The Bechdel test began as a joke in Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985, but has since gained huge popularity as a tool for analysing gender bias in films.
Its author, Federico Pita, president of the African Diaspora of Argentina, wrote that "naturalization of racism and white supremacy" had allowed a character who "ridicules, stereotypes, stigmatizes" to gain huge popularity.
Bump gained huge popularity by being an early App Store hit.
And in the meantime, some unscientific explanations have gained huge popularity.
With the increasing use of multiple electronic devices including tablets, PCs, and mobile devices, Personal Cloud Storage (PCS) services, such as Dropbox and Box, have gained huge popularity.
In China, American English has gained huge popularity that has led to a growing number of language schools in China and a large number of Internet sites for learning English (Kettle et al. 2012).
The strains like Acapulco Gold, Pure Afghan and Chocolate Thai gained huge popularity at the time, but have subsequently faded away, and have been eclipsed by the modern cross-bred varieties.
Mr. Chaudhry eventually prevailed, gaining immense popularity in the process.
Pharrell's unique talent of producer, songwriter, musician, rapper and singer has put him in the spotlight of the music industry, but his open and sunny disposition, together with his personal style, recently characterised by a bucket of a Vivienne Westwood hat and some sparkling sneakers, has gained him huge popularity.
