Episode 50: The Bechdel Test
Nerdificent
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another educational edition of Nerdificent where we learn about the representation, or lack thereof, of women in film as determined by the Bechdel Test! This week, Dani and Ify are joined by Jamie Loftus and Caitlin Durante of HowStuffWorks and iHeart's own The Bechdel Cast. The group discuss the history of the test from its first appearance in the comic by Alison Bechdel to the many further tests it has inspired and the awareness they have brought to the many inequalities in Hollywood. Learn a thing or two about your favorite films on this week's episode of Nerdificent!
FOOTNOTES:
FiveThirtyEight: The Next 'Bechdel Test'
GOOD: The 'DuVernay Test'
The Atlantic: Beyond the 'Bechdel Test'
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