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Itâs Time to Sweat It Out and Get Pumped With Alison Bechdel
Alison BechdelCredit.Elena Seibert
By Elizabeth Weil
By Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel greets readers ass up, slightly pigeon-toed, her hair a mess, her belly sticking out, her head visible between her legs in a not-svelte downward dog: âOh, hey! I didnât see you there!â
For a book with a superhero title, âThe Secret of Superhuman Strengthâ gets right to work establishing the fact that Bechdel is going to take us on her lifelong journey of fitness â not to be confused with being âgood at sportsâ â and that her authority (such as she establishes the idea of authority at all) is not going to come from a place of her looking or performing like Serena Williams or Linda Hamilton from âThe Terminator.â No. Bechdel is not going to achieve spectacular athletic results. Nor is she going to indulge readers in the fascist or Californian â take your pick â nonsen