![]() ![]() This undervaluing still happens and it happens across the board, not just in the industries currently in the news. Look at the numbers collected by VIDA Count every year about the gender imbalance of reviews in major literary publications. ![]() Look at the demeaning obituary for Colleen McCullough as compared to any recently deceased male authors. Jonathan Franzen accused Jennifer Weiner of "freeloading on the legitimate problem of gender bias." Even in female targeted publications and sites, Franzen is always characterized as a serious, literary novelist while Weiner is inevitably described as a popular (read lesser and certainly not to be taken seriously) novelist who writes chick lit in this ongoing exchange. Closer to home (for me), look at the imbalance in publishing. ![]() Just look at the Sony leak that disclosed salary gaps between female and male executives, female and male actors. You'd think in this day and age that women and their contributions would no longer be undervalued. ![]()
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