(S3, E6) The Bechdel Test and Bad Film Opinions
This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re thinking about the recent release of queer Jane Austen adaptation, Fire Island, the Bechdel Test, and why people insist on using a pretty simple litmus test as the basis of all their genuinely terrible film opinions.
You can find a list of references below:
Jennifer O’Meara (2016, Feminist Media Studies) - What "The Bechdel Test" doesn't tell us: examining women's verbal and vocal (dis)empowerment in cinema
Megan Garber (2015, The Atlantic) - Call It the ‘Bechdel-Wallace Test’
Alison Bechdel (1985, Dykes to Watch Out For) - The Rule
You can download a full transcript here.