BECHDEL PROJECT

Support Feminist Storytelling

Founded in 2016 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Bechdel Project is a feminist arts organization dedicated to amplifying the voices and stories of women, nonbinary, and underrepresented genders. We believe that we can change our culture by changing the stories we tell and that the lack of women-centered stories in our culture is harmful to both women and men.

Our programming is designed through an intersectional feminist lens to serve storytellers across generations, geographies, and identities. We prioritize the diverse voices of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, caregiving, and women+ artists over 40, and we invest in bold work that challenges dominant narratives and invites audiences to reimagine justice and community.

Learn more about our programs here.

Learn more about our community here.

What is the Bechdel Test?

Bechdel Project's name comes from what is popularly known as the "The Bechdel Test" based on Alison Bechdel's** 1985 comic strip "The Rule" in "Dykes to Watch Out For." Shockingly, there are only three criteria to pass the Bechdel Test:

The story must have at least 2 women.
They must talk to each other.
About something besides a man.

**Ms. Bechdel is not personally involved in the organization in any way.

Intersectional feminism benefits everyone.

The term was coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. She described intersectionality as: “A prism for seeing the way in which various forms of inequality often operate together and exacerbate each other.”

“All inequality is not created equal,” she says. “We tend to talk about race inequality as separate from inequality based on gender, class, sexuality or immigrant status. What’s often missing is how some people are subject to all of these, and the experience is not just the sum of its parts.”

Put simply: not all inequality is experienced the same way. A Black woman, a trans teenager, or a disabled migrant may face discrimination that is shaped by all parts of their identity – not just one.

Intersectional feminism puts those realities at the centre. It compels us to listen to the people who face multiple forms of oppression and to build solutions that reflect the full picture. (Source UN Women)

Listen to "The Feminine Speaks" episode of GET IN with Debbie Rosas. This is an up-front, honest, personal, intelligent, and powerful discussion with two people living “the feminine” in life today and inspiring others to share their story through the art of writing, poetry, and theatre performance. Hear how this passionate couple, Maria Aparo and Jens Rasmussen, partners, parents, visionaries, movers, and shakers in the world of feminism, walk their talk.

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