A movie can pass the Bechdel Test & still a) use female characters only as plot devices/mirrors for the male characters b) be fuckin sexist. https://twitter.com/jl_theprofessor/status/851532549537091585 …
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No single test can be expected infallibly to reveal authorial intent, which is what really matters. One must care about female characters.
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One must long to tell rich, subtle stories about them, in which their femaleness contributes something crucial to the meaning of the work.
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