It even passes a kind of reverse Bechdel test—when two male characters talk, they are just as likely to be talking about Margaret as about politics or philosophy or art.

I have to think more about this idea of the reverse Bechdel test. Isn't it interesting that we think about men as talking about philosophy or art, etc. all the time such that when they talk lovingly about a woman they know it's a big deal, when the reverse is generally true for women? I'm also trying to figure out if I should apply the Bechdel/reverse Bechel to real people, or just fictional characters.