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  2. Bechdel test - Wikipedia

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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 female characters who have a conversation about something other than a man.

  3. Mako Mori test - Wikipedia

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    The Bechdel test seeks to measure the gender representation within film and other fiction. The requirements of the Bechdel test [3] are that: A film must have at least two female characters (in some cases it is stipulated that these characters must be named and credited), That these characters have an on-screen conversation with each other,

  4. Dykes to Watch Out For - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Alison Bechdel - Wikipedia

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    Alison Bechdel (/ ˈ b ɛ k d əl / BEK-dəl; [1] born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For , she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home .

  6. The Bechdel Cast - Wikipedia

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    The Bechdel Cast is a weekly podcast about the representation of women in film. It is named after the Bechdel test. The Bechdel Cast is hosted by Los Angeles–based comedians Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus. [1] In November 2016 The Bechdel Cast released their introductory episode titled "Welcome to The Bechdel Cast!"

  7. List of eponymous tests - Wikipedia

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    Bechdel, Bechdel-Wallace: Alison Bechdel, Liz Wallace: Used as an indicator for the active presence of women in films and other fiction, and to call attention to gender inequality in fiction D Duess: Louisa Düss Projective test for young children. E Ebert: Roger Ebert

  8. Bechdel-Wallace test - Wikipedia

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  9. Female buddy film - Wikipedia

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    The occurrence of one woman interacting with another in film was so rare that concepts like the Bechdel test originated as a means of measuring the representation of women in fiction. [2] Female buddy films appeared as early as the 1930s, with George Cukor's The Women and Gregory La Cava's Stage Door. [4]