The Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl), also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, is a measure of the representation of women in film and other fiction. The...

called the Bechdel test. Bechdel was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Helen Augusta (née Fontana) and Bruce Allen Bechdel. Her family...

movement. The Bechdel test seeks to measure the gender representation within film and other fiction. The requirements of the Bechdel test are that: A film...

The Bechdel Cast is a weekly podcast about the representation of women in film. It is named after the Bechdel test. The Bechdel Cast is hosted by Los...

Alther's Kinflicks (1976) were to an earlier one". It introduced the Bechdel test, a set of criteria for determining gender bias in works of entertainment...

Ultimately they came up with a test they named "The Riz Test", which has been compared to the Bechdel test. The test came about following a speech given...

Culture Became Known as the 'Bechdel Test'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-09-25. Bechdel, Allison. "Testy". Alison Bechdel blog. Posted November 8, 2013...

demonstrating the limitations of the Bechdel test.[clarification needed] It has been described as passing the test because it begins with a valley girl...

her quirks, helping her to become her best possible self." Film portal Bechdel test Damsel in distress Foil (fiction) Gamine Johanson analysis Magical Negro...

and themes that had been "done and done and done", the film passed the Bechdel test of female-driven storylines. Critic Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment...

of sorts. As a consequence, works employing this trope often fail the Bechdel test, an indicator of gender bias in fiction. In 2011, Pollitt discussed her...

Test: 'Pacific Rim' inspires a Bechdel Test alternative". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 1, 2021. Paraboo, Krystal (January 28, 2014). "The Bechdel...

Hindu, Namrata Joshi writes that the film is "tailor-made" to fail the Bechdel test, and suggests "Go with a boxful of tissues if you cry easily at the movies...

mother/daughter relationship. Due to this, Farmiga believes the film may pass the Bechdel test. Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russell: Emma and Mark's 12-year-old daughter...

conversation about poetry." Fenner opined that the game did not pass the Bechdel test and positioned the protagonist as a seductive casanova. However, he emphasized...

our films: to be self-determining." The "DuVernay test" is the racial equivalent of the Bechdel test (for women in movies), as first suggested by Guardian...

the test in a 2013 article for the online magazine Double X Science. She created the test in the spirit of (but was not inspired by) the Bechdel test –...

characters, with a review of the different series giving Voyager the highest Bechdel test rating. Critical and scholarly accounts noted the prevalence of women...

Feminism" Tricia Brock Cody Heller April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23) 7 "The Bechdel Test" Tricia Brock Cody Heller April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24) 8 "Woman With Agency"...

female interactions with other female characters, thereby failing the Bechdel test. Time writer Stephanie Zacharek noted the significance of Woody handing...

and popular culture from a feminist standpoint, such as applying the Bechdel test to pictures nominated for the 84th Academy Awards in 2012 and highlighting...

Bechdel may refer to: Alison Bechdel (born 1960), American cartoonist, known for the comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For Bechdel test, used to identify...

localized version of its software in China. In May 2018, WriterDuet included Bechdel test analysis functions to address issues of gender diversity in the screenwriting...

five reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. User-generated website "Bechdel Test" lists '18 Presents' as one of the 2020 women-oriented films. "18 REGALI"...

Joan. "With More Female Screenwriters Do Korean TV Dramas Pass the Bechdel Test?". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-06. 민경원. "'호텔 델루나'는 어떻게 540억 대작 '아스달 연대기'...

Oxford University Press. September 2005. Selisker, Scott (2015). "The Bechdel Test and the Social Form of Character Networks". New Literary History. 46...

– via Legacy.com. Robberson, Joe. "Movies That Surprisingly Pass the Bechdel Test". Zimbio. p. 11. Retrieved May 29, 2019. Jankiewicz, Patrick (2009)....

(October 12, 2015). "Rachel Bloom on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head". Time. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved...

understanding." The New Statesman's Laura Sneddon noted that Dredd passed the Bechdel test, lacking in sexism or misogyny and positively portraying female characters...

theorists have considered the Bechdel test, a popular test used in film to evaluate how women are represented in film. The Bechdel test, named after 1980's cartoonist...