The headline is misleading. The Bechdel test is a conceptual test to show how underrepresented women are in films and how male centered the plots are. It says nothing about how "strong" (however we define that word) the female characters are.

I sort of hate the Bechdel test — or, more accurately, I hate the popular misconception that the Bechdel test is an accurate metric for determining whether a movie is feminist and/or pro-woman.

The Bechdel test is more for judging the film industry as a whole rather than laying blame (or praise) on any individual movie.

Honestly, I think the "difficulty" around having different names is often overstated. My mom uses her maiden name and never had any trouble being recognized as the mother of her kids (and all of us have my dad's name). As far as I can tell it was just never a big deal to my parents. It's totally fine, again, that some…

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Diane also goes around the country throwing temper tantrums when men try and open the door for her. She has abortions at eight months and three weeks. And she files false rape complaints by the score.

I had a strong feeling this was a hoax, but I still think Los Angelista's piece is worth reading.

Is she a star in India...bc usually the women they celebrate are much lighter than her.

There was an earlier ad along similar lines in India by the magazine Femina.