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14. I was looking through Vanity Fair at my mom's house a couple of months ago.

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 07:22 PM

Feb 2012

they had a large feature called the 100 Most Up and Coming young people, something like that, I'll try to find a link. Anyway, I think I finally got up to # 50 before there was a woman listed. Out of 100 people they only selected less than a handful of women. And I'm pretty sure there are women on the editorial staff. It blew my mind. What were they all thinking?

edit: I was so mad I got the description all wrong and it was 50, not 100, but I'm right about the gross gender imbalance. The New Establishment 2011 http://www.vanityfair.com/business/new-establishment/2011

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Boys Will Hire Boys: The Media Is Male and Getting Maler [View all] redqueen Feb 2012 OP

"Women's representation in sports news hasn't budged since 2008 " ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #1

Yeah but you should know better than anyone else on DU redqueen Feb 2012 #2

I reckon the odds are stacked up against women even more so than at first apperance. Kurska Feb 2012 #17

A specific element to this, that really bothers me is how much of a boys club the film industry is.. left coaster Feb 2012 #3

Yeah, Tina Fey touched on that in her biography... redqueen Feb 2012 #4

My brother is a location director and has worked in various other ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #6

I can think of a couple of reasons for this.. MicaelS Feb 2012 #8

Your first point is key. redqueen Feb 2012 #9

Depressing numbers, and it's interesting to focus on the off-air/behind- petronius Feb 2012 #5

Was it ever explicitly stated that that represented a decline? redqueen Feb 2012 #7

The blog article interpreted it that way (para 3), and Fig 4 in the report petronius Feb 2012 #10

Awful. nt BlueIris Feb 2012 #11

I remember in "Miss Representation," the segment where a female TV exec CrispyQ Feb 2012 #12

"That movie needs to go viral." redqueen Feb 2012 #13

I was looking through Vanity Fair at my mom's house a couple of months ago. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #14

It gets worse. Lisa D Feb 2012 #15

I'm speechless. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #16