The Bechdel Test

Jinkies! London Theme Park Ride Relocated Due to Hauntings

02/10/2011 1:00 pm by Molly Martin

Forget what you’ve heard: headless monks love a water slide. More »

Filed Under: Humor and Fun Tagged With: Alan Rickman, Alien, Alison Bechdel, bill pullman, bottle shock, Chris Pine, christian siriano, current.com, dennis farina, dykes to watch out for, eliza dushku, Film, infomania, project runway, rachael taylor, sarah haskins, target women, the bechdel rule, The Bechdel Test, tim gunn, tokenism, women

Ladies on Small Screen: 5 Shows that Pass the Bechdel Test

02/04/2011 10:30 am by K Best Oliver

Where can you find badass sisters doin’ for themselves? More »

Filed Under: Best Of Featured, Best Of MamaPop, Fail, Feminism, Gender Issues, It's Not HBO, It's Showtime, It's Not TV, It's HBO, Pop Culture, Real Housewives, Television, TV Tagged With: 30 Rock, Alison Bechdel, Amy Poehler, big love, chloe sevigny, Damages, edie falco, Eve Best, Film, ginnifer goodwin, Glenn Close, hollywood, jeanne tripplehorn, Merritt Wever, Movies, nurse jackie, parks and recreation, Rose Byrne, Television, The Bechdel Test, Tina Fey, TV

Betting On The Bechdels

07/28/2010 11:00 am by The Holmes

Ever heard of this thing called the Bechdel Test? You should have, it’s not like we haven’t told you about it before. It’s this little test designed to quickly measure the pervasiveness, or lack thereof, of female characters in films. More »

Filed Under: Best Of Featured, Best Of MamaPop, Boys!! Squee!, Fail, Feminism, Gender Issues, Lindsay Lohan, Merciless Killing Machines, Movies, Theater, Video Tagged With: Abbie Cornish, boingboing, conan the barbarian, danny trejo, david fincher, Elle Fanning, Emily Browning, hollywood, Jamie Chung, Jason Momoa, Jena Malone, jessica alba, machete, michelle rodriguez, Movies, robert rodriguez, sofia coppola, Stephen Dorff, sucker punch, The Bechdel Test, The Social Network, Tron Legacy, Vanessa Hudgens, Zack Snyder

5 Reasons Julie and Julia Is Going To Be Awesome

07/15/2009 10:00 am by Snarky Amber

Julie and Julia hasn't been released yet, so consider this a pre-review. Even though I haven't seen the movie yet, I HAVE seen the trailer, which makes me an expert at all things J&J, at least in my scary little mind. If you haven't heard of it yet, Julie and Julia is the dual story [...]

Filed Under: Art, Fashion, Food and Drink, Gender Issues, Movies, Things That Are Awesome Tagged With: amy adams, Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep, The Bechdel Test

09/11/2008 12:00 pm by Kelly Delaney

So, the other day, Miss Banshee sent me a story from NPR and said, "I thought this was right up your alley." It was a story about a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, particularly about one 1985-era installment from her long-running comic (now on hiatus), Dykes to Watch Out For. That comic established what is now [...]