Today, there’s rarely a discussion of women in cinema without some mention of the Bechdel Test. The quick thought experiment highlights gender disparities in film by asking whether movie contains two ...
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel grapples with fame and popularity in her new comic novel. Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist, known for her graphic memoir “Fun Home” and comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” ...
Vermont’s cartoonist laureate has earned a new honor: her very own entry in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. “Bechdel Test,” named for Bolton cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel, is one of ...
It’s no secret the gender disparities still exist, from boardrooms to Broadway stages. Sometimes theater folks try to nudge equality along, using something called the Bechdel Test. It’s named for ...
‘I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements,’ one woman tells another in Alison Bechdel’s 1985 comic strip. In the wake of ‘Barbie,’ the Bechdel Test has hit the mainstream. WATCH: ...
On Monday, in a now-deleted Tweet, writer Hanna Rosin criticized Hulu’s popular new film “Fire Island” for its so-called failure of the Bechdel test. Rosin wrote that the movie “gets an F- on the ...
It seems just about everyone tuned into the lives of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman this August for the season premiere of "Breaking Bad." When it comes to White and Pinkman, viewers are captivated — ...
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