![]() Like- I don’t know- a watchmaker- and my body is the watch- and some people say God is like a watchmaker-” One of the things I liked about the book was not just that it passed the Bechdel Test–the heroine, Caro, and her close friend, Daphne, discuss art and paint–but that the hero and heroine have conversations about things other than each other and their relationship.įor example, early in the book Caro and Adam talk about their respective (and suspect) passions, ballet and boxing. Over the weekend, I read Erin Satie’s excellent historical romance The Secret Heart. Even within genre romance, in which female friendships are frequently represented, not every book passes the Bechdel Test. It is astonishing how much media, and specifically media targeted at women, fails to meet this standard. ![]() on the basis of whether they include two or more named female characters talking about something besides men. ![]() I’m going to leave this error here so we can all laugh at my silliness, which is legend), the Bechdel Test grades books/movies/TV shows/etc. It’s actually named after MacArthur Genius Grant winner Alison Bechdel, whose graphic novel Fun Home is way super awesome. ![]() ![]() Taking its name from Alison Bechdel a Gilmore Girls actress (ETA: or not. If you are a person who reads about media on the Internet, you’re probably familiar with the Bechdel Test. ![]()
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