tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post1647979967523136137..comments2024-03-28T07:25:19.546-07:00Comments on Dorothy Surrenders: Our stories, OurselvesDorothy Snarkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143059192565751994noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-22863943001440010272011-02-06T08:49:06.311-08:002011-02-06T08:49:06.311-08:00u~hum~
I do think that's common sense women
s...u~hum~<br /><br />I do think that's common sense women<br />should represent about women.<br />who knows better than?<br /><br />I had a similar experiences, it wasn't only<br />me, there is a man who wrote a book,<br />which the main woman character talks about<br />woman's value, but the writer was an old man,<br />so it makes women very up sat, and<br /><br />the debate fired up on news paper.<br />so I read the book and felt very disgusting. <br /><br />no offense to the author but you know,<br />he tricks using woman character and<br />tried talk to people woman wants it which<br />actually he wants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-1950606212974684692011-02-04T14:13:06.148-08:002011-02-04T14:13:06.148-08:00I'm angry too!! http://www.writingsofryu.com/2...I'm angry too!! http://www.writingsofryu.com/2011/01/internalizing-patriarchy.html<br /><br />Voted for you in the bloggies by the wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-24364956875712878562011-02-02T01:41:03.374-08:002011-02-02T01:41:03.374-08:00Go Dorothy!! I've got your back.Go Dorothy!! I've got your back.heart beatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-56827437458066282772011-02-01T18:46:21.246-08:002011-02-01T18:46:21.246-08:00Hi Dorothy,
I did a post on the Bechdel rule a co...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />I did a post on the Bechdel rule a couple of years ago, basically rating my fav shows to the rule. Was kind of interesting. It's <a href="http://xamanthe.livejournal.com/1165.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you care. I still find it hard to find quality TV that comes close to following this rule. IMHO that's not a great comment on today's society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-62775457816087193062011-02-01T17:59:34.875-08:002011-02-01T17:59:34.875-08:00Just thought I'd point out that the music in t...Just thought I'd point out that the music in the video is the song "As Cool As I Am" by Dar Williams, a great singer-songwriter.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01743299403130160277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-2702684399970946912011-02-01T16:54:04.488-08:002011-02-01T16:54:04.488-08:00THanks...just thanks...I'll be linking your bl...THanks...just thanks...I'll be linking your blog to all my friends...dcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-59804103728821229432011-02-01T15:48:37.479-08:002011-02-01T15:48:37.479-08:00I had some similar thoughts when I was reading abo...I had some similar thoughts when I was reading about the new Wonder Woman movie - there are so many more opportunities for men to tell womens' stories than there are for women to tell womens' stories. And when women do tell their own stories, it's labeled chick-lit more often than not. That sucks. I've had a similar revolt going on the last few months when it comes to literature - no male authors, female protagonists, fewer male characters.<br /><br />Which has made my book club (with my wife and 4 straight women) interesting, to say the least. <br /><br />It hasn't quite come up in open discussion yet when we meet that I'm just opting out of reading male authors and stories with male characters; I kinda wanted to see if the rest of the group would even notice. Turns out everyone has except for one woman, and I think we're all waiting for her to catch on. I'm looking forward to actually discussing it.Steph Minearthttp://www.commonplacebook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-71861752208665539872011-02-01T15:43:57.640-08:002011-02-01T15:43:57.640-08:00This? This is why I keep on reading you.
Thank ...This? This is why I keep on reading you. <br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-73351426161446416702011-02-01T10:37:00.610-08:002011-02-01T10:37:00.610-08:00Great commentary, DS. I had an interesting discuss...Great commentary, DS. I had an interesting discussion about feminism with my students the other day, and am going to bring in some of this information as a follow-up.Kathrynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-42677737963552372352011-02-01T10:16:20.463-08:002011-02-01T10:16:20.463-08:00Christie: Wow! That *is* unusual. I've had m...Christie: Wow! That *is* unusual. I've had mostly female editors but that's mainly due to how much writing I've done for feminist and lesbian publications. Excluding those, more than half of my editors have been men.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138968066861006638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-52685367930494296512011-02-01T09:51:20.668-08:002011-02-01T09:51:20.668-08:00THIS is the real point.THIS is the real point.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286696623553979663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-47679792093409953942011-02-01T09:04:45.691-08:002011-02-01T09:04:45.691-08:00Wow, Melinda -- I just realized that my first edit...Wow, Melinda -- I just realized that my first editor was... a woman. Not at all common back in the 80s world of newspapers. When I decided newspaper journalism wasn't for me, I went to a magazine where the editor was another woman. Today, of the three publications I write for most consistently, two of my editors are women and I'm the editor at the third. I've very, very rarely had a male editor in my entire career.Christie Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111271223324776573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26871122.post-13611912416894526572011-02-01T06:36:55.388-08:002011-02-01T06:36:55.388-08:00The really sad thing, media-wise, is that women ha...The really sad thing, media-wise, is that women have been receiving the majority of communications and journalism degrees for three decades. When I was getting my M.A. in journalism, we greatly outnumbered the men, by 9 to 1 in some courses. One male prof, the executive editor of a major magazine, explained that our greatly outnumbering the men had a great deal to do with the fact that a woman needed an M.A. to be taken as seriously as a man with a B.A. or, in some cases, no journalism degree at all. And it's true. <br /><br />There was a huge study conducted on gender disparities in the newsroom and it discovered a few things:<br /><br />1. Women hired by men are less qualified than women hired by women b/c straight men are biased by women's looks, flirtation, etc. <br /><br />2. Women hired by men don't last as long on the job as women hired by women.<br /><br />3. Women with male editors are significantly less likely to be assigned tough, career-building beats and instead get sent over to the fluff beats and "women's pages." <br /><br />4. Women are often excluded from the internal social networking needed to make it in the media.<br /><br />5. Gender attitudes in the newsroom are BEHIND those of general society. (In other words, male journalists, editors, etc. are MORE sexist than the average male.)<br /><br />We've got a long, long road and a lot of obstacles ahead of us before we make parity.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138968066861006638noreply@blogger.com