“Assholes” referenced at Jewish feminist conference
February 29th, 2012Near as I can tell there was a conference on the portrayal of Jewish women in comics in Montreal last summer, sponsored by the Association of Jewish libraries. Read about it here (scroll down a little to find “Assholes”). “Assholes” was used as an example of Orthodox women in comics:
“Orthodox women were shown in 3 narratives. In the 2nd issue of Assholes, Mitch is forced to go on a blind date with Andrea’s observant cousin ; alas, all they seem to have in common is that they both know Andrea & are both Jewish.”
That’s it. But for some reason I find it really funny that a bunch of old Jewish women took a break from singing Debbie Friedman songs or whatever it is they do at these things to have a serious discussion that included examples from “Assholes.” (And hey, why didn’t they include “Anyone But Virginia” too?)
Last thought- the incident we’re riffing on in the comic is based on one of Mitch’s real life jdate experiences. Read all about that one here.
Assholes and my family war story were discussed at the same conference, who would have thought…
I must admit I am a little sad that I went to 2 sessions during that conference that were incredibly boring, I feel as though I would have enjoyed hearing about assholes so much more then the war stories I have heard since I was a kid, particularlily since it was the day after my sisters wedding and I was extremely hungover. Assholes would have been much more appropriate 🙂
Assholes>War