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The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.

Alison Bechdel

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Alison Bechdel
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
Cartoonist
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Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Alison J. Bechdel
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Women
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