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So something is bothering me about how the test is being applied to works that aren\'t intended to be one-shot deals. Specifically, any work that isn\'t a movie or a single episode. In serials, or in television shows, it seems more inevitable that a conversation taking place will not happen to have to deal with men--more inevitable than say, supportive of strong independent female characters-- and to me, at least, this displays the limits of conversation topics far more than it showcases independent female characters. This isn\'t so much an issue in movies, (where the rule was originally intended to apply), so I can\'t help but wonder if, for Tv shows, Anime/Manga\'s, and even certain book series (although many books would certainly be within reasonable consideration for the base rules of the test, especially if they are, like movies, one-shot) we should tighten the rules in such a way that these series need to display evidence of passing the Bechdel Test in multiple, isolated scenarios. Because otherwise, I feel as though settling for a single example per show in these cases might be overly generous, and not within the spirit of the test as it was originally posited.
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So something is bothering me about how the test is being applied to works that aren\\\'t intended to be one-shot deals. Specifically, any work that isn\\\'t a movie or a single episode. In serials, or in television shows, it seems more inevitable that a conversation taking place will not happen to have to deal with men--more inevitable than say, supportive of strong independent female characters-- and to me, at least, this displays the limits of conversation topics far more than it showcases independent female characters. This isn\\\'t so much an issue in movies, (where the rule was originally intended to apply), so I can\\\'t help but wonder if, for Tv shows, Anime/Manga\\\'s, and even certain book series (although many books would certainly be within reasonable consideration for the base rules of the test, especially if they are, like movies, one-shot) we should tighten the rules in such a way that these series need to display evidence of passing the Bechdel Test in multiple, isolated scenarios, the needed number relative to the length of the series. (So a series that has a single conversation over 2 or 3 seasons would not be considered passable, but a series hitting 1 conversation over each of a several episode span would be more eligible) Because otherwise, I feel as though settling for a single example per show in these cases might be overly generous, and not within the spirit of the test as it was originally posited.
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So something is bothering me about how the test is being applied to works that aren\'t intended to be one-shot deals. Specifically, any work that isn\'t a movie or a single episode. In serials, or in television shows, it seems more inevitable that a conversation taking place will not happen to have to deal with men, and to me, at least, this displays the limits of conversation topics far more than it showcases independent female characters. This isn\'t so much an issue in movies, (where the rule was originally intended to apply), so I can\'t help but wonder if, for Tv shows, Anime/Manga\'s, and even certain book series (although many books would certainly be within reasonable consideration for the base rules of the test, especially if they are, like movies, one-shot) we should tighten the rules in such a way that these series need to display evidence of passing the Bechdel Test in multiple, isolated scenarios. Because otherwise, I feel as though settling for a single example per show in these cases might be overly generous, and not within the spirit of the test as it was originally posited.
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So something is bothering me about how the test is being applied to works that aren\\\'t intended to be one-shot deals. Specifically, any work that isn\\\'t a movie or a single episode. In serials, or in television shows, it seems more inevitable that a conversation taking place will not happen to have to deal with men--more inevitable than say, supportive of strong independent female characters-- and to me, at least, this displays the limits of conversation topics far more than it showcases independent female characters. This isn\\\'t so much an issue in movies, (where the rule was originally intended to apply), so I can\\\'t help but wonder if, for Tv shows, Anime/Manga\\\'s, and even certain book series (although many books would certainly be within reasonable consideration for the base rules of the test, especially if they are, like movies, one-shot) we should tighten the rules in such a way that these series need to display evidence of passing the Bechdel Test in multiple, isolated scenarios. Because otherwise, I feel as though settling for a single example per show in these cases might be overly generous, and not within the spirit of the test as it was originally posited.
