Comments on: Questions for you

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:56:39 +0000

In reply to Memory. Well, if it's used already, there's no point in not reading it first! I mean it's been read before! You would just be crazy not to read it! (That sounds like such a great gift, btw.)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:50:15 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Even more depressing than how few of my movies pass the test is how few of the movies currently in theatres pass it. Of course I'm assuming they don't having never in fact seen them because they look too silly and no women inside. :P

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:40:59 +0000

In reply to Amused. Oh, yeah, I never do any damage. I don't bend spines or dog-ear pages even when the books belong to me! :P

By: Memory

Memory — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:59:39 +0000

This past Christmas I bought a used book (that was in perfect condition, and signed), read it, and gave it to my aunt. I felt a little bad about it, but I figured that the author’s signature helped balance out the pre-readness!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:18:54 +0000

I’d never heard of the Bechdel rule. It’s a little depressing how few movies pass that 🙁

Also, I’m a pretty careful reader. Nobody would probably notice if I read the book before I gave it as a gift, but I’m not likely to do that. Just seems wrong. However, I wouldn’t care in the least if someone read the book before giving it to me as a present!

By: Amused

Amused — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:38:19 +0000

Good questions! I think I usually only give books as gifts that I’ve already read – they’ve sparked my interest as something that I think that person would want so then there is no need for me to read their copy. I wouldn’t mind if they read mind before they gave it to me (as long as they didn’t bend the spine or dog ear the pages or anything!).

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:49:31 +0000

In reply to Christy. Okay, you and Amanda having so many has made me think I was applying the criteria too stringently and/or forgetting about conversations between women that take place over the course of the film. When my sister with the freakishly good memory gets home, I'm going to try this again and see if I come up with better numbers.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:48:31 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. I love that idea! I should start doing that with the books I give my voracious reader friends; I think it would make them smile.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:47:48 +0000

In reply to Aarti.

It is so true. I’ve pretty nearly completely stopped seeing chick flicks anymore because I find them all so nauseating. I will confess to harboring chick flicks in my collection, but I think the most recent one is Love Actually, and that came out seven years ago.

I read this column called “This Week in Women” over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, which never fails to make me angry at and sad for Hollywood. They talked about crappy films for women there: http://awfj.org/2010/02/21/awfj-women-on-film-the-week-in-women-february-20-2010-maryann-johanson/

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:54:05 +0000

Though I wouldn’t make that a rule for judging merit, my roommate and I did have fun applying it to our respective movie collections. Each of us own about 60 movies (I included my miniseries in the count) and I had about 20 that met the rule, based on our judgment calls and she had about 15. It does provoke thought certainly.