VIDA – Women in the Literary Arts – is at it again. They’ve counted and calculated and found that, yes, again, women are vastly underrepresented in publication and review in the world of literary arts. See the pretty pie charts. Read the gripping conclusions. Things this year are, well, about the same as they were last year. Despite the fact that women make up 51% of the country’s population (and more women than men attend and graduate from graduate-level creative writing programs), women’s works account for only 25-33% of published literary works. Why is that? Do women write fewer stories and poems? Are women just worse at writing than men? Do women not submit their work for publication? No, no, and no, of course. Read more on VIDA’s website by clicking here: VIDA
What do you think about this phenomenon? Is there any way to change things?
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