It was a week after the Women’s March in January of 2017 when I went to see Manchester by the Sea. By movie’s end, my optimism fueled by the March…

A number of critics have denigrated the Bechdel Test and not without good reason. As previously addressed, it’s a funny punchline from a 1980s comic strip that serves as an…

By now I hope we can all agree that just because a film features female characters who speak with one another about anything other than a man, it does not…

We’ve now explored the meaning of feminism and, in broad terms, what does and doesn’t constitute a feminist-friendly film (https://iconema.com.mx/author/dsnivelyen/?lang=en). However, when it comes to active film viewing, applying these…

Hear the term “Chick Flick” and what comes to mind? A girlie rom-com Pretty Woman or Bridget Jones’s Diary? A female-driven comedy like Bridesmaids or a musical like Mamma Mia?…

Before we explore films from a feminist perspective, we need to synchronize our understanding of what feminism is (and isn’t). I am forever hearing people use and abuse it in…

As you may know, the Bechdel Test hails from a gag from Dykes to Watch Out For, a 1980s underground comic strip by certified genius, Alison Bechdel. It unfolds when…