My partner and I went to Cambridge last night to see Alison Bechdel speak at the Brattle and do a reading from her new book.

She's obviously funny and insightful on paper, but even after the reading (and an author doing a reading of her graphic novel is an interesting thing in general), she spoke directly to the audience which was quite wonderful. She mentioned she was such an introvert that she was going to go back to her hotel afterwards and pass out, which, yeah, I get it. But she was brilliant.

It was a sold out, and pretty queer crowd. I don't think I understood when I came out how different being in a crowd versus being in a _queer_ crowd would affect me.

I'm also an introvert. Crowds absolutely exhaust me. But being in a queer crowd - I still leave tired, but also... fed.

#AlisonBechdel #Brattle #CambridgeMA #Queer #Introvert

The #Brattle theater in #CambridgeMA has a fundraiser going to cover damage from a "plumbing emergency". Today's entry in "words you never want to see in the same sentence"

#film #FilmMastodon https://brattlefilm.org/2025/04/17/fundraiser-to-support-the-brattle-during-this-weekends-closure/

If you've never seen Jacques Rivette's superb and surreal 1974 film “Céline and Julie Go Boating” - or like me if it's one of your favorites - you’ll have several chances to see it from Friday 7/12 to Monday 7/15 at The Brattle:

https://brattlefilm.org/movies/celine-and-julie-go-boating/

#Cambridge #Boston #Brattle