Five movies that surprisingly pass the Bechdel test

The Bechdel test is a good starting point for increasingly female representation in movies, but it does let some dubious ...
The Boston Globe

Real women are still missing from the movies — the Bechdel Test proves it

‘I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements,’ one woman tells another in Alison Bechdel’s 1985 comic strip. In the wake of ‘Barbie,’ the Bechdel Test has hit the mainstream. WATCH: ...
PBS

"Bechdel Test" Cartoonist On Her Unexpected Fame

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel grapples with fame and popularity in her new comic novel. Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist, known for her graphic memoir “Fun Home” and comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” ...
The Daily Princetonian

Bechdel on queerness, creativity, family secrets

The namesake of the Bechdel test, a familiar feminist film metric, took the stage in McCosh 10 yesterday. In an Oct. 9 lecture, acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel discussed her creative process as a ...
AOL.co.uk

Alison Bechdel on 'The True Story of the Bechdel Test'

“The Bechdel Test” started as a joke in one of her comic strips before becoming one of the most famous measures of gender representation in film. Now, acclaimed American cartoonist Alison Bechdel has ...
Time

Megan Draper and TV’s Best Female Characters: TIME Gives 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 ...
WESA

Lesbian Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Countered Dad's Secrecy By Being Out And Open

Alison Bechdel is the author of the long-running syndicated comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Since coming out as a lesbian in 1980 at the age of 19, graphic novelist Alison Bechdel has made it a ...