Passing the Bechdel Test
- Me: Alison, I'm sorry, but I'm really enjoying Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. A lot.
- Alison: That's okay.
- Me: But you hated it.
- Alison: Well, I read it in the worst class I've ever taken.
- Elena: I really want you to read The Marriage Plot. That way we can talk about it.
- Me: Okay, I'll read it next. I'll read it next even though I have two books waiting for me at the library.
- Alison: Have you read Devil in the White City yet?
- Me: Not yet. It's in my stack. I think Elena's going to borrow it from you before I read it, though. Elena, do you want it right now?
- Elena: No.
- Me: Oh, that's right, you're reading something. You're reading Plato's Republic.
- Alison: Oh. We're reading Plato's Republic now, are we?
