Photo By  Amanda Demme  for New York Magazine New York Magazine just published a piece on 35 women who were willing to come forward with stories of being assaulted by Bill Cosby over the years. These allegations were first made decades ago and yet they have been largely ignored. Now documents obtained by the New York Times show the veracity of their claims, in Cosby's own words, and new attention and legitimacy has been given to the issue. Why does the Bechdel Project care? It is no accident that a culture whose stories ignore and gloss over women, is also a culture that actually ignores and glosses over women. The Bechdel Project wants to be a part of changing that. The New York Magazine article , in addition to the recent media coverage, has brought many of these women together for the first time. They were all interviewed separately, but what is shocking is that their stories are so similar, from the descriptions of their interactions with Cosby,...

Audiences and creators know that on one level or another, there’s an inherent gender bias in the movie business — whether it’s the disproportionately low number of films with female leads, the process of pigeonholing actresses into predefined roles (action chick, romantic interest, middle-aged mother, etc.), or the lack of serious character development for women on screen compared to their male counterparts. What’s challenging is quantifying this dysfunction, putting numbers to a trend that is — at least anecdotally — a pretty clear reality. One of the most enduring tools to measure Hollywood’s gender bias is a test originally promoted by cartoonist  Alison Bechdel  in a 1985 strip from her “Dykes To Watch Out For” series. Bechdel said that if a movie can satisfy three criteria — there are at least two named women in the picture, they have a conversation with each other at some point, and that conversation isn’t about a male character — then it passes “The Rule,” whereb...

Your View on October 3rd Join us for the launch of BECHDEL PROJECT on October 3rd! We got the top floor of the Potato Chip Factory (and the roof) so we go on  RAIN OR SHINE! (the mirror ball is already up and spinning!) $15 tix online  till 7am on the 3rd ($20 at door thereafter) includes: Punch to Watch Out For courtesy of  NY Distilling Bechdel Brew  courtesy of  Greenpoint Beer & Ale Hors d'oeurves Prizes :  Saskia de Vries Jewelry , T-shirts by Kingsland Printing , Wine,Tickets, East River Adventures , More! Spectacular Skyline Views Live Music by  Ben Clark We look forward to celebrating this new beginning with you and more of NYC's best artists and creators! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! HUGE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! (all Brooklyn based!)