In the month of September, I looked at ten recent movies that pass The Bechdel Test. Like a segment for The Daily Show, the “test” is a goof illustrating a real problem: the shortage of visible roles for women in film. What did I learn? Charlize Theron is underrated. Her beauty sells magazines but what [...]

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The Bechdel Test was named for Allison Bechdel, whose comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For in 1985 measured the female presence in movies by employing three criteria: Are there two or more women in it, with names? Do the women talk to each other? About something other than a man? Far too many mainstream [...]

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The Bechdel Test was named for Allison Bechdel, whose comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For in 1985 measured the female presence in movies by employing three criteria: Are there two or more women in it, with names? Do the women talk to each other? About something other than a man? Far too many mainstream [...]

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