View my complete profile. We were excited to hear that someone still remembers this year-old chestnut. But alas, the principle is misnamed. Alison would also like to add that she can't claim credit for the actual "rule. Comments: I quote this strip often, actually. It's a great concept. I took the meme to college, where my friends now say, "That movie didn't pass the Alison Bechdel test. I've used this rule several times, including on the feminist film community I co-moderate on LiveJournal, where I just posted a link to this explanation.
I use the idea all the time too It works fairly well for books as well as movies. I've heard this one before, but haven't had the discipline to follow it.
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Inga Musico refers to this rule in Cunt too though this may be where she got it from. I've seen some variations which are saying that the female characters in question must have names - that makes it even more difficult. Humor can teach us so many things. Sometimes it just doesn't seem to teach fast enough.
Well, glad to see this here. It's too bad we can't call it the MMM anymore. We had a lot of fun with it over at Pandagon. I'm fairly sure they'll be able to see "Serenity" the Firefly movie when it comes on the end of September. There's four women in it, with lots to talk about besides men! I haven't seen a film this year that meets that standard. The last one that did was probably a Miyazaki film.
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Well, I remember enjoying this strip and it's still true. I can't think of many films that might pass the test even now? By the way, it can't only be me who sees a strong resemblance of the protagonists to Lois and Ginger? This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. I would have said Ginger and Mo , but yeah I see a resemblance. My life is complete now. How do you apply the rule if you haven't already seen the movie?
