What would happen if we spoke the truth?

Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named Liz Wallace, so maybe it really should be called the Liz Wallace Test...? Anyway, the test is much simpler than the name. To pass it your movie must have the following: a) there are at least two named female characters, who b) talk to each other about c) something other than a man.

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

I grew to resent the way my father treated his furniture like children, and his children like furniture.