Interesting Links for 08-01-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Why so many people are wrong about Susan in the Chronicles of Narnia

(tags:women narnia )

2. Finding the will to transition.

(tags:transgender LGBT society )

3. Wil Wheaton assures you that he is a fully functional human with a backstory and everything.

(tags:celebrity )

Comments

Re: Narnia and the Bechdel test ?

[magedragonfire]

The Bechdel test is a really low bar to pass, and purposefully so. It's more for highlighting the sheer amount of both modern and historical media that don't pass. Twilight passes. I'm pretty sure that, going further back than the fifties, all of the Anne of Green Gables series does, too (even before Anne herself is old enough to be counted as a woman).

It's a little bit of an odd gotcha for her to bring out when the rest of her point is salient without it.

Re: Narnia and the Bechdel test ?

[ckd]

You know what else passes the Bechdel test?

The spoken introduction to Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back".

Re: Narnia and the Bechdel test ?

[magedragonfire]

A shining example of feminism! :P

(Still a fun song, though.)

Re: Narnia and the Bechdel test ?

[ckd]

Also useful for setting up logic puzzles. "Sir Mix-a-Lot likes big butts and cannot lie. His identical twin brother likes small butts and cannot tell the truth. You meet one of them on the road one day and can only ask one question - can you determine which brother you have met?"