Culture

The other day I was returning something at Home Depot and had to show my ID.

The cashier took one look at my driver's license and exclaimed, "You're from Hawaii? What are you doing in New Mexico?"

I get that a lot.

The short answer is, I moved here in 1997 and there's just enough inertia to keep me here.

The long answer is below.

Are you a movie fan? There are so many movies out there, how do you decide which movies to see?

Lately, the Bechdel Test has been gaining attention as a way to think about movies. It’s simply a way to assess movies but it raises gender balance issues.

What is the Bechdel Test?

It started out as a cartoon strip in series called “Dykes to Watch Out For” by Alison Bechdel, back in 1985.