An Afternoon with Alison Bechdel

“An intellectual populist and a pioneer.”—The New Yorker
At a time when LGBTQ+ people are under attack and queer stories are being censored, graphic novelist will discuss how graphic memoir offers a valuable way of expressing one’s life experiences, fostering empathy and advocacy. For future health professionals, her stories offer keen insight into the human condition and tools for supporting the people under their care.
Bechdel has won numerous awards, including a MacArthur “Genius” Award in 2014 and a Tony for Best Musical in 2015 for the musical adaptation of her debut graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, which depicts her childhood experience with sexual and gender identity and her father’s suicide. In June, Fun Home was released as an audiobook featuring the voices of Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, and Roxane Gay.
Bechdel describes her second graphic memoir, Are You My Mother?, as an examination of “the self, subjectivity, desire, the nature of reality.” Most recently, the Inkpot Award winner has extended her study of self in relation to others by exploring the influence of fitness branding and aesthetics on body image and gender in The Secret to Superhuman Strength.

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Renee Rau (Norris Medical Library), Annie M. Thompson (Norris Medical Library), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program, the USC Libraries, and the CHLA Center for Bioethics.

Visualizing Medicine: Humanizing Healthcare through Web Comics and Graphic Memoir
Beginning Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Norris Medical Library, Health Sciences Campus
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mayer Auditorium, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, United States