Proper noun
Bechdel (plural Bechdels)
A surname from German.
Thankfully, 2019 saw a heap of great films that passed the Bechdel test while also featuring strong, leading female characters. Source: Internet
Alison Bechdel, the cartoonist behind Dykes to Watch Out ForFun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama, and, of course, the ever-relevant, has been named a recipient of this year's MacArthur Fellows, also known as the "genius grant." Source: Internet
Ever the lover of the self-protective paradox, Akhtar quotes Alison Bechdel in his epigraph: “I can only make things up about things that have already happened.” Source: Internet
Alison Bechdel has posted a new video to her youtube account (abechdel). Source: Internet
However, even does not pass the Bechdel test, which is the bare minimum at this point. Source: Internet
As the reader jumps backward and forward in time, Bechdel relentlessly explores her relationship with her mother, peeling back the layers of the onion in a visually exhilarating manner. Source: Internet