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The New Bechdel Test

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The Bechdel test is a measure of the representation of women in fiction. These are the requirements to pass the test:

There have to be at least two (named) women in it
who talk to each other
about something other than a man

I mixed those requirements up and changed them a bit to create eight fun prompts, which are still about feminism.

Challenge Prompts

1. two or more men who talk about women/their love interests in a positive and respecting way

2. written by two or more women

3. one or more non-binary characters talk about more than gender

4. a female main character is in a healthy relationship

5. a (auto-)biography/memoir of a feminist

6. a YA with a female protagonist and little or no romance

7. a male and a female character who are genuine friends

8. written from the perspective of a woman who talks to no one

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