It’s been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies so I thought it would be a good time to look in on… It’s been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies so I thought it would be a good [...]

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Tags: Academy Awards, Allison Bechdel, Bechdel Test, Bechdel Test for People of Color, Dykes to Watch Out For, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Films, Gender, Hollywood, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Money Ball, Movies, Oscars, Reverse Bechdel Test, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Tree of Life, Tropes, True Grit

This is the third of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the third of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]

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Tags: Bechdel Test, Daily Show, Hollywood, Inception, Jim Hensen, Jon Stewart, Katha Pollitt, Smurfette Principle, Smurfs, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Muppets, Tokenism, Transformers, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, Winnie the Pooh

This is the first of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine.  Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the first of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine.  Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]

Filed under: Movies
Tags: (500) Days of Summer, Almost Famous, Autumn in New York, Charlize Theron, Elisha Cuthbert, Elizabethtown, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Hollywood, Joe Versus the Volcano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst, Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Meg Ryan, Movies, My Sassy Girl, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, Sweet November, the Last Kiss, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, TV Tropes, Winona Ryder, Zach Braff, Zooey Deschanel