The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for middle grade James Schlender

James Schlender

contemporary realism

reflection questions to help process the ideas in each chapter

A beautiful run

McKegney and his participants tackled crucial questions about masculine self-worth and how to foster balanced and empowered gender relations

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for middle grade James SchlenderSettle in to this wittily illustrated soap opera (Bechdel calls it "half op ed column and half endless serialized Victorian novel") of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and the rest of the cast of cult fav characters. Most of them are lesbians, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Bechdel's brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friends academics, social