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redqueen

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4. Yeah, Tina Fey touched on that in her biography...

Reply to left coaster (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 01:20 PM

Feb 2012

I posted a few excerpts here and she said the exact same thing, and that she considers it a reason to stay and fight, so that more women can come up through the ranks hopefully one day break up the boys club.

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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