![]() When Alison’s father angrily asks if that’s what Alison wants to look like, Alison becomes ashamed and lies, telling him “no.” As she goes through puberty, Alison finds her budding breasts “painful” and “itchy,” and she does her best to ignore the existence of her periods. When she is four or five years old at a restaurant with her father Bruce, Alison admires a butch-looking woman wearing male clothing. As she grows up, Alison feels a constant and growing shame that is centered around her discomfort in the world and with her own female body. More specifically, Fun Home is the story of Alison’s coming of age while grappling with her lesbian gender identity and the way that identity differs from the expectations imposed on her by society. ![]() It’s the story of her growing up, her coming of age. ![]() Fun Home is a graphic memoir in which Alison Bechdel describes her childhood and early adulthood. ![]()
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