Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel\u2018s cult following for her early comic strip\xa0Dykes to Watch Out For\xa0grew wildly in response to her family memoirs, the best-selling graphic memoir\xa0Fun Home, adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical, and\xa0Are You My Mother?\xa0She has become a cultural household name for the concept of the Bechdel Test, a metric used when considering the representation of women in film. Bechdel has been named a MacArthur Fellow and Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, among many other honors. On May 7, 2021, she talked to artist George McCalman about her latest book \u201cThe Secret to Superhuman Strength\u201d.\xa0 It\u2019s a history of exercise trends, from Jack LaLanne in the 1960s to spin classes and yoga studios.\xa0 It\u2019s also a very personal examination of Bechdel\u2019s own fascination with fitness.