The Cartoonist Behind a Broadway Hit: Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel grew up in a small Pennsylvania town in a house that doubled as her family's funeral home, raised by a father who was an English teacher and a closeted gay man keeping secrets that would eventually consume him. She processed that world through drawing and writing, culminating in three landmark graphic memoirs, including Fun Home, which was later adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. She's also credited with the Bechdel Test — a simple measure of whether a film gives its female characters real depth — which started as a joke in one of her comic strips and went on to become a standard tool in feminist film criticism. Human Success Stories is a One Wealth production, hosted by David Steele and Jonathan Steele, co-founders of One Wealth Advisors. One Wealth helps people simplify the financial complexity of their lives so they can be more present for the moments that matter. Learn more at or reach out at info@onewealth.net. This podcast is provided by One Wealth Advisors, LLC. This post and the content discussed in this podcast should not be construed as investment advice.