#reversed bechdel passed

[lorespill]

when a piece of media doesn't pass the gender-swapped bechdel test 👀

[biblicalhorror]

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone talking about how, in the first half-ish of I Saw the TV Glow when Owen is growing up, the only man we see onscreen is Owen's father, whose face is never fully lit, always at least half in darkness. I thought that was a really interesting choice

[midnightconfessions]

I got to watch an advance screening of Polite Society last night and I will be basing my personality on it for the forseeable future. 

that is all

[scumlafeccia]

prof didn't like my original thesis idea BUT the idea I'm gonna develop is equally cool ngl

[vogelmeister]

trying to figure out if my stories pass the bechdel test and honestly wondering what counts as a conversation

[flamingfalcon3]

Starting to think I can’t hyperfixate on shows with male leads…

[secndbest]

REEVE'S AWARENESS OF HIS CHAPTER'S vice president was tangential at best, their lives always in the periphery of the other's but never fully crossing. any interaction they did have tended to be superficial, centered only on frat dealings or their mutual friendship with luke and never leaving that specific bubble. this was in part because reeve didn't really care to learn much about kingston, but also because kingston didn't seem like he had much to learn about. his life was just too perfectly curated, the exact blend of ordinary and extraordinary to make it so he never stood out, but was never questioned either. it kept reeve from getting curious ( read : suspicious ), though it also kept the two of them from talking about anything personal— anything real.

maybe tonight would be the night that finally changed.

taking the bottle from kingston, reeve scoffed, ❝ please. from what i saw, you're going to be too busy to carry anyone anywhere. not unless that person happens to be isla wardwell. ❞ the moment he said isla's name, he reached up, tapping the cap of the bottle against kingston's forehead. while he hadn't seen most of their conversation on the couch, he'd seen enough. ❝ you can thank me for inviting her at any point by the way. ❞

LOCATION: the kitchen FOR: @secndbest

His social battery was running low. It really hadn't taken long, Marcus Kingston had never enjoyed parties the way his brother had. The novelty of big crowds and loud music was lost on him, the kind of guy who would rather be alone in his room with a book of Sudoku and dimmed lighting. But that wasn't the future he had signed up for, and it was a lifetime commitment now. Hiding out in the kitchen while everyone else seemed to be making out in the living room or laughing outside, weary eyes turned at the sound of footsteps, snapping back into his personality before Reeve could notice anything was off. He liked to think he'd gotten pretty good at it by now. ❝ Hey, man, ❞ he greeted him, taking a step backwards to grab a water bottle, holding it out to his . . . friend? ❝ Stay hydrated. I don't want to be carrying none of your asses back to your rooms tonight when y'all can't hang. ❞ But he would ; he knew what it was like when someone didn't get home safely.

[youareinlove]

one of the many things i love about mean girls (2004) is that aaron samuels, who's meant to be the main love interest or whatever, could be replaced by a man-shaped vase and nothing would change. he is treated the same way that women are treated in male-led films with male audiences. his role in the story is entirely passive. he's not meant to do anything but stand there, and he's not even supposed to be the pinnacle of attractiveness or anything. he is the most Just A Guy to ever exist. he ken-ed before ken could ken. this movie doesn't pass the reverse bechdel test or the reverse sexy lamp test and it was iconic for that!

[p1nkmedusa]

I just realized something about dandadan

I don’t think two men have talked to each other about anything that wasn’t a woman so far

It doesn’t pass the reverse bechdel test

[motorway-south]

so funny that larys and criston don't pass the reverse bechdel test. the only time they even interact with each other is pitting alicent against the other

[kkoffin]

Nerdylilpeebee deactivated!!!!

when i get these kind of anons, i imagine you send this to anyone who you think would want to know and it feels like the beginning of the wicked movie where the kids run around telling everyone the wicked witch is dead and then they all party

one little anon sprinting to every ask box shouting “Nerdylilpeebee deactivated!!! Nerdylilpeebee is gone!!!” and we all break out into song and dance because radblrland is free from his curse of mild annoyance and eye rolls

anyways i’ve had him blocked for a while but i appreciate the good news. also wicked is a pretty good movie if anyone is wondering, does not pass reverse bechdel test 👍

[carlyraejepsans]

one day i am going to make a game and i will make sure it doesn't pass the reverse bechdel test and then i am going to sit there and watch as people try to ignore the women anyway and then i will get arrested for domestic terrorism probably

[sadlittlepotatobean]

the bechdel

Percy Jackson doesn’t pass The Reverse Bechdel (is that how you spell that?) Test. Even when he had amnesia and didn’t  know what his own name was, when he didn’t know who his was, nor where he came from. Hell, he didn’t even know that he was a demigod!

[thevampiricnihal]

Read Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love) if you haven’t already read it.

It is a classic Turkish novel published in 1900 and:

- It has two main female characters: One is in a rivalry with her mother but slowly turns into her mother. The other is “morbidly attached” to her father. This was written before anyone has read Freud.

- The former female main character has a scene where she admires her own naked body in the mirror and (presumably) masturbates. It is presented non-judgmentally and is the best-written part of the book, it is the cornerstone of the book.

- The latter main character is probably one of the best teenaged female characters ever put on paper.

- The former main character is the latter main character’s young stepmother. It has been 124 years and the literary critics still scratch their heads about which one of them is the main character. Their rivalry on-page has bled into the real life. It is always a fun debate.

- It is completely female-centric to the point that it barely passes a reverse Bechdel test.

- The book features a rather in-your-face criticism of Orientalism. To the point that this scene single-handedly inspired an academic to write an entire book about the Turkish reaction to Orientalism.

- It is often considered the first great Turkish novel.

- It is both an atmospheric, beautiful and vivid portrait of the turn-of-the-century Istanbul and the lives of the rich Turkish families of the time period, and it is a book that is very open to symbolic readings and wild interpretations. It is a book that you can always discover new things about.

- It is my absolute favorite book and my passion.

It doesn’t yet have an official published English translation (though it has Italian, German, Dutch and Croatian ones) but there is an English translation on the internet:

It is not a flawless translation, but it is mostly good and readable.

[ferretteeth]

OP is getting clowned on for saying that Jaime isn't interesting and only "male centered fans" like him. I think "male centered fans" is very reductive to Jaime's character

but it also doesn't get across the fact that Jaime has only passed the reverse Bechdel test in like 2 of his 17 chapters. this guy's whole character arc revolves around either the two women holding him hostage, his sister, or his mother. He's the opposite of a female character who never stops talking about her father

[maggiecheungs]

congrats to us the series for being one of the only trailers to pass the bechdel test and the only trailer to fail the reverse bechdel test 🤩