Alison on Vermont Public Television

November 10th, 2006

Katie here.  I hope you enjoyed the ’80’s pictures.  I’ve got some Chucks lined up in place of the shoes pictured below.

Here’s a comment written by ‘NLC’ from the last post that I would like to highlight: If you live in VT, tune in to Alison on Vermont Public Television!

Public Television Interview with Alison Bechdel

Host Fran Stoddard will interview cartoonist Alison Bechdel on the show Profile on Vermont Public Television this month. Bechdel is the creator of Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip that OITM runs each month, and wrote the graphic novel Fun Home that was published earlier this year.
The Profile interview with Bechdel will air twice: From 7:30-8 pm on Monday, November 20, and from 1:30-2 pm on Sunday, November 26.

http://www.vpt.org/tvscheds/daily.html?action=showinfo&SeriesID=11000

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Eighties Katie

November 10th, 2006

My assistant Katie was working here this afternoon. I asked her if she was doing anything fun this weekend and she told me she was going to an eighties party. It took me a while to realize what that even meant…shoulder pads? Cosby sweaters? But then I tried to think what I was wearing in the eighties. 501’s! I dug a pair up for Katie, which she liked. Then I started rifling through my t-shirt and political button archives. Katie chose my Oberlin Womyn’s Collective 1980-81 t-shirt. I also ran across the denim jacket that I bought when I came out. And my gigantic wire-rimmed glasses from 1984. I think she’s going to add a rolled-up bandana headband. But even without that crowning touch, the overall effect was quite eerie.

Katie allowed me to post this only if I promised to also post a picture of her without the dorky glasses.