Comments on: Turn on the Heat / A. A. Fair http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/turn-on-the-heat-aa-fair Books make me happy. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: King Rat http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/turn-on-the-heat-aa-fair#comment-3343 King Rat Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:40:04 +0000 http://reading.kingrat.biz/?p=1345#comment-3343 It's a rule that Alison Bechdel put in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and which she says isn't really the Bechdel test since she didn't make it up, but the name has stuck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zizyphus/34585797/ Basically, it's kind of a test of minimal female characterization in a movie or book. Not everything has to pass, of course, but a large majority really should. For a work to pass the Bechdel test it must: a) have at least two women in it, b) who have a conversation with each other, c) that's not about a man. It’s a rule that Alison Bechdel put in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and which she says isn’t really the Bechdel test since she didn’t make it up, but the name has stuck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zizyphus/34585797/

Basically, it’s kind of a test of minimal female characterization in a movie or book. Not everything has to pass, of course, but a large majority really should. For a work to pass the Bechdel test it must:

a) have at least two women in it,
b) who have a conversation with each other,
c) that’s not about a man.

]]> By: Eva http://reading.kingrat.biz/reviews/turn-on-the-heat-aa-fair#comment-3342 Eva Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:13:16 +0000 http://reading.kingrat.biz/?p=1345#comment-3342 You've made me curious-what's the Bechdel test? You’ve made me curious-what’s the Bechdel test?

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