Why the Bechdel test doesn't (always) work
If this simple gauge of gender inequality in film has Twilight winning over Gravity, there's obviously something wrong. As a feminist playwright, I've found another solutionWhen I discovered the Bechdel test " created by graphic novelist Alison Bechdel in her 1985 comic Dykes to Watch Out For " I found it a revelation. The Bechdel test is an irresistibly simple gauge of female representation and gender inequality in …