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The Bechdel test (/ ˈ b ɛ k d əl / BEK-dəl), [1] also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, is a measure of the representation of women in film and other fiction. The test asks whether a work features at least two women who have a conversation about something other than a man.
The character of Mako Mori was first portrayed by Rinko Kikuchi (pictured). The Mako Mori test is a set of criteria pertaining to the representation of female characters within a film, television show or other work of fiction, inspired by the character Mako Mori from the 2013 film Pacific Rim and its 2018 sequel Pacific Rim Uprising.
A Mary Sue is a type of fictional character, usually a young woman, who is portrayed as free of weaknesses or character flaws. [1] The character type has acquired a pejorative reputation in fan communities, [2] [3] [4] with the label "Mary Sue" often applied to any heroine who is considered to be unrealistically capable.
Below, the leading ladies of Tell Me Lies open up about how they approached their respective character arcs, the show’s use of the female gaze, and why they are more interested in playing ...
Dykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF) was a weekly comic strip by Alison Bechdel.The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle (1973) and Lisa Alther's Kinflicks (1976) were to an earlier one". [1]
Character Series/Franchise Author/Publisher Country Ref. 1986 Johnny Do Psi-Force: Marvel Comics USA [1] [2] 1996 Claudette St. Croix: Generation X: Marvel Comics USA [3] [4] [5] 2000 Hikaru Azuma With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child: Keiko Tobe Japan [6] 2001 Reed Richards: Fantastic Four: Marvel Comics USA [7] 2003 Black Manta: Aquaman ...
Before the 1970s—in the first and second waves of feminism—feminist literary criticism was concerned with women's authorship and the representation of women's condition within the literature; in particular the depiction of fictional female characters. In addition, feminist literary criticism is concerned with the exclusion of women from the ...
Female literary villains (87 P) W. Hildegarde Withers (7 P) Pages in category "Female characters in literature" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...