{"id":623,"date":"2009-11-08T22:03:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T03:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainbowlist.wordpress.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2009-11-08T22:03:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T03:03:14","slug":"the-essential-dykes-to-watch-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/archives\/623","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-629\" title=\"essential dykes to watch out for\" src=\"http:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/essential-dykes1.jpg?w=231\" alt=\"essential dykes to watch out for\" width=\"185\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/essential-dykes1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/essential-dykes1-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/>Bechdel, Alison.\u00a0 <em>The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for<\/em>.\u00a0 2009 (Nov.).\u00a0 352p.\u00a0 Houghton Mifflin, $25.00.\u00a0 (978-0-618-96880-0).\u00a0 Gr. 10-12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the past 25 years, readers have followed the countercultural adventures of Lois, Ginger, Sparrow, Mo, Claire, Toni, and their lovers and friends in this comic strip that has been syndicated, translated, and chosen for collections.\u00a0 Selections from all eleven <em>Dykes<\/em> volumes joined here by sixty of the newest strips not yet published in book form follow these characters from youth to middle age as they debate politics, fight for women\u2019s equality, create families, struggle with cancer, and\u2014of course\u2014have hot sex.\u00a0 Funny, thoughtful, fast-moving, this m\u00e9lange of lesbian experiences is perfect for a rainy day in front of a fireplace or a relaxing time at the beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bechdel, Alison.\u00a0 The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for.\u00a0 2009 (Nov.).\u00a0 352p.\u00a0 Houghton Mifflin, $25.00.\u00a0 (978-0-618-96880-0).\u00a0 Gr. 10-12. For the past 25 years, readers have followed the countercultural adventures of Lois, Ginger, Sparrow, Mo, Claire, Toni, and their lovers and friends in this comic strip that has been syndicated, translated, and chosen for collections.\u00a0 Selections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,234],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","tag-alison-bechdel","tag-the-essential-dykes-to-watch-out-for"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}