Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For
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Before lesbian TikTok, before The L Word, before Ellen, there was Dykes to Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel’s seminal comic-strip sensation about the lives and loves of one tight-knit dyke community that was a fixture in gay papers across America for 25 years.
Meet our heroine, Mo. She’s every dyke’s dream—or so she’s been told by her kind and supportive friends. She’s shy but passionate, politically aware, as committed to her egalitarian all-womyn’s softball team as she is to her volunteer work at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center. So why can’t she find a girlfriend? Could it possibly be because she’s more judgmental than Gertrude Stein and more self-sabotaging than Bojack Horseman?
And what about Lois, Mo’s best buddy and Casanova about town? She’s broken a thousand hearts in her day, but can she protect her own from the powers of Emma, the sultry divorcee?
And what about Clarice, Mo’s first girlfriend and chosen family? Will her long-term stable partnership with Toni survive her dizzying attraction to Ginger, the alluring academic?
Follow the trials and tribulations of Mo, Lois, Toni, Clarice, and the rest of their friends as they surf the waves of dyke drama from the softball field to the women’s bookstore, from the brunch rush at the vegan Café Topaz all the way to the steps of the Supreme Court, in a very special episode set at the landmark 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
From the fevered mind of Alison Bechdel, MacArthur Genius Award-winning author of Fun Home and Are You My Mother?, Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For is an American classic, brought hilariously to life in this new comedy by a star-studded crew, including Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia), Roberta Colindrez (A League of Their Own), Roxane Gay (New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist) Jenn Colella (Broadway’s Come from Away), and the celesbian icon herself, Jane Lynch (Glee).
Adapted by playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George (Only Murders in the Building), directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet), with original music by Alana Davis, Faith Soloway, and Bitch, and a soundtrack featuring hits by Ferron, Holly Near, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Cris Williamson, and Joan Jett.
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This content contains mature language and adult themes, and discretion is advised.
Now available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.
©2023 Dykes to Watch Out For is based on the comics, characters, and books by Alison Bechdel, including The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For, Copyright © 1986-2022, by Alison Bechdel. (P)2023 Audible Originals LLCWhat listeners say about Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For
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- Anonymous User
- 06-07-23
Just brilliant.
So heartwarming and funny. Would love to hear more! Apparently there’s a comic series to read. But this has been a favourite on Audible!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-05-24
Could easily be a series on tv
Great series with good characters considering I didn’t bother watching the L word after a few episodes, this could be an alternative
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- Anonymous User
- 29-08-23
So good!
I never read the comics, but enjoyed this a lot! It's depressing that the issues the characters were fighting for in the 80s are still relevant today though.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-06-23
Brilliant, would love to hear more!
I’m a huge fan of the comics and have been wanting some sort of adaptation for a while - I particularly had Roberta Colindrez pegged as someone I’d like to see attached so it was really fun to hear her as Lois! I’ve only been able to read the Essential collection, so getting to hear extra details here was an added bonus. Really hope they continue the series!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-23
absolutely wonderful!
I can't praise this enough! I have wanted to read these books for years, but they weren't accessible to me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this performance and really hope that audible will produce more. Thoroughly recommend to everybody.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-06-23
Perfect
I absolutely loved this. Perfectly cast and acted. So funny and kept me engaged at all times!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-06-23
Loved it
I love it so much and I am a tad disappointed that there is nothing else!
Give us more!
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- Anonymous User
- 30-09-23
Going to have to buy all the books!
This was as good as the comics which is saying something. Loved it! Do make more, please.
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- claire
- 17-09-23
Thank you so much for this lovely treat!
I wasn't sure I'd like this but I think I grinned through the whole thing, when I wasn't laughing out loud. Great reminder of how brilliant Alison Bechdel's writing is, even without the fabulous artwork! Will keep this in my library forever and relisten whenever I need cheering up <3 <3 <3
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-23
Wonderful reinterpretation
Absolutely loved it, great story, great characters and a fantastic reimagining of the comic in audio form - more like this on audible please!
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