Nome canonico: Goldstein, Sophie
Data di nascita: 20th Century
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Los Angeles, California, USA
Luogo di residenza: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Istruzione: Center for Cartoon Studies
Attività lavorative: Cartoonist
Breve biografia: Sophie Goldstein is a 2013 graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies. She won two Ignatz Awards for her graphic novel, The Oven, in 2015 and one for her mini-comic, House of Women, Part I, in 2014.

Her first book Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell, co-written with Jenn Jordan, was self-published in 2013 with funding from Kickstarter. Her second book, The Oven, was released by AdHouse Books in April, 2015. Sophie has also illustrated a children's book, Poopy Claws, written by Gene Ambaum.

Her work has appeared in various publications including Best American Comics 2013, Fable Comics, The Pitchfork Review, Maple Key Comics, Sleep of Reason, Symbolia, Trip 8 and Irene 3.

She currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

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House of Women di Sophie Goldstein

Incredibly beautiful art, but the use of visual archetypes is pretty repetitive and cliched. But this story intrigued me and worried me, and I can't quite untangle the threads and arcs around gender, imperialism, and Judaism in this text....

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localgayangel | 3 altre recensioni | Mar 5, 2024 |

An Embarrassment of Witches di Sophie Goldstein

Lightweight, not trying to be much more than a satire of young adulthood, but I enjoyed it.

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caedocyon | 2 altre recensioni | Feb 23, 2024 |

The Oven di Sophie Goldstein

Pretty art, and I always welcome a graphic novel about back-to-the-landers in a dystopian setting, but I felt the story was weak.

The gender politics here were weird - Maggie's "regressive" domesticity is portrayed as a natural consequence of being constantly pregnant & breastfeeding. But her actual work "at home" includes heavy-duty tasks like animal husbandry. Meanwhile, the male work (agriculture) is outside the home - Maggie's husband and Eric literally drive to their field. There could be some worldbuilding reason that their arable land isn't right next to the house, but it seems like an artificial way to make the point that living off the land == gendered labor.

Meanwhile, because Syd is enjoying her work, we get the impression that women's labor is all fun and games (knitting! cheese-making!) while men's work is real labor. The storytelling reflects Syd and Eric's experiences of their new life, but as a consequence we never get to see Syd washing laundry all day or slaughtering all those chickens.

Tl;dr: this graphic novel raises some interesting questions but would benefit from an infusion of feminism.… (altro)

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raschneid | 4 altre recensioni | Dec 19, 2023 |

The Oven di Sophie Goldstein

Caught my eye on display at the library. I read it standing there. A short graphic novel that brought to mind Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and other stories of a dystopic future based on environmental catastrophe and dwindling resources. It is rated for adult content (there's a very tame scene featuring cunnilingus) but reads very much like a story for younger people. It would probably spark good discussion for teens and pre-teens.

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Chris.Wolak | 4 altre recensioni | Oct 13, 2022 |

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