in Tours, yesterday!! It was really good, and i hope it 'll open some french student mind :) hope you hope a good journey in france Nea than l you so much for the conference you gave at university , in Tours, yesterday!! It was really good, and i hope it ‘ll open some french student mind :)
hope you hope a good journey in france
Nea

]]> By: Ovidia http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21877 Ovidia Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:31:41 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21877 Thanks for the quote, Ellen Orleans! Thanks for the quote, Ellen Orleans!

]]> By: Josiah http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21774 Josiah Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:27:55 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21774 Oh, and Deena — I'm a "Johnnie" of a different stripe: <a HREF="http://www.sjca.edu/asp/home.aspx" rel="nofollow">St. John's College</A> in Annapolis, Maryland (and Santa Fe, New Mexico). It's the most exclusively Western Civ-based liberal arts college going, but it does give a solid (and not uncritical) grounding in that tradition. It's also a very whimsical place: for example, the athletic highlight at St. John's is the annual croquet match against the Naval Academy (regarded by Johnnies as Athens vs. Sparta). Oh, and Deena — I’m a “Johnnie” of a different stripe: St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland (and Santa Fe, New Mexico). It’s the most exclusively Western Civ-based liberal arts college going, but it does give a solid (and not uncritical) grounding in that tradition. It’s also a very whimsical place: for example, the athletic highlight at St. John’s is the annual croquet match against the Naval Academy (regarded by Johnnies as Athens vs. Sparta).

]]> By: Josiah http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21770 Josiah Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:11:45 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21770 Silvio, I'm not an expert on British slang, but I'd assume that part of the reason "wifebeater" is associated with Stella Artois is that because Stanley Kowalski's wife in <I>A Streetcar Named Desire</I> is the former Stella Dubois, which rhymes with Stella Artois. Cockney rhyming slang, like "take a butcher's" to mean "take a look" (derived from "butcher's hook"). It's certainly interesting to see Alison grouped with Frank Miller in the art gallery — apart from medium, talent and geography, they have almost nothing in common. (Well, I suppose Alison occasionally uses silhouettes for emotional emphasis, like Miller does, but although he's known for the technique it was hardly original to him — Will Eisner was doing it in the '40s, with better stories.) Rick Veitch, on the other hand, could be an interesting conversational partner for Alison. I didn't realize that Vermont was home to so many good comics artists. Maggie, I'm glad my late-night ruminations on love and loss touched you. I sometimes feel staggeringly unqualified to speak on this blog, since I happen to be a member of just about every privileged group going (white, male, straight, monogamous, wealthy...). But that's another glorious aspect of the community that's developed here — it's truly open to all, and the common bond (love of Alison's extraordinary work) helps us to reach across these stupid barriers our society establishes. Silvio, I’m not an expert on British slang, but I’d assume that part of the reason “wifebeater” is associated with Stella Artois is that because Stanley Kowalski’s wife in A Streetcar Named Desire is the former Stella Dubois, which rhymes with Stella Artois. Cockney rhyming slang, like “take a butcher’s” to mean “take a look” (derived from “butcher’s hook”).

It’s certainly interesting to see Alison grouped with Frank Miller in the art gallery — apart from medium, talent and geography, they have almost nothing in common. (Well, I suppose Alison occasionally uses silhouettes for emotional emphasis, like Miller does, but although he’s known for the technique it was hardly original to him — Will Eisner was doing it in the ’40s, with better stories.)

Rick Veitch, on the other hand, could be an interesting conversational partner for Alison. I didn’t realize that Vermont was home to so many good comics artists.

Maggie, I’m glad my late-night ruminations on love and loss touched you. I sometimes feel staggeringly unqualified to speak on this blog, since I happen to be a member of just about every privileged group going (white, male, straight, monogamous, wealthy…). But that’s another glorious aspect of the community that’s developed here — it’s truly open to all, and the common bond (love of Alison’s extraordinary work) helps us to reach across these stupid barriers our society establishes.

]]> By: shadocat http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21753 shadocat Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:57:48 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21753 Robert! A fellow Kansas Citian!!! Maybe we could use the free WiFi to lure AB here someday? (yeah I know, that and a million bucks...) Robert! A fellow Kansas Citian!!! Maybe we could use the free WiFi to lure AB here someday? (yeah I know, that and a million bucks…)

]]> By: silvio soprani http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21752 silvio soprani Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:56:34 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21752 Alex K, Thanks for the phonetics. I drink Stella Artois, almost exclusively (except for the last month,because it is in the middle of changing distributors so it has not been available in Baltimore.) So the "cant" (does that mean "slang?" I am too crazed to stop and look it up...) means that Stella is a strong beer, NOT that "wifebeaters" (Stanley Kowalski/Marlon Brando types) drink it? (Because trust me, I have neither the muscles nor the beer belly to back that image up...) Alex K,
Thanks for the phonetics. I drink Stella Artois, almost exclusively (except for the last month,because it is in the middle of changing distributors so it has not been available in Baltimore.) So the “cant” (does that mean “slang?” I am too crazed to stop and look it up…) means that Stella is a strong beer, NOT that “wifebeaters” (Stanley Kowalski/Marlon Brando types) drink it?

(Because trust me, I have neither the muscles nor the beer belly to back that image up…)

]]> By: Robert K. http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21709 Robert K. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:29:57 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21709 Hey, the Kansas City International Airport also has free WiFi. I was astonished as well. Suprisingly civilized for the midwest. I love France, can't wait to go back. Hey, the Kansas City International Airport also has free WiFi. I was astonished as well. Suprisingly civilized for the midwest. I love France, can’t wait to go back.

]]> By: Alex K http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21664 Alex K Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:45:41 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/off-to-france#comment-21664 "Woyfbe'ah", here in London, is cant for Stella Artois. Gives you a mean drunk, they say. Silvio, that exactly was my recollection - my gasp at the amazingly vivid (Stanley Kowalski played by Brando, man-as-[lower-class]-brute, wearing the garment in question) and to me novel use of language, my shock at the summing-up / caricature of misogynist sociopathy it evoked, and my grin at Raffi's mothers' practical response. All inside a half-minute scan of the cartoon. AB takes us on some E-ticket rides, doesn't she? “Woyfbe’ah”, here in London, is cant for Stella Artois. Gives you a mean drunk, they say.

Silvio, that exactly was my recollection – my gasp at the amazingly vivid (Stanley Kowalski played by Brando, man-as-[lower-class]-brute, wearing the garment in question) and to me novel use of language, my shock at the summing-up / caricature of misogynist sociopathy it evoked, and my grin at Raffi’s mothers’ practical response. All inside a half-minute scan of the cartoon.

AB takes us on some E-ticket rides, doesn’t she?

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