Bechdel Project will present the FIFE CoHo Pilot Program, running April 1 through June 30, 2026, offering 15 artists 72 hours ...

The Bechdel test is a good starting point for increasingly female representation in movies, but it does let some dubious ...

Steven Spielberg is the most famous filmmaker in the world, so it was only a matter of time before his lengthy filmography was scrutinized by 21st century standards. The Bechdel test was going to find ...

The Bechdel Test, a gauge for measuring how women characters are represented in films, has become shorthand for evaluating sexism in cinema and other popular media, and its results offer some ...

Summer is the time of year when big male-dominated action blockbusters roam the multiplexes like lumbering dinos in “Jurassic World.” Which means we can expect more harebrained movies based on toys or ...

A tweet criticized the gay Asian rom-com for failing to adequately represent women. Now what? By Rebecca Sun Senior Editor, Diversity & Inclusion In 1985, cartoonist Alison Bechdel drew a sequence in ...

Today, there’s rarely a discussion of women in cinema without some mention of the Bechdel Test. The quick thought experiment highlights gender disparities in film by asking whether movie contains two ...

There are times when being a member of the LGBTQ+ community—and a lesbian in particular—feels like an Easter-egg hunt for representation. Queer women are used to mining everything from a cryptic ...