elizabitchtaylor:

It’s kind of sad to me that “Bechdel test” has become so mainstream in media that it’s completely divorced from its original meaning and intent. Most of the women who talk about their fave romcoms “passing the Bechdel test” wouldn’t be caught dead reading a comic called Dykes to Watch Out For. 

The point of the Bechdel test, isn’t just that two named women have a conversation that isn’t about a man, it’s about seeing representation for women in media that isn’t just based around relationships with men or objectification by men. It’s part of a conversation between two lesbians, women who don’t see themselves reflected in mainstream media. 

The point of the “Bechdel test” is that it’s a very low, extremely low standard to judge a movie by, but most don’t even pass those qualifications. So to say that anything “passes the Bechdel test with flying colours” is completely missing the point. 

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