The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel [cc]

"Comics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a deeply layered story of her fascination, from childhood to adulthood, with every fitness craze to come down the pike: from Jack LaLanne in the 60s ("Outlandish jumpsuit! Cantaloupe-sized guns!") to the existential oddness of present-day spin class. Readers will see their athletic or semi-active pasts flash before their eyes through an ever-evolving panoply of running shoes, bicycles, skis, and sundry other gear. But the more Bechdel tries to improve herself, the more her self appears to be the thing in her way. She turns for enlightenment to Eastern philosophers and literary figures, including Beat writer Jack Kerouac, whose search for self-transcendence in the great outdoors appears in moving conversation with the author’s own. This gifted artist and not-getting-any-younger exerciser comes to a soulful conclusion. The secret to superhuman strength lies not in six-pack abs, but in something much less clearly defined: facing her own non-transcendent but all-important interdependence with others."
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[@Tutankhamun18Reads]

Oh I am excited to see this video! I have seen this book in many places but never saw the inside or lots and lots of details

[@RememberedReads]

Heh, I'm still stuck in the lengthy hold list, so I'm not paying too much attention and I'll come back once I've actually read it - but I decided to watch this anyway because my curiosity to see what colour work looks like and I knew you'd be doing a flip-through here! 🤣

[@edwarddorey4480]

Through your critiques of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵's lack of representation and excessively white history, you have made a much more worthwhile review than most mainstream and Goodreads reviewers.

[@LiterallyGraphic]

Thanks!