Question

A member of this family who dreams of jumping into a brook studies Donald Winnicott because she wants him to be her mother. Instead of reading Ulysses for Mr. Avery’s class, a member of this family reads Colette’s Earthly Paradise. After watching Coal Miner’s Daughter and being denied entry to a bar, a member of this family gives her father a copy of Kate Millet’s Flying. This family is called “inversions of one another” in a chapter titled for (*) In Search of Lost Time. The narrator compares Daedalus to a member of this family who obsesses over restoring their Gothic Revival house. A member of this family commits suicide with a Sunbeam Bread truck months after his daughter comes out as a lesbian. For 10 points, name this family, the subject of Fun (10[1])Home. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Bechdel family [accept Alison Bechdel, Bruce Bechdel, or Helen Bechdel] (The first line is from Are You My Mother?)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley PastStanford13210
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B13310

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%100%0%65.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%100%0%47.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%0%0%132.50