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May. 10th, 2009
Star Trek 2009?
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purpletigronI haven't seen it yet - does the new ST movie pass?
Here's a list of movies with Bechdel ratings: http://bechdel.nullium.net/ including the following films which I have seen which apparently pass:
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Here's a list of movies with Bechdel ratings: http://bechdel.nullium.net/ including the following films which I have seen which apparently pass:
( Read more... )
Bechdel Test Blog
May. 10th, 2009 07:23 pmpurpletigronhttp://thebechdeltest.blogspot.com/ Edit Started Jan 2009, on hiatus since Mar 2009.
"What is the Bechdel Test? What is this blog? Why am I reading this?
It's come to my attention that there are fewer and fewer films today that are passing the Bechdel test. What is the Bechdel test, you might ask? It's a joke-turned-theory from the feminist comic "Dykes to Watch Out For" by Allison Bechdel (actually created by her friend Liz Wallace), in which one of the characters alleges that the only way she will watch a movie is if:
1. It has at least two women,
2. Who talk to each other,
3. About something besides a man.
Upon reviewing the depths of the Internet, it seems that there is no archive of movies that pass the Bechdel test, or somewhere to evaluate films by the test's standards. Thus, the purpose of this blog. Tune in for (hopefully) in-depth movie, television, theatre and possibly even book reviews about women talking to each other about something other than a man.
Also, each one of these reviews comes with a major spoiler warning.
This blog updates every Monday and Wednesday, and occasionally on Fridays."
"What is the Bechdel Test? What is this blog? Why am I reading this?
It's come to my attention that there are fewer and fewer films today that are passing the Bechdel test. What is the Bechdel test, you might ask? It's a joke-turned-theory from the feminist comic "Dykes to Watch Out For" by Allison Bechdel (actually created by her friend Liz Wallace), in which one of the characters alleges that the only way she will watch a movie is if:
1. It has at least two women,
2. Who talk to each other,
3. About something besides a man.
Upon reviewing the depths of the Internet, it seems that there is no archive of movies that pass the Bechdel test, or somewhere to evaluate films by the test's standards. Thus, the purpose of this blog. Tune in for (hopefully) in-depth movie, television, theatre and possibly even book reviews about women talking to each other about something other than a man.
Also, each one of these reviews comes with a major spoiler warning.
This blog updates every Monday and Wednesday, and occasionally on Fridays."