How About Applying The Bechdel Test To YA Novels?
Especially YA novels directed toward young women?
I only recently learned about the Bechdel Test, created by comic strip artist Alison Bechdel to determine her level of interest in movies. How hard was it to pass the test? A movie had to have:
1. At least two women characters
2. Who talked to each other
3. About something other then men.
Replace "women" and "men" with "girls" and "boys" and apply the test to YA novels. How many books would pass?
I only recently learned about the Bechdel Test, created by comic strip artist Alison Bechdel to determine her level of interest in movies. How hard was it to pass the test? A movie had to have:
1. At least two women characters
2. Who talked to each other
3. About something other then men.
Replace "women" and "men" with "girls" and "boys" and apply the test to YA novels. How many books would pass?
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