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Dykes to Watch Out For

Name: Dykes to Watch Out For
Author: Alison Bechdel

Dykes to Watch Out For was a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle and Lisa Alther's Kinflicks were to an earlier one".

“Ginger: Oh, jeez. Well, uh… maybe you should talk to someone.Cynthia: I thought I was.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#452, "Absolute Value" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Anjali: Oh, wow. I am tripping out that I actually get to work here! Being constantly surrounded by books! Bringing ideas, poems, and manifestoes to the world! How can you stand it?!
Jezanna: That reminds me, Lois. The lube shipment just came in.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#252, "The Trouble with Sidney" (1996), collected in Hot, Throbbing DTWOF (1997).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Miriam: Look, don't fixate on the due date. It's just an approximation. Only 5 percent of babies actually arrive on it. Most come later, in fact.
Clarice: Great! How much later? Two days? Three?
Miriam: Let me give you a friendly tip, Clarice. Don't get too hung up on keeping a tight schedule for the next, say, eighteen years or so.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#169, "Crushed" (1993), collected in Spawn of DTWOF (1993).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Mrs. Pidgeon: That little girl whose mother is in the, um, "threesome." Why do you say she's confused about her gender? She seems perfectly normal to me.
Sparrow: Mom, she's a boy.
Mrs. Pidgeon: Oh. Well then, I'm not quite so worried about that revealing top. I was going to speak to her mother.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

"Replicants," supplement in Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life Forms TWOF (2003).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Jezanna: Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chain store jobs!”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#431, "Fight or Flight?" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Ginger: [hauling Clarice up stairs in a wheelchair]: This ivory tower needs some ramps!
Clarice: What are you saying, Ginger?! Build ramps and anyone could get up!! The whole school would be overrun by black commie dykes in wheelchairs! Really, now!”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#31, "Groves of Academe" (1988), collected in New, Improved! DTWOF (1990).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Sparrow: If you'd get a vasectomy, we wouldn't have to go through this every time.
Stuart: But… but you know I want to have a baby eventually.
Sparrow: So make some deposits at a sperm bank first. Then we can inseminate like normal people when we're ready.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#385, "Just a Rhetorical Question" (2002), collected in Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life Forms TWOF (2003).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Harriet: [making an excuse] Um… I'm looking for a copy of The Wheat-Free Guide to Creative Visualization in Co-dependent Past-Life Relationships.
Mo: Huh. Jeez, I never heard of that one… Wonder if it's in spirituality or cooking.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#21, "By the Book" (1987), collected in More DTWOF (1988).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Ginger: Get off it, Mo. If I can't ogle, I don't want to be part of your revolution.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#96, "Dancing in the Streets" (1990), collected in DTWOF: The Sequel (1992).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Mo: Uh… sorry. I was just wondering why you're… you know… using that if normally you just use crutches.
Thea: Well, the chair is so much more dramatic, don't you think? I use it when I want people to feel extra sorry for me.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#124, "...A Rolling Donut" (1991), collected in DTWOF: The Sequel (1992).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Cynthia: To be honest, I've been rethinking things lately. I mean, I'm still a Christian, but I'm definitely transitioning.
Janis: Really? Is your mom letting you do hormones? Mine won't.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#457, "Son Goddess" (2005), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Cynthia: Of all the times to come out to your family, I had to do it right before the last presidential debate. Damn that John Kerry!
Ginger: Cynthia, I'm sorry your parents are having a meltdown, but it's hardly John Kerry's fault.
Cynthia: When he called Mary Cheney a lesbian, I felt like I had been drop-kicked.
Ginger: Well, Mary Cheney is a lesbian, and you're a political football.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#452, "Absolute Value" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Sparrow: Oh my God. I'm a trained professional. I can't believe I didn't see it sooner! The mind games… the use of isolation… the accusations about being unfaithful… the obsessive keeping track… preventing the other person from getting a job… Stuart, we're in an abusive relationship with the Bush administration!”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#440, "Too Much Information" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Carlos: Manly-Man Training Academy, Butch speaking! … OH! Señor Ortiz! Sí, this is Toni's number. …¿¡De qué estás hablando?! ¡No! I'm not the father! I'm just the babysitter, I swear! ¿Qué?! You want me to marry your daughter?”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

Well okay, but I'm keeping my own name!
#232, "A Smidge Too Far" (1996), collected in Hot, Throbbing DTWOF (1997).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Toni: Well… straight couples get respect when they marry. Maybe we need to make some kind of symbolic affirmation of our commitment to one another!
Clarice: You mean…
Toni: Yes! Let's open a joint checking account!
Clarice: Oh, darling! But this is so sudden!”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#7, "Getting Respectable" (1987), collected in More DTWOF (1988).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Raffi: Okay, it's time to make another deposit to my therapy fund.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#458, "Below the Law" (2005), collected in The Essential DTWOF (2008).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Toni: Mamá… MAMÁ! I'm paying peak long-distance rates here. Could you save the Hail Marys until we hang up?”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#236, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1996), collected in Hot, Throbbing DTWOF (1997).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Lois: [intercepting a man in the women's bookstore] Can I help you find something, sir?
Man: Um… just browsing.
Lois: Hmm… I find that publication rather tame myself. Have you ever seen this one? This month there's a hot photo spread of three totally tattooed babes with strap-ons doing an armpit shaving scene. And if you're looking for a real thrill, check out the story, "She Came in Waves," in this new female ejaculation anthology!
Man: 'Scuse me, I think I left my car at a hydrant.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#155, "Cultural Exchange" (1993), collected in Spawn of DTWOF (1993).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Mo: The man's clearly a sex addict. He's out of control. Lying, suborning perjury…
Sydney: It's this puritanical culture that's the problem. Do people really expect someone with the ruthless lust for power it takes to become president to spend evenings at home with his stamp collection?
Mo: Oh, please! You wouldn't be quite so indulgent if it was Newt Gingrich getting blowjobs in the Oval Office.
Sydney: Thank you for that image.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#282, "Divert & Conquer" (1998), collected in Split-Level DTWOF (1998).
Dykes to Watch Out For

“Mo: Ginger, how can you think about sex at a time like this? Madmen are about to destroy the earth!
Ginger: Can you think of a better time? I don't know about you, girl, but I want to have a G-spot orgasm before Armageddon hits.”

Alison Bechdel book Dykes to Watch Out For

#92, "Crisis Management" (1990), collected in DTWOF: The Sequel (1992).
Dykes to Watch Out For

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