Bechdelenalia

[andrewducker]

If you have an interest in The Bechdel Test (which a piece of media passes if it contains:
1) At least two women.
2) Who talk to each other
3) About something besides a man
)
then you might be interested in these two blogs:
http://thebechdeltest.blogspot.com/
http://bechdel-test.dreamwidth.org/

It's fascinating how much discussion is about whether a movie just about scrapes by...

(thanks to purpletigron for pointing me that way)

Comments

[andrewducker]

I should hope not :->

And yes, it's clearly an awareness-raiser. Just having people think about _why_ there aren't any women talking to each other makes them think about things they might not otherwise think about, and raises the visibility of the issue.

It does seem traditional for people to go on the extreme defensive whenever issues of sexism or racism are raised. I can look at the issues and say "Huh. That's interesting." and then continue enjoying my silly action movies. But some people seem to take it as a threat - that they're being told "You must change" just because someone pointed it out.