In 1985, Alison Bechdel included a few simple questions in her thoughtful, often poignant comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Far from mainstream then, that single strip has gone on to inspire a litmus test for all media – though it’s most commonly used in regard to films. Distilled to its essence, it is a series of three simple questions: Does the film in question have two women in it? Who speak to each other? About something other than a man? If the answer is yes to all three questions, congratulations! Your film passes the Bechdel Test! More recently, New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis proposed the DuVernay Test,…