mrh5262:

I read “Fun Home,” a graphic novel by a local author named Alison Bechdel, last year in one of my genre classes. In doing the research for my genre project in this class, I came across something called the Bechdel test which was created by this author to identify gender bias in movies. If you actually stop to think about it, it is quite surprising how many action/adventure movies fail the Bechdel test.

You should refer to this in your media workshop!

fishingboatproceeds:

Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.

My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…