Intersectional weight penalties — 2015 VIDA count
Yesterday, VIDA published their 2015 count. This year, the count goes intersectional. I am dismayed at how few women writers are succeeding with more than one bias operating against us.
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Films and TV about women don’t win awards: some data
I analysed the last 25 years’ results for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards for Best Picture (Oscar™), and for the Television Academy’s Prime-Time Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series (Emmy™). The data show that tv shows about women never win, and that films about women almost never win. Women’s stories are not taken seriously.
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Kelley and I have just finished re-watching the first season of Xena: Warrior Princess. This is the first time I’ve seen some…
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