“I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements,” one woman tells another in Alison Bechdel’s 1985 comic strip. In the wake of “Barbie,” the Bechdel Test has hit the mainstream.
In a year when Barbie, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift revealed the purchasing power of women and girls, female characters were still grossly underrepresented on the big screen.
After a year of slight gains, the percentage of female characters portrayed in the 100 top-grossing films domestically fell in 2023, a new study finds. Titled…
After a year of slight gains, the percentage of female characters portrayed in the 100 top-grossing films domestically fell in 2023, a new study finds.
A full 77% of top-grossing films released in 2023 featured more male than female characters in speaking roles, according to a report released Tuesday by Martha Lauzen, founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.
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Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner and The Wire creator David Simon were quick to point out the limitations of the range while research has shown female representation behind the camera is falling