If you haven’t read Alison Bechdel’s incisive graphic memoir Fun Home, we highly recommend it.
Her off-Broadway play of the same name was staged at the Public Theater in New York and was a knockout! Scripted by Lisa Kron, the play is a musical, depicting the autobiographical story.
Bechdel’s father, a closeted gay man, commits suicide mere months after Bechdel comes out to her parents.
Now, the University of South Carolina is under fire for recommending the book, one of many, to incoming freshmen. The state’s legislature determined that this was not suitable reading for “children.” Although we would say that 17- and 18-year-olds about to enter an institute of higher learning are not exactly “children.”
The issue is Bechdel’s lesbianism, not, apparently, her father’s suicide.
Bechdel reacts to the controversy in a good article.
Real Sex Is Coming Your Way—Again!
March 22nd, 2014HBO’s “Real Sex” is a groundbreaking documentary series conceived by Sheila Nevins that explored human sexuality in a way that hadn’t been seen on TV before.
In anticipation of the next episode of “Sex//Now,” scheduled to begin running on May 1, 2014, HBO has been airing the “Real Sex” series.
Called “the 60 Minutes of sex,” the “Real Sex” series, which ran for nearly 20 years, is still a favorite, with episodes starring many of our favorite people, including Sondra Goodwin, Carol Queen and Annie Sprinkle.
Get the whole “Real Sex” schedule—HBO TV, On Demand and HBO Go—here.
Watch the “Sex//Now” HBO trailer on YouTube #NSFW.
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