There’s a particular difficulty in evaluating the X-Men movies for pass/fail of the Bechdel Test. Both Xavier’s ability to speak through other people and Mystique’s metamorph ability rather muddy the waters for assessing whether two or more women in any given X-Men movie are talking to each other about something besides a man. But those…
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Undermining Uhura
Commander Uhura is a feminist icon. Her role on the bridge of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) marked a turning point: Uhura illustrated that women could go into space. Uhura was not there as a princess to be rescued, not someone’s wife or girlfriend, not there as eye candy or to pick up after the boys, she…
