Monthly Archives: December 2014

Portrait of the Lesbian as a Young Artist

By Robin Bates | Published: December 4, 2014

Proust and James Joyce were particularly important in helping Alison Bechdel negotiate her complex relations with her father.

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Bechdel Uses Lit to Understand Her Life

By Robin Bates | Published: December 3, 2014

Alison’s Bechdel time and again turns to literature in her memoir to understand her upbringing.

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Open Season on Young Black Men

By Robin Bates | Published: December 2, 2014

Hilaire Belloc satirically advocates dire punishment for childish misbehavior except when it comes to guns. The NRA would approve.

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Banishing Fear by Standing Tall

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2014

Police officer Darren Wilson, whom a Ferguson Grand Jury refused to indict last week for shooting Michael Brown, is the latest in a long line of police and vigilantes who have gone free after killing unarmed black men. Upon hearing the decision, one National Public Radio columnist turned to an Audre Lorde poem for comfort. […]

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