![]() And I like it when that self quiets down. You know, that self can be very pesky and annoying. And I feel myself, my everyday self, the self that we all identify with, the self on our driver's license. There's something that happens for me when I'm, you know, working out intensely, where my mind just quiets down. But it's also kind of a metaphysical thing that I'm after. And how is exercise a way to do that?īECHDEL: Well, exercise, for me, it is physical. GROSS: What, the inner old Republican man? And the book, for me, was a way of trying to overcome that aspect of myself. But there is this strain in me that understands that rugged, individualist archetype, you know, like, you can do everything yourself. ![]() Other people are, like, a problem (laughter). I don't want to be connected to other people. But I do acknowledge that I have this part of me that just wants to be left alone. Who is that man? And what is he - why is he a part of you?īECHDEL: (Laughter) You know, I'm a feminist. GROSS: You also have an inner old Republican man (laughter) inside you. GROSS: So hoping that outer transformation would lead to inner transformation?īECHDEL: I guess that's the idea. So exercise has been a way of, like, modifying that, you know, very cerebral thing going on. And it has worked out to be - to kind of save me from my other predisposition of being extremely self-conscious and very caught up in my head. You know, I feel like - I just have always had a lot of energy. Tell us about the disconnect between mind and body that you wanted to fix.īECHDEL: (Laughter) Well, this has been going on for my whole life. But you're also really into your body and to strength and endurance. GROSS: You're so in your head, thinking all the time, drawing autobiographical comics. Alison Bechdel, welcome back to FRESH AIR. But extreme exercise has also created problems, like many obsessions do. She's been inspired by the great literary transcendentalists as well as by musclemen. The exercise obsession has been an attempt to shut up her anxious mind, unite mind and body, reach a state of transcendence and look and feel as physically strong as possible. Soon after Bechdel talked with her father about his secret life, he threw himself in front of a truck and was killed - at least that's how Bechdel thinks he ended up killed by that truck.īefore writing graphic memoirs, Bechdel wrote and illustrated a comic strip called "Dykes To Watch Out For." Her new graphic memoir, "The Secret To Superhuman Strength," is about her obsession with exercise and getting stronger - running, skiing, bicycling, Pilates, karate, weightlifting, mountain climbing, yoga. And Bechdel's mother knew about it all along. When Bechdel came out at age 19, she learned that her father had had gay relationships throughout his marriage. The F-U-N in "Fun Home" is short for funeral. ![]() The story is about how Bechdel grew up in the funeral home her parents ran, which was opened by her great-great-grandfather. She wrote and illustrated the graphic memoir "Fun Home," which was adapted into a musical that won Tony Awards in 2015 for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book for a Musical. My guest, Alison Bechdel, has a new graphic memoir. ![]() He had twins Aaron and Julian, 27, with model-actor Toukie Smith, and then had two children with his second ex-wife, Grace Hightower: Elliot, 25, and Helen, 11.Ĭongrats to De Niro on helping to bring a new life into the world, and congrats to all of De Niro’s kids for finally having enough siblings to start a water polo team.This is FRESH AIR. De Niro had Raphael, 46, with Abbott as well. His eldest is Drena, 51, whom De Niro adopted when he married her mother, Diahnne Abbott, in 1976. Page Six and other outlets report that his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, was recently showing.ĭe Niro, who is 79, had the other six kids with three women over the course of 35 years. ET Canada followed up with his reps, who confirmed the recent birth but did not reveal who the mother is. This is news! He had been Bobby “Six Kids” De Niro to the wider public until this week. De Niro’s new movie is called About My Father, so reporter Brittnee Blair went to lob a softie, prefacing a question with, “I know you have six kids,” to which De Niro said, “Seven, actually. In an interview with ET Canada, the topic of fatherhood rightfully arose. So how lucky is Robert De Niro that he recently welcomed his seventh child into the world? The news was revealed a bit off the cuff. ![]()
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