From the afterellen web site: Out cartoonist Alison Bechdel appeared on NPR's All Things Considered this week to talk about her famous Bechdel Rule, and how it applies to this fall's television lineup.
"The Rule" first appeared in Bechdel's strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985. It details the three criteria a movie has to meet before she'll watch it: 1) It has to have at least two women in it, who 2) talk to each other about 3) something that isn’t a man.
"The Rule" first appeared in Bechdel's strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985. It details the three criteria a movie has to meet before she'll watch it: 1) It has to have at least two women in it, who 2) talk to each other about 3) something that isn’t a man.
I like the Bechdel Rule and will now apply it to my life and tv/film watching...
Alison Bechdel's Dykes to Watch Out For is on hiatus while she finishes her graphic novel Love Life, which is due out in 2009. Her father went to F&M in Lancaster, PA and her family life was featured in her book "FUN HOUSE".
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