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Opinion: It’s Time to Retire the Bechdel Test

With a new holistic analysis of gender disparities in film, the Bechdel Test is no longer needed.
By Peakalika Ichimura, Opinion Writer | May 4, 2025

  The Bechdel Test, crafted in 1985, has served its purpose in film. It succeeded as a primary framework for analyzing gender disparities in film, but its continued use harms modern women and...

Bechdel test a move for the better

November 17, 2013

There are plenty of reasons    to love Sweden: midnight sunshine, IKEA and smörgåsbord, but the newest and by far the coolest? Some Swedish movie theaters have adapted the Bechdel test in their...