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“The Bechdel Test” started as a joke in one of her comic strips before becoming one of the most famous measures of gender representation in film. FRANCE 24’s Charli James speaks with acclaimed American cartoonist Alison Bechdel about the true story behind the test and how she uses humour to empower the #queer community in the Trump era.
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Alison Bechdel on 'The True Story of the Bechdel Test' • FRANCE 24 English

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Anthony Dean Jan 10

New post: A look at Alison Bechdel's long-running comic “Dykes to Watch Out For” (and the Bechdel Test).

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Comic review: “Dykes to Watch Out For”

A review of Alison Bechdel’s long-running comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” (and the Bechdel Test).

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Catherine Lundoff Mar 2, 2023

A note from a conversation elsewhere: Alison Bechdel came up with what is now “The Bechdel Test” as a throwaway panel in a comic strip in…1985. The year I graduated from college. A year before I came out. First, all of us should be so lucky as to come up with something still relevant after 38 years. Second, all of us should be reflecting on why it still needs to be relevant after 38 years. #TheBechdelTest https://lithub.com/read-the-1985-comic-strip-that-inspired-the-bechdel-test/

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

To know whether a movie is feminist, use the Bechdel Test: to be a feminist movie, a movie must have two women talking to each other about something other than a man. At least, that’s the stance ma…

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