The Bechdel Test and Race in Popular Fiction

crystalsavestheday:

1. It has to have two POC in it.

2. Who talk to each other.

3. About something other than a white person.

No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human.

Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original Bechdel Test.

Check out a few more here.

what a great idea! i’m definitely going to be keeping this in mind in my tv/movie viewing to stay aware of how shitty everything is.

(via chauvinistsushi)

3 months ago
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    American Gods and Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman passes yaaaaaaay unfortunately that’s all i could think of off the top of...
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    This comment about anime got me thinking. Japan is one of the few places on this Earth where whites are not the...
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    Oh! Fallen (the movie, not the mini-series) passes! The Nine Lives...Chloe King...
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    HOW DOES BUFFY NOT PASS THIS FUCKING TEST?! Bechdel Test REGARDING race, not sex? In this case Angel has to pass it.
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    Awwww man, Supernatural doesn’t even EVENTUALLY pass? Disappoint. They’re getting marginally better about their...
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    My problem: I still like Firefly.
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    too. Though I’m kind...original claim that no Joss Whedon show passes. Don’t get me wrong,...
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