Alright, so let’s talk about another feminist aspiration that someone who cares about women in fiction in any format–books, television, movies, etc.–should know about. It’s called The Bechdel Test.
Category: Heroine
The Real Heroes
Okay, so I’m talking to one of my friends last week about this whole “feminist hero” problem, and she says the following: “Well, you know the real problem, don’t you? It’s that the only true feminist heroes out there are lesbians.” But really, who are the feminist heroines? What do they look like?