Mainstream Movies Ignore Women: The Bechdel Test
This great video details The Bechdel Test, which is a way of measuring how mainstream movies treat women. To pass the test, a movie has to: (1) have at least two women in it, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man. The test first appeared in 1985 in Alison Bechdel’s comic Dykes to Watch Out For. This site has a growing list of films Read More …