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''Dancing at the Pity Party'' is an autobiographical 2022 graphic novel by Tyler Feder. It catalogs her experience of how, when Tyler was a college sophomore in 2008/9, her supercool mom Rhonda died of cancer. The book explores Tyler's relationship to her mom prior to her diagnosis, and the aftermath of dealing with the decade-long grief of her mother's passing.
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''Dancing at the Pity Party'' is an autobiographical 2022 2020 graphic novel by Tyler Feder. It catalogs her experience of how, when Tyler was a college sophomore in 2008/9, her supercool mom Rhonda died of cancer. The book explores Tyler's relationship to her mom prior to her diagnosis, and the aftermath of dealing with the decade-long grief of her mother's passing.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Rhonda was, in Tyler's own words, the coolest, but she unfortunately died from ovarian cancer which was incredibly painful for Tyler and her entire family.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Rhonda was, in Tyler's own words, the coolest, but she unfortunately died from ovarian uterine cancer which was incredibly painful for Tyler and her entire family.
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* BirthdayHater: Tyler has negative feelings associated with her birthday because each one means she is getting closer to being older than her mom ever was. She imagines she'll have a major freak out on her forty-eighth birthday because her mom died at age forty-seven.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Rhonda didn't like cream cheese. When her daughters get a key lime pie (Rhonda's TrademarkFavoriteFood) in remembrance of her birthday, they remark that she probably wouldn't like the one they're eating because it's too cheesy.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rhonda is mentioned to love key lime pie, to the point where her daughters eat one every year on her birthday in remembrance. She is also mentioned to like anything that involved mushrooms.
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[[caption-width-right:674:"Let's get one thing straight: My mom was the COOLEST"]]
->''"In 2008, the summer after my first year of college, [my mom] was diagnosed with cancer. By spring break my sophomore year, she was dead. [[BlackComedy Not to be melodramatic, but it was THE WOOORST.]]"''
[[caption-width-right:674:"Let's get one thing straight: My mom was the COOLEST"]]
->''"In 2008, the summer after my first year of college, [my mom] was diagnosed with cancer. By spring break my sophomore year, she was dead. [[BlackComedy Not to be melodramatic, but it was THE WOOORST.]]"''
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* TheTopicOfCancer: Even when they initially searching for the answer to Rhonda's painful stomach issues, no one suspected cancer. When Tyler learned her parents scheduled an appointment with an oncologist, she fell into a spiral of terror.
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* TheTopicOfCancer: Even when they initially searching for the answer to Rhonda's painful stomach issues, no one suspected cancer. When Tyler learned her parents scheduled an appointment with an oncologist, she fell into a spiral of terror.terror.
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* GenderBenderNames: Tyler and both of her sisters (Cody and Spencer) have names that are traditionally masculine.
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* GenderBenderNames: GenderBlenderName: Tyler and both of her sisters (Cody and Spencer) have names that are traditionally masculine.
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* GenderBenderNames: Tyler and both of her sisters (Cody and Spencer) have names that are traditionally masculine.
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* BlackComedy: The primary form of humor in the novel. The book is ultimately light-hearted, yet considering it focuses on the author's mom dying of cancer, there aren't too many other options for types of comedy.
* BrickJoke: Early on in the book, Tyler states that her and her mom had a RunningGag where Rhonda would say "Aren't you glad I'm not [redacted]?"[[note]]"[Redacted]" referring to the name of one of Tyler's childhood friend's mom, who was apparently randomly chosen as being Rhonda's codeword for "someone who isn't me"[[/note]] Near the end, Tyler says she wouldn't swap the nineteen years she spent with her mom for a hundred years with any other mom - especially not [redacted]!
* BrickJoke: Early on in the book, Tyler states that her and her mom had a RunningGag where Rhonda would say "Aren't you glad I'm not [redacted]?"[[note]]"[Redacted]" referring to the name of one of Tyler's childhood friend's mom, who was apparently randomly chosen as being Rhonda's codeword for "someone who isn't me"[[/note]] Near the end, Tyler says she wouldn't swap the nineteen years she spent with her mom for a hundred years with any other mom - especially not [redacted]!
* ImagineSpot: One of the chapters details Tyler fantasizing about what a "dead mom club" would be. She dreams up of her and a bunch of other people with deceased moms hanging out in a clubhouse, where they have stuff like a fridge stocked with comfort food and a tissue box that is half the size of said fridge.
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* MoodWhiplash: Tyler mentions that sometimes, she regards her mom's death and cancer diagnosis as being like a story she knows by her heart. The drawing accompanied by this is a bookcase featuring classic fairytales like Thumbelina next to a giant book that says "THAT TIME MOM GOT CANCER AND DIED AND IT WAS HORRIBLE."
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* MoodWhiplash: Tyler mentions that sometimes, she regards her mom's death and cancer diagnosis as being like a story she knows by her heart. The drawing accompanied by this is a bookcase featuring classic fairytales fairy tales like Thumbelina next to a giant book that says "THAT TIME MOM GOT CANCER AND DIED AND IT WAS HORRIBLE."
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* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter:LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter: {{Downplayed}}. Tyler is certainly like her mom in important ways, but one silly way they differ is that Rhonda was meticulous about body hair grooming. She even insisted upon ''shaving her legs'' before going into labor as she didn't want the first thing her daughter touched to be hairy legs. In response to this, Tyler jokingly remarks that she shaves about three times a ''year''.
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''Dancing at the Pity Party'' is an autobiographical 2022 graphic novel by Tyler Feder. It catalogs her experience of how, when Tyler was a college sophomore in 2008/9, her supercool mom Rhonda died of cancer. The book explores Tyler's relationship to her mom prior to her diagnosis, and the aftermath of dealing with the decade-long grief of her mother's passing.
!!The graphic novel provides examples of:
* {{Autobiography}}: The book is a recount of the author's real life related to her relationship with her mom.
* CoordinatedClothes: Tyler mentions that sometimes she purposefully picks out clothes similar to ones her mom used to wear based off old photographs.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Rhonda was, in Tyler's own words, the coolest, but she unfortunately died from ovarian cancer which was incredibly painful for Tyler and her entire family.
* GoodParents: Oh, boy, Rhonda Feder. The entire book catalogs how much Tyler admired and loved her mom, and how difficult living without her was and continues to be.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Tyler is suggesting cliche grief remedies that actually work, one thing she suggest is drawing angsty art about it. The image she provides for an example of this is the cover of the book.
* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter:
* MoodWhiplash: Tyler mentions that sometimes, she regards her mom's death and cancer diagnosis as being like a story she knows by her heart. The drawing accompanied by this is a bookcase featuring classic fairytales like Thumbelina next to a giant book that says "THAT TIME MOM GOT CANCER AND DIED AND IT WAS HORRIBLE."
* TheTopicOfCancer: Even when they initially searching for the answer to Rhonda's painful stomach issues, no one suspected cancer. When Tyler learned her parents scheduled an appointment with an oncologist, she fell into a spiral of terror.
!!The graphic novel provides examples of:
* {{Autobiography}}: The book is a recount of the author's real life related to her relationship with her mom.
* CoordinatedClothes: Tyler mentions that sometimes she purposefully picks out clothes similar to ones her mom used to wear based off old photographs.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Rhonda was, in Tyler's own words, the coolest, but she unfortunately died from ovarian cancer which was incredibly painful for Tyler and her entire family.
* GoodParents: Oh, boy, Rhonda Feder. The entire book catalogs how much Tyler admired and loved her mom, and how difficult living without her was and continues to be.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Tyler is suggesting cliche grief remedies that actually work, one thing she suggest is drawing angsty art about it. The image she provides for an example of this is the cover of the book.
* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter:
* MoodWhiplash: Tyler mentions that sometimes, she regards her mom's death and cancer diagnosis as being like a story she knows by her heart. The drawing accompanied by this is a bookcase featuring classic fairytales like Thumbelina next to a giant book that says "THAT TIME MOM GOT CANCER AND DIED AND IT WAS HORRIBLE."
* TheTopicOfCancer: Even when they initially searching for the answer to Rhonda's painful stomach issues, no one suspected cancer. When Tyler learned her parents scheduled an appointment with an oncologist, she fell into a spiral of terror.
