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Bechdel test: Media

media analysis

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Cartoonist Alison Bechdel in Chicago, 2012
Bechdel is known for creating the initial criteria of the Bechdel test (which the...
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“The Rule” comic by Alison Bechdel
The original comic from which the Bechdel test originated was part of the long-running...
Reprinted with permission from Alison Bechdel