Not exact matches
The study's
authors, Dana Beth Weinberg and Adam Kapelner, a sociologist and mathematician, respectively, found that even when you looked at book genres that are dominated
by female authors, the percentages only go up
by an average of 9 % —
so, even if hardly any men are writing, say, romance novels, the women who are writing them are still getting screwed out of equal pay.
I was also
so astonished at the sensitivity
by the
author to write in such a uniquely
female voice.
Why do
so few books
by female authors get reviewed in major publications?
In other news, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has urged Uganda to reject its «Kill the Gays» bill, likening it to the apartheid Africa fought
so long to reject, scientists have found homosexual behaviour in male animals makes them more attractive to
female animals (okay, at least in fish), and Simon & Schuster have launched a new self - publishing arm brought to you
by the
Author Solutions crew — they who rip off would - be
authors for thousands of dollars and take half of any sales that eventuate.
Mark Hamblett has the story at the New York Law Journal, and here's a link to the opinion, Byrne v. Rutledge,
authored by a panel consisting of three of the four
female jurists on the court — Judges Amalya Kearse, Reena Raggi, and Debra Livingston (this fact mentioned for purposes of trivia only; I am not suggesting that the gender makeup of the panel had any bearing on the outcome of the case,
so calm down).