
Monthly Archives: July 2010
The Bechdel test for Women in Movies
If you’ve ever thought about writing a movie script for a Hollywood movie, you should know that there’s a huge unexplored theme:… women! In this video, posted at the great blog Feminist Frequency, you can have a look at the big number of movies that do not pass this simple test suggested by the comic artist Allison Bechdel in 1985. Next time you watch a movie ask yourself: 1. are there two or more women in it who have names? 2. Do they talk to each other? 3. Do they talk to each other about something other then a man? You will be shocked!
