The Romance Genres discuss the Bechdel Test #booktube

[certifiedgoblinoid]

Listen, if a man brings me the severed head of my enemy, I'm absolutely talking about him.

[esl]

Fantasy is just like "yeah, I know exactly what I am and I don’t feel any need to pretend otherwise"

[VictoriaMorganawesometori]

Part of first rule, it needs to be two NAMED female characters

[chase_birdeevogel]

The fact that this short technically passes the bechdel test while simultaneously saying "um, yeah, no thanks, we're good" is immaculate.

[joew]

Alison Bechdel: "I didn't intend for it to become a real guage." 😅😢

[l.c.]

I'm always so much more satisfied with a book if the main characters have a life outside of the ship, they just feel more grounded and more connected to their world that way.

[Financiallyfreeauthor]

Romance is sometimes so focused on the love story that having friends talk about something other than the love interest can feel unnatural, sadly. I’m pleased that my current romance has a plot outside the love story

[DragonLandlord]

People forget the Bechdel test started in a comic strip.

[misatriessomething]

I love how the books I read have female characters talking about men but it's always "are you sure they're not mentally ill"

[Caitlynn]

There really is something about a guy in a button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

[hannah]

“I love men, why wouldn’t I want to talk about men?!?!” 😂

[blueberryfnch]

My favorite thing about the Bechdel test is that it's the easiest thing to pass--just, , , have a female character ask her mother about her sewing in passing or something. 😅 It doesn't even have to be a long thing.

[thornsdale]

As a writer of found family dramas, I have to say this test would be hilarious to use on any story other than a romance. Yes there are multiple female characters. No, they're too busy not dying at the hands of the cardigan-wearing serial killer to talk to each other

[zeanamush]

It was also a joke in a comic originally, but has gotten more serious overtime because it's not the worst idea.

[valhund]

Honestly if I can respect one thing here it’s that they’re very open about how much they all love men. Sometimes you don’t need something to pass a bechdel test.

[readerwriterMH]

The 'Men!' from the Fantasy Romance was the best thing I've heard all day!

[Stormborn]

"I know what It is and I do not want It" 😂😂. Why fantasy romance has french accent???

[brokenprincessofhell]

I mean, I rarely ever talk about men in real life, so reading about women talking about men actually brings some change into my day

[yoskibroski]

God, the forearms ring true for me. Especially if they have nice veins from all their hard work.

[arianamaria_]

Fun fact the bechdel test has its roots in Jane Austen! Bechdel credited the idea for her comic to her friend who in turn got it from reading Virginia Woolf who in turn quoted Austen a novels as a piece of women’s empowerment for this very reason! Wrote about this in a chapter of my undergrad thesis 😊