Alison Bechdel

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October 5, 2023

Alison Bechdel Claims Feminist Bechdel Test Was Originally A Joke, Dismayed About Films Taking Shortcuts With “Strong Female Characters”

Alison Bechdel, who coined the feminist Bechdel Test in her 1985 comic strip "The Rule" recently claimed the test was…
Fun Home Cover by Alison Bechdel
August 26, 2015

If You Don’t Want To Read ‘Fun Home,’ You Don’t Have To

The A.V. Club’s Sam Barsanti really doesn’t like Duke University’s incoming freshmen who are opposed to reading Fun Home a…