In light of the unprecedented and vindictive budget cut currently making its way through the South Carolina legislature as punishment for the College of Charleston encouraging (but not requiring) students to read Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, we thought we’d share…
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Meet Alison Bechdel & Howard Cruse Hosted by Chip Kidd on April 4!
Meet Alison Bechdel and Howard Cruse at a special pre-MoCCA reception hosted by Chip Kidd on April 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. This cocktail reception is hosted at Chip’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where you’ll be able to…
Fun Home Update: SC House Refuses to Restore Funding
The South Carolina House of Representatives doubled down on censorship yesterday, refusing to erase budget cuts that seek to punish two public colleges for assigning books that deal with LGBT issues. Democratic Reps. James Smith and Gilda Cobb-Hunter attempted to…
Bechdel, SC Residents Respond to Punitive Proposed Funding Cuts
Last week, a South Carolina House of Representatives committee approved a punitive funding cut for the College of Charleston because the school selected Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home for an optional summer reading program. Now, both the author and regular South…