My library featured THE ESSENTIAL DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR during Pride Month, and as soon as I read the first few comics, I was hooked.

As someone who lived and thrived in the feminist political space of Scripps College, reading DYKES was akin to a homecoming. I loved the hyper-intellectual, critical thinking sphere that the characters lived in, how they fused and overlapped the geo-political and the personal. I loved the themes and thought threads and diversity and cultural celebration. I loved how the characters became symbols, characters, symbols, and characters again. I finished the book and felt empowered. I felt strong. I felt like I could take on more of the world.

Bechdel's work is brilliant, fantastic, heart-warming, and addictive. I recommend it to everyone who wants to journey into a radical, intersectional, and feminist room of ink and paper, whether that's a place you've been or a place you want to be.