Finally the Bechdel Test! The Bechdel test is the invention of cartoonist Allison Bechdel, who in the 1980s noticed how frequently Hollywood films diminish women characters into at best mere adjuncts of the far more important male characters. (At worst? Hmm, the “woman in the fridge,” where a woman is abused, killed, even trapped … Continue reading Family Friendships with Trollope’s Women