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WomanicaOutsiders: Alison BechdelAlison Bechdel (1960-present) is an American cartoonist and graphic memoirist best known for her groundbreaking comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and her acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006). Bechdel is also known for the "Bechdel Test," a measure of gender representation in fiction. In 2014, she was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Grant for her contributions to literature and visual storytelling. For Further Reading: Alison Bechdel | Biography, Comics, Books, & Facts | Britannica Cartoonist and Graphic Memoirist Alison Bechdel, 2014 MacArthur Fellow What is the Bechdel test? A shorthand for measuring representation in movies : NPR This m...2025-06-2005 min
KQED's ForumAlison Bechdel Parodies Her Fame in Comic Novel ‘Spent’Perhaps you’ve been following Alison Bechdel’s work since her comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” which invented the now ubiquitous Bechdel test (does a movie have two women who speak to each other about something other than a man?). Maybe you came to know her through her graphic memoir “Fun Home,” which was adapted into a Tony-award winning musical. Her latest comic novel, “Spent,” is a work of autofiction that grapples with and parodies Bechdel’s own popularity. We’ll talk with Bechdel about being famous in a world on fire— and the funny side of it, too.
2025-05-2757 min
The Bechdel CastALISON BECHDEL IS ON THE BECHDEL CAST!!!THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Very special guest ALISON BECHDEL — ever heard of her??? — joins us to talk about her new comic novel '`Spent,' the Bechdel Test, and more! Check out Alison's website at https://dykestowatchoutfor.com | see her book tour dates at https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/blog | buy her book 'Spent' at https://bookshop.org/p/books/spent-a-comic-novel-alison-bechdel/21754189?ean=9780063278929&next=t&affiliate=397 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-05-2244 min
Poured OverAlison Bechdel on SPENT Spent by Alison Bechdel is a big-hearted and funny account of life and art from a beloved author. Alison joins us to talk about late-stage capitalism, vulnerability hangovers, community, writing autofiction and more with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Spent by Alison Bechdel Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel Diet...2025-05-2033 min
The Guilty Feminist434. Alison Bechdel in ConversationThe Guilty Feminist 434. Alison Bechdel in ConversationPresented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Alison BechdelRecorded 21 April 2025 via Riverside. Released 28 April.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-haveMore about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://www.instagram.com/dfdubzhttps://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120More about Alison Bechdelhttps://www.instagram.com/alisonbechdelhttps://www.penguin.co.uk...2025-04-2844 min
Uniradio Informa Baja CaliforniaEl test de Bechdel, también conocido como test de Bechdel
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conocido como test de Bechdel/Wallace o The Rule, es un método para evaluar la
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otras producciones artísticas. Se menciona por primera vez en el cómic Unas
lesbianas de cuidado, obra de Alison Bechdel, si bien la autora atrib...2024-12-1316 min
MediaMaker SpotlightDiscussing Film Portrayals with The Bechdel Cast PodcastIn this special double-host, double-guest episode, hosts Tara Jabbari and Candice Bloch sit down with Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus, the co-hosts of the popular podcast, The Bechdel Cast. The quartet of podcasters discuss The Bechdel Cast, a weekly podcast from iHeartRadio, that dives into the representation of women and other underrepresented groups in movies. The show gets its name and premise from the Bechdel-Wallace test which investigates whether or not a work includes at least two women conversing about a topic other than a man. The...2024-06-0946 min
The Beautiful and BannedS1, E15: Fun Home by Alison BechdelJessica tells Christine about Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, an utterly beautiful graphic memoir about Bechdel's coming of age as a queer artist and the death of her father. The layered narrative is funny, poignant, brilliant, and heartbreaking. It's also one of the few books we've talked about to be challenged or banned at the post-graduate level. Come hear what all the fuss is about with this revolutionary, genre-bending book!Pre-order Jessica's next book We Were Illegal: Uncovering a Texas Family's Mythmaking and Migration, coming June 18!If you haven’t yet become a Patreon subscriber, yo...2024-06-041h 11
Guiones y guionistas674. Qué es el Test de Bechdel del cambio climáticoEl artículo 674. Qué es el Test de Bechdel del cambio climático se publicó primero en Academia Guiones y guionistas.
Hace ya siete años expliqué por primera vez en el pódcast qué era el Test de Bechdel y cómo podemos aplicarlo a nuestros guiones para reducir la brecha de género. Hoy os traigo una nueva variante del test de Bechdel del cambio climático conocido como Climate Reality Check por si queréis aplicarla en vuestras historias. […]
El artículo 674. Qué es el Test de Bechdel del cambio climático se publicó primer...2024-04-1011 min
The Vermont Conversation with David GoodmanBest of the Vermont Conversation: Alison BechdelVTDigger is re-releasing some of our favorite interviews of the past decade to mark the 10th anniversary of The Vermont Conversation.This Vermont Conversation with Alison Bechdel was originally published in May 2021.Alison Bechdel is obsessed. Her passion is exercise — karate, cycling, running, skiing in all its forms, to name a few of her pursuits. This obsession is the focus of Bechdel’s new graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength. A New York Times book review declares, “This is a true delight of graphic literature, and nobody does it bet...2023-12-1433 min
FilmofilFilmofil betsår ikke Bechdel-testen...En gang på midten av 80-tallet var det en kvinnelig tegneserieskaper som laget en stripe hvor en kvinnelig karakter la fram tre veldig rimelige krav til kvinnelig representasjon på film. Hun het Alison Bechdel og Bechdel-testen er i dag en innflytelsesrik del av populærkulturen og diskursen om kvinnelig representasjon på film. Filmofil-gjengen prater om Bechdel i denne ukas sending og vi har fått med oss Anette som gjest i studio. Hun er gammel gløsing som har satt seg inn i hvordan populære filmer gjør det på Bechdel-testen. Vi har også intervjuet superkompetente Anne Gjelsvik som er profess...2023-10-051h 10
The Shift with Sam BakerAlison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength - THE SHIFT REVISITEDThis week we're revisiting cartoonist and creator of the Bechdel test, Alison Bechdel. This episode first ran back in season 4.My guest this week is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Probably best known for the Bechdel test - a tongue in cheek method she came up with in the 80s for assessing gender bias in movies. She became a household name when Fun Home, her graphic novel/memoir about coming out and her father’s death, became a bestseller and was turned into an award-winning musical. Her new autobiographical graphic novel, The Secret To Superhuman Strength is a...2023-07-1139 min
Theory & PhilosophyBechdel Test | Alison Bechdel | KeywordIn this episode, I explain Alison Bechdel's idea of the Bechdel-Wallace Test.
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2023-02-0109 min
WikiListenBechdel TestThe Bechdel Test is used as a measure of female representation in the media. Although additions have been added, the original test checks whether or not a movie has two women talking to each other about something other than men. The Bechdel Test was created by Alison Bechdel and Liz Wallace. Learn more about the Bechdel Test as read by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN. Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_testWE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON PATREON!https://ww...2022-11-1514 min
This Queer Book Saved My LifeFun Home with Lara Lillibridge and Alison BechdelYou can tell your story and live.Welcome to our LGBT podcast! In this episode, I talk with Lara Lillibridge and Alison Bechdel! Writer and teacher Lara Lillibridge (she/zher) shares the LGBT book that saved her life: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel. Lara tells us, "There's two things about Fun Home that were huge for me. The first was just representation. I had never seen anything at all like my family in a book." We are SO proud to welcome Alison Bechdel (she/her) to the podcast! We have...2022-08-0949 min
The VoxPopcastDoes the Bechdel Test Fail the Bechdel Test?A funny thing happened last week. The internet got into a minor scuffle about whether Fire Island, a film about gay men, was sexist because it failed the Bechdel Test,…
The post e218. Does the Bechdel Test Fail the Bechdel Test? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.2022-06-1300 min
Another Book on the Shelf093 - Fun Home by Alison BechdelIn Episode 93, Gen and Jette kick off their graphic novel book club with Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. This graphic novel memoirs chronicles Bechdel's complex relationship with her father, and she does it with nuance, honesty, and humour. It's a fantastic read and we nerd out a lot on literature, as well as the graphic novel form.
Show Notes:
Fun Home was adapted as a musical and won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015.
After finishing Fun Home, we both immediately wanted to read Are You My Mother?, Bechdel's second graphic novel memoir that...2022-04-2745 min
Books and Beyond with Bound4.1 Tara and Michelle: Do Indian Female Characters Pass The Bechdel Test?Find out how women are represented in Indian books and films today. Kick off season 4 with a deep dive into gender and representation with Tara and Michelle! They share their favourite books and movies, and discuss what is considered problematic and what is considered inclusive today. Do our childhood favourites like Harry Potter stand the test of time? Can authors create believable characters of the opposite gender? How relevant is the Bechdel Test today? The Bechdel Test was created by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel in 1985. A book / film needs to have 3 things to pass the Be...2022-01-041h 07
Books and Beyond with Bound4.1 Tara and Michelle: Do Indian Female Characters Pass The Bechdel Test?Find out how women are represented in Indian books and films today. Kick off season 4 with a deep dive into gender and representation with Tara and Michelle! They share their favourite books and movies, and discuss what is considered problematic and what is considered inclusive today. Do our childhood favourites like Harry Potter stand the test of time? Can authors create believable characters of the opposite gender? How relevant is the Bechdel Test today? The Bechdel Test was created by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel in 1985. A book / film needs to have 3 things to pa...2022-01-041h 07