Blink and you might miss them. The first and only living woman to speak in “The Revenant” appears an hour and a half in. The one scene shared only between women in “Spotlight” comes after the climax, ...
The cartoonist creator of ‘Dykes to Watch Out For,’ graphic memoirist, and originator of the ‘Bechdel Test’ for movies, has been awarded a MacArthur ‘genius’ grant. We celebrate why. Senior Editor and ...
Movies which pass the "Bechdel test" are just as likely to be profitable than those which do not, contrary to received thinking in Hollywood, according to a comprehensive new survey. The study also ...
The cover of The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel ((Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021; all images courtesy the publisher) A confession: I hate working out. With the exception of dog walks ...
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, ...
In July and August, the Gate Theatre in Dublin will bring the musical Fun Home to its stage. The production, an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking graphic memoir, took Broadway by storm in ...
It’s a learning moment for everybody. Sofia Coppola, Cannes award-winning director of “The Beguiled,” didn’t know what the Bechdel Test was. In an interview with GQ, Coppola expresses her confusion ...
There are times when being a member of the LGBTQ+ community—and a lesbian in particular—feels like an Easter-egg hunt for representation. Queer women are used to mining everything from a cryptic ...
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 ...
Things are looking (slightly) up for female representation, according to a Bustle report. Of 20 sampled films, 11 fulfill all three requirements of Alison Bechdel’s litmus test for female ...
In each of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoirs, there’s a moment, early on, when she is physically elevated—and seems to survey the sprawl of her own story below her. “Fun Home” (2006) begins with young ...
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