Passes the "Bechdel Test" Öffentlich

Erstellt von Phil in SF

This list contains books that:

  • have at least two women in them,
  • who talk to each other,
  • about something other than a man.

Wikipedia has a decent intro on the origins of the metric: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test

Beware that this test is very limited in probative value. "The Bechdel test only indicates whether women are present in a work of fiction to a certain degree. A work may pass the test and still contain sexist content, and a work with prominent female characters may fail the test." This is just one thing a person may want to consider in their reading. There are many others.

I (@kingrat@sfba.club) track this in my reading as a check to make sure I am including reading that includes non-token female characters because American publishing often overly focuses on men's stories, and that is quite often reflected even more …

  1. Choke Hold von  (Angel Dare, #2)

    Angel Dare went into Witness Protection to escape her past—not as a porn star, but as a killer who took …

  2. The Get Off von  (Angel Dare, #3)

    Tagged as a cop killer when a mission of vengeance goes wrong, Angel Dare finds herself on the run, with …

  3. Ponies von 

    If you want to be friends with The Other Girls, you're going to have to give something up; this is …

  4. Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous von 

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    Katie Price is known in every living room in America. A small-town Wisconsin girl who became an A-list star, she …

    Phil in SF sagt:

    Five pages in. Four female characters, no male characters. All talking to each other, none of it about men.

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