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screechthemighty:

Listen, Ghostbusters passes every test I can think of for the treatment of women in media.

Bechdel Test: All the women have a lot of conversations about things other than men. Like ghosts, and cadavers, and technobabble.

Sexy Lamp Test: None of the women can be replaced by a sexy lamp and have the plot remain intact.

Mako Mori Test: All the women have a narrative arc about busting ghosts and gaining respect, with the separate arc of Erin and Abby re-gaining their friendship, and neither arc supports a man’s story.

Furiosa Test: The movie pissed off manbabies on the internet.

Basically, this movie is a gift.

How about black women. How about Leslie being used only for street smarts and clearly being distinguished from the rest of the group. The representation of white women was great but everybody is neglecting the fact that Leslie is BLACK 😱 and she is being used as the token black woman who is only used for comedic relief/ only seen as useful when they need street smarts. Racism and sexism intertwine when it comes to black women and all of you guys just choose to pick one to pay attention to, neglecting the fact that there is so much more that the black woman has to go through.