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« on: November 14, 2014, 07:53:05 PM »

Even setting aside arguments over whether something like this is necessary or not, there is no conceivable way some sort of labeling system like this could exist without ending up a complete and utter joke.
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2014, 05:51:40 PM »

Honestly I don't see anything problematic with this since in order to pass the Bechdel test a game only needs to have at least two female characters in it who talk to each other and about something other than a man. Some Swedish cinemas also decided to do the same on their own volition last year, so it's not really a new idea.

Yes of course using the Bechdel test in general is moronic (the test is a f**king joke from a webcomic) and using it on individual movies is even worse. The Swedes are truly from a planet far far away in some galaxy whose name are made up of a random mix of letters and numbers.

Every so often I stop and marvel at the fact that one of the (unsurprisingly flawed) foundations of modern feminist media criticism is literally based on a joke in a lesbian comic strip from the mid-80s.
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