“I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.” IfsMenTwoWatchesFollowingMovieSexismCriteria Author:Alison Bechdel
“Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named Liz Wallace, so maybe it really should be called the Liz Wallace Test...? Anyway, the test is much simpler than the name. To pass it your movie must have the following: a) there are at least two named female characters, who b) talk to each other about c) something other than a man.” MenShouldTwoCharacterNamesFemaleTestsFollowingCreditComicFemale CharactersComic StripsLiz Author:Alison Bechdel
“In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her.” MenFeelsPersonsIdeasDifferentBeautifulFallGirlEnergyFalling In LoveObjectivesNarcissisticShe Is Beautiful Author:Alison Bechdel
“I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow.” MenStuffTakenDrawingBored Author:Alison Bechdel
