{"id":9550,"date":"2016-04-03T20:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9550"},"modified":"2017-11-25T09:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T13:20:52","slug":"episode-162-phoebe-gloeckner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-162-phoebe-gloeckner","title":{"rendered":"Episode 162 – Phoebe Gloeckner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show #162:
\nPhoebe Gloeckner<\/a><\/p>\n

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“The enemy of the artist is self-consciousness. You can’t be writing for anyone, because that’ll paralyze you.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"diarycover\"<\/a>Phoebe Gloeckner<\/a>, the author of The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures<\/a>\"\" joins the podcast on way<\/em> too little sleep to talk about transgressing borders: national borders, panel borders, and familial borders. We talk about Diary’s<\/em> hybrid structure and why it would have been unpitchable to a publisher (luckily, she had a two-book contract), the tightrope of portraying a 15-year-old girl’s affair with her mother’s 30-something boyfriend without making her strictly a victim or “asking for it”, and some audiences’ obsession with “the facts” of the book. We also get into her ongoing, decade-long multi-media project to recreate a life in Juarez, Mexico, her place in the comics scene (too young for the undergrounds, too old for the alternatives), her unrepeatable approach to making art, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And buy Diary of a Teenage Girl<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“If I thought of myself as a victim, there was nobody who was going to feel sorry for me, or help me. I was a victim, but a teenager in that situation doesn’t feel like a victim. The minute you feel like a victim, any power you have is sucked from you. It’s a dangerous thing to call yourself.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She also tells a hilarious story about her first meeting with Matt Groening, explains why she’ll never get into another relationship, discusses her attachment to the works of Dr. Ira Lunan Ferguson<\/a>, and reveals perhaps the most insane version ever of the “reconnecting with your ex on Facebook” phenomenon. Go listen<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“I know there are limits in art, but I reject them as long as I can.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n