Movies That Fail The Bechdel Test

Orlando Weekly: Streaming this week: Jen Garner, Rita Wilson and Judy Greer super-fail the Bechdel Test on Apple TV

Streaming this week: Jen Garner, Rita Wilson and Judy Greer super-fail the Bechdel Test on Apple TV

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The Atlantic: Beyond the Bechdel Test: Two (New) Ways of Looking at Movies

Sometimes movies that pass the Bechdel Test aren't necessarily feminist movies. And movies that may be arguably pro-women or pro-girl power, don't pass the Bechdel Test at all. Many women are well ...

The Student Life: The feminine mystique: Does it matter that Sex and the City fails the Bechdel test?

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The feminine mystique: Does it matter that Sex and the City fails the Bechdel test?

How are women faring on tv these days? Alison Bechdel’s new book, Are You My Mother?, came out last week and we thought it would be a good time to revisit her litmus test for female presence in movies ...

Rebecca Pahle at the Mary Sue explains that cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s famous test for whether a movie features any meaningful female characters is catching on in a more official way: When deciding ...

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With 2015 behind us, there’s no better time to give the movie business a little check-up and see how things are going. One of the simplest measures of sexism is called the Bechdel Test. Created by ...

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For years the Bechdel Test has been the standard for pop culture fans looking for a simple way to gauge a movie's gender diversity. But pop culture fans and critics are creating new ways to expand on ...

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