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

originating 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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

"Creating The Next Bechdel Test". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 28 January 2019. Brainard, Curtis (22 March 2013). "'The Finkbeiner Test' Seven rules to avoid...

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...

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

"one of the great female-led films of the 21st century, passing the Bechdel test with flying colors — which explains why Moore would be so keen to remake...

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...

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...

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 The Guardian...

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

(soundtrack), a score album composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir for the film Bechdel test, a measure of the representation of women talking in films. This disambiguation...

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

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...

only one or two aspects of female representation, such as the Bechdel test or Mako Mori test. The analysis was developed by MaryAnn Johanson, also known...

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"...

quality by critics, in a similar manner to whether the story passes the Bechdel test. However, some have criticized this metric for causing authors to avoid...

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...

(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...

2015). "Interview: Lorraine Toussaint On Commitment To Characters, The Bechdel Test, And Baring It All For 'Orange Is The New Black'". Shadow and Act. Retrieved...

Festival in 2014, the F-Rating was inspired by the Bechdel Test based on a 1985 cartoon strip by Alison Bechdel, and popularised in the 2010s by Anita Sarkeesian's...

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...

making reference to the Bechdel Test and stating that The Marriage Plot was a prime example of the storytelling trend the Test criticizes: "[t]here are...