Teens in Argentina push for a gender-neutral Spanish language
Language evolves much slower than vocabulary. It is something the average person probably doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about, but the question of gendered language is a large… Read more »
Girls have breasts to look attractive and grown up, claims children’s book written for boys
Ah, puberty: that magical time when we turn from cute little angels to hormone ridden hell-beasts. Or, as the Urban Dictionary puts it, “Gods way of testing young people between 12-18 to… Read more »
Words from a Stone: Columbia University radio show tells writer she can read her story on-air only if it’s censored
Last week, I had a long talk with Laurie Stone about censorship. It wasn’t the interview she had been planning for. The conversation Stone had expected would have taken place on… Read more »
Words by Women Awards launches
Last Monday, the 2015 Press Awards shortlist was announced. The prestigious award aims to celebrate ‘the best of UK national journalism’ and the numerous categories mean there’s room for every… Read more »
White women run publishing?
The literary internet started buzzing last week after findings from a new survey described an overwhelming lack of racial and gender diversity in the book publishing industry. Conducted for over a year… Read more »
Crime fiction is far more popular with women than men
In an article for The Guardian, MJ McGrath reports that about 80% of people planning to attend the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival were women. About half of the… Read more »
Crunching the numbers: does gender matter in book advances?
Jane Friedman at Scratch Magazine wondered whether there was a gender disparity in book advances, and decided to crunch some numbers. Using data from Publishers Marketplace, Friedman narrowed her study… Read more »