Posts Tagged ‘Bechdel Test’
I woke up this morning in the middle a dream in which someone was give me grief that I was not giving my kid grief about what he was eating. In the dream, right before I woke up, I said, “I don’t give a shit if he eats his peas”. And that’s totally true. I [...]
Kids Animated Movie Reviews Continued – Do they pass the Bechdel Test? Rating System 5 FAILS – 0 FAILS Aladdin Thank you Disney for falling in line with and perpetuating Rape Culture. And by thank you I actually mean fuck you. Jasmine (the only female character besides a few women seen primping in the harem [...]
My sister has pointed out that Kiki’s Delivery Service passes the test. As does Totoro, actually. In Kiki’s Delivery Service you have Kiki, the shop woman and the artist woman as the three main female characters. Both adult females act as friends and mentors for Kiki. There is a peripheral female kid character who is [...]
Last night I was thinking the The Incredibles passes the test but after looking at the female interactions more closely I think it starts to lose points. The main female characters are Elasti girl, her daughter, Edna Mode and the evil henchwoman. So we have a mother daughter relationship, a jealousy relationship and a relationship [...]

