Your mascara is running
It's not looking great for women in film is it? Well, they are looking great, we're not going to dispute that. But we're not feeling too happy about how the film industry is portraying women - either on or off screen.
It made us wonder, who are the female characters who really stood out to the Squeamish team?
Naming them has been harder than we thought it would be. The Bechdel test might have been around for a while, but it is often sadly overlooked and certainly hasn't rocked the industry as you might have anticipated (not really, but wouldn't it be nice if stuff like that made a dent?). And even if women talk to each other about something that isn't men, does a heated discussion about shoes make for a rounded character? Depends what kind of shoes we suppose.
We thought long and hard about the screen presences who have remained with us...
It made us wonder, who are the female characters who really stood out to the Squeamish team?
Naming them has been harder than we thought it would be. The Bechdel test might have been around for a while, but it is often sadly overlooked and certainly hasn't rocked the industry as you might have anticipated (not really, but wouldn't it be nice if stuff like that made a dent?). And even if women talk to each other about something that isn't men, does a heated discussion about shoes make for a rounded character? Depends what kind of shoes we suppose.
We thought long and hard about the screen presences who have remained with us...
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