The cartoonist creator of ‘Dykes to Watch Out For,’ graphic memoirist, and originator of the ‘Bechdel Test’ for movies, has been awarded a MacArthur ‘genius’ grant. We celebrate why. Senior Editor and ...

On a stage, this layered and intensely personal story is hard to get right — The Huntington offered audiences an expertly ...

Steven Spielberg is the most famous filmmaker in the world, so it was only a matter of time before his lengthy filmography was scrutinized by 21st century standards. The Bechdel test was going to find ...

You know what passes the Bechdel Test? A group conversation with various actresses about the Bechdel Test. Jennifer Lawrence ...

The Bechdel Test, a gauge for measuring how women characters are represented in films, has become shorthand for evaluating sexism in cinema and other popular media, and its results offer some ...

In the world of graphic novels and queer comics, there are few more accomplished than Alison Bechdel. Her groundbreaking comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” was one of the first representations of ...

Before my daughter left for college last August, she announced that when she became a parent, she wanted only sons. Asked why, she leveled a look at me and said: "One mother/daughter relationship is ...

After writing two family memoirs that involved a lot of grueling soul-searching, Alison Bechdel thought she would focus on something more lighthearted for her next book — exercise. But for the creator ...

The author of Are You My Mother? and Fun Home explains how she uses a seemingly simple form–the graphic novel–to tell surprisingly complex tales of her rich inner life. “I very much like the ...

She is one of the first cartoonists to be recognized. Besides her graphic novels and memoirs, Bechdel developed a simple three-question test for how women are represented in films. You'd think it ...

Alison Bechdel has been worried about selling out for decades. Not selling out of books — the award-winning graphic novelist has more than enough to go around — but selling out to capitalism for the ...

Blink and you might miss them. The first and only living woman to speak in “The Revenant” appears an hour and a half in. The one scene shared only between women in “Spotlight” comes after the climax, ...