Essays on Daughter

A significant aspect explored by Alison Bechdel in Fun Home is her relationship with her father, Bruce. During her childhood, there seems to be constant friction between Bechdel and Bruce and she applies the Daedalus-Icarus metaphor to depict her relationship with her father. However, when...

Wendy Wasserstein was a highly influential playwright and person in general. She was a pioneer of feminism within the theatre as well as non-aggressive feminism outside of it. Her female characters are unlike any seen in theatre previously, and have a life that Wasserstein breathes...

Women Acting in the World Daughters of Bilitis The Daughters of Bilitis was the first organization centered on lesbians in the U.S. Founded in 1955 in San Francisco, the Daughters of Bilitis started as a secretive social club for lesbians at a time when the...

Introduction From the book, we realize that when Stephanie Cassatly was eighteen years old, her mother was shot and killed in a convenience store robbery in New Orleans; changing every preconceived notion she had about the world and what it meant to feel safe. Twenty...