“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.