Bechdel test

“‘I’m saying if we are characters in a movie, television show, or book, we would fail that goddamn [Bechdel] test every time. Talk to me about something that isn’t centered around a man!’ ‘My sister is pregnant, does that count?’ Felicity asks, frowning. ‘That’s amazing!’ I reply, enthusiastic. ‘See?’ ‘A man made her pregnant, though.’” Andrea Rookes; A Month of Sundays; Stone Cairn Publishing; 2023. “Sadia Habib and Shaf Choudry, an academic and a tech consultant in Britain, created the Riz Test, the Muslim equivalent of the Bechdel Test, which set criteria for judging Muslim portrayals in film and television.” Sopan Deb; ‘Ramy’ Is a Quietly Revolutionary Comedy; Gulf News (Dubai); Nov 2, 2019.