- 1. Alison Bechdel Just Updated the Rules to the Bechdel Test for a Very Specific Reason
- (Movies)
- If you’re checking whether or not a piece of media is feminist, the Bechdel Test—coined by writer Alison Bechdel in her 1985 comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For—is a good place to start. It asks just ...
- Created on 08 June 2022
- 2. Don't Forget Your Story: Why Kink Will Always Belong in Prid
- (Living)
- ... It was the Dykes on Bikes, the official protectors, and historic leaders of the pride parade. This witnessing occurred at my first Pride parade, which I attended by accident my junior year of high school. ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 3. Why Lesbians Are Freaking Out Over Taylor Swift's New Album, "Folklor
- (Music)
- Strap in, fellow dykes. In the midst of quarantine, Taylor Swift came out of nowhere and said she was dropping an album only 16 hours after announcing it. Her eighth studio album, Folklore, is not only ...
- Created on 24 July 2020
- 4. “Bravo la Pédophilie”: Actress Adèle Haenel Walks out of César Film Awards After Roman Polanski Wins Best Director
- (Feminism)
- ... la pédophilie” - adele haenel after walking out of the cesars#merciadelehaenel pic.twitter.com/0Iz1iMQgyb — angel (@dykesinfilm) February 29, 2020 Haenel came forward in November 2019 and said she had ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 5. PERSONALS: A Modern Approach To Queer Love
- (Living)
- ... page dedicated to connecting queers worldwide through text-based personals ads, I knew this was something different. The Instagram allows queer folks (LGBTQIA, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and dykes/lesbians) ...
- Created on 15 November 2018
- 6. Everything You Need To Know About The Bechdel Test
- (Movies)
- ... movies since Alison Bechdel wrote about it in a comic called “The Rule,” part of her series Dykes To Watch Out For, in the 1980s. This video essay from No Film School breaks down everything you need ...
- Created on 23 August 2018
- 7. Women In The Olympics: Rio 2016 Edition
- (Living)
- Are you excited for the Rio Olympics this year? Personally, I’m not much of a sports watcher, but when it comes to Olympics, I am cheering on the international hopefuls from the edge of my couch. I’m ...
- Created on 06 July 2016
- 8. Graphic Novels by Women that You Should Read Now (Seriously)
- (Books)
- ... Time's best book of 2006 was, in fact, this graphic memoir by the Dykes to Watch Out For cartoonist and MacArthur Genius Alison Bechdel. Bechdel’s exploration of her childhood, her sexuality and her ...
- Created on 05 January 2015
- 9. Congratulations, Alison Bechdel!
- (Feminism)
- We are super psyched for one of our favorite feminist-graphic-artist-memoirists, Alison Bechdel, who, we just found out, is a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. That means that Bechdel now has $625,000 to use for ...
- Created on 18 September 2014
- 10. Calling Out the Dangers of Misogyny in Hollywood
- (General)
- ... “no one should be surprised when those impulses take luridly literal form in the culture at large.” A character in "Dykes to Watch Out For" explains the rules that later came to be known as the Bechdel ...
- Created on 05 June 2014
- 11. Why Don't This Year's Oscar Noms Pass the Bechdel Test?! (...A Ran
- (Feminism)
- ... Boys' Club feels like niggling. Image courtesy of Badassdigest.com For the uninitiated, the Bechdel Test (named for Dykes To Watch Out For cartoonist Alison Bechdel) is a short list of criteria ...
- Created on 20 February 2014
- 12. Sweden Introduces Movie-Rating System Based on Feminism
- (Feminism)
- ... whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man." The concept was introduced in 1985 via the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and has only ...
- Created on 08 November 2013
- 13. Can You Tell If a Movie's Sexist? The Mako Mori Test Can Hel
- (Movies)
- ... “female” with “non-white” and “man” with “white person.”)) The Bechdel test, created by comics artist Alison Bechdel in 1985 for her strip Dykes to Watch Out For, is a quick and dirty meter of a film’s ...
- Created on 29 August 2013
- 14. Check Out These Awesome Graphic Memoirists, Courtesy of Flavorwire
- (General)
- ... who wrote the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, as someone she admired in the field. If you were intrigued by Lindner’s work, or are interested in finding new graphic memoirs of the type that Bechdel ...
- Created on 22 January 2013
- 15. A Visit and Interview With Cartoonist Ellen Lindner
- (Arts)
- ... women in comics you admire? Ellen: First person that comes to mind is Alison Bechdel. She wrote a comic strip called Dykes to Watch Out For, for various gay and lesbian newspapers across the United ...
- Created on 17 January 2013
- 16. Mo Movies, Mo Problems?
- (TV)
- ... If your answer is yes to all three, then the film has passed the Bechdel Test. The Bechdel Test was popularized by Alison Bechdel in her comic, Dykes to Watch Out For, specifically in a 1985 strip called ...
- Created on 09 June 2010
