I actually was afraid that the book on her mother would act as more of companion piece to Fun Home. On the angles she doesn't cover or doesn't pursue hard enough, I'll see when I read the book. I had no idea it was out; I'm totally looking for this book at my local libraries.
I also feel that bisexual is an abused term, used by the ignorant because it's less "gay" and gives them the safe heterosexual option. From Fun Home, I never got the "feeling" Bechdel was trying to describe a frustrated bisexual man. If he had an attraction to his wife, it was probably attached to her acting, not herself as a person (at least from the way their marriage played out).
I wonder how you felt about the father having pedophilic (?) tendencies in FH; there's a different between the abuse of children and a legit sexual orientation. Sometimes I felt she wasn't making the necessary separation.
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Date: 2012-07-03 03:55 am (UTC)I also feel that bisexual is an abused term, used by the ignorant because it's less "gay" and gives them the safe heterosexual option. From Fun Home, I never got the "feeling" Bechdel was trying to describe a frustrated bisexual man. If he had an attraction to his wife, it was probably attached to her acting, not herself as a person (at least from the way their marriage played out).
I wonder how you felt about the father having pedophilic (?) tendencies in FH; there's a different between the abuse of children and a legit sexual orientation. Sometimes I felt she wasn't making the necessary separation.