Bechdel Test, Was Named For The Comic Strip It Came From, Penned By Alison Bechdel - But Bechdel Credits A Friend Named Liz Wallace, So Maybe It Really Should Be Called The Liz Wallace Test...? Anyway, The Test Is Much Simpler Than The Name. To Pass It Your Movie Must Have The Following: A) There Are At Least Two Named Female Characters, Who B) Talk To Each Other About C) Something Other Than A Man.

-Alison Bechdel

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Bechdel Test, Was Named For The Comic

Alison Bechdel

Bechdel Test, Was Named For The Comic Strip It Came From, Penned By Alison Bechdel - But Bechdel Credits A Friend Named Liz Wallace, So Maybe It Really Should Be Called The Liz Wallace Test...? Anyway, The Test Is Much Simpler Than The Name. To Pass It Your Movie Must Have The Following: A) There Are At Least Two Named Female Characters, Who B) Talk To Each Other About C) Something Other Than A Man.

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Mostly It Was Mad Magazine. And I Did Read A Lot Of - I Had A Subscription When I Was Little, But I Also Had Access To Some Old Collections, The Little Paperbacks Of The Really Good Stuff.

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