A few days ago, after I contended that a feminist litmus test commonly called the Bechdel Test was utterly useless, feminists politely took exception on social media. The piece was picked up by ...

Bechdel expressed this phenomenon of women being overshadowed by their male counterparts and created the Bechdel Test when she drew a comic that depicted characters chatting about how they would only ...

Bean counters come up with a meaningless way to measure whether movies pass the feminist litmus test. Suppose your favorite film critic started sprinkling his reviews with references to the ...

One Piece passes the Bechdel test with ease as Oda’s decision to sideline romance allows female characters to shine in the masterpiece.

The Bechdel Test is a simple concept to determine if a movie features a good representation of women, and three terms must be met: A) Is there more than one female character? B) Do they speak to ...

Alison Bechdel invented the test that measures gender inequality in films more than 30 years ago. As a musical based on one of her most beloved graphic novels hits London, she tells Stylist.co.uk ...

“Climate change is our reality. It’s happening here and now, not elsewhere or in the future. It touches every aspect of life. But that reality is still largely absent from our on-screen ...

Three films by Indian writer-directors travelled far and wide in 2024. They share one standout quality: Camaraderie among women as acts of resistance ...