Bechdel test

test if a fictional work features at least two women who discuss something other than a man
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Bechdel test
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Bechdel test

Summary

Bechdel test is a representation test[1]. It draws 2,836 Wikipedia views per month (representation_test category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bechdel test is credited with the discovery of Alison Bechdel[3].
  • Bechdel test's image is recorded as Bechdel test.png[4].
  • Bechdel test's image is recorded as Alison Bechdel at Politics and Prose.jpg[5].
  • Bechdel test's instance of is recorded as representation test[6].
  • Alison Bechdel is named after Bechdel test[7].
  • Bechdel test's Commons category is recorded as Bechdel test[8].
  • Bechdel test's opposite of is recorded as reverse Bechdel Test[9].
  • Bechdel test's has part is recorded as considering named characters only[10].
  • Bechdel test's has part is recorded as considering named and unnamed characters[11].
  • +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bechdel test[12].
  • Bechdel test's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Bechdel test's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kfxr6x[14].
  • A Room of One's Own inspired Bechdel test[15].
  • Bechdel test's facet of is recorded as feminism[16].
  • Bechdel test's facet of is recorded as feminist film theory[17].
  • Bechdel test's described by source is recorded as Geek Heroines: An Encyclopedia of Female Heroes in Popular Culture[18].
  • Bechdel test's present in work is recorded as Dykes to Watch Out For[19].
  • Bechdel test's Quora topic ID is recorded as Bechdel-Test[20].
  • Bechdel test's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Women[21].
  • Bechdel test's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Film[22].
  • Bechdel test's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Feminism[23].
  • Bechdel test's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Media Representation[24].
  • Bechdel test's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[25].
  • Bechdel test's schematic is recorded as Bechdel test.png[26].
  • Bechdel test's TV Tropes ID is recorded as UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest[27].

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Works and Contributions

Bechdel test is credited with the discovery of Alison Bechdel[3].

Why It Matters

Bechdel test draws 2,836 Wikipedia views per month (representation_test category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . tweet. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . google.com. google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . google.com. google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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