I was bingeing on Netflix’s curated collection of Iron Chef: America episodes, and after a few hours I realized that I had yet to see a woman guest chef! So I used the GA Tally app to count, and this is what I found.
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Oracle invites you to “join the Oracle Cloud with thought leaders... focusing on innovation!" ...if you are a man. Anyone else think the event loses some appeal and lots of good ideas when it features only male keynotes?
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Common Good is a bipartisan reform coalition that seeks to “propose practical, bold ideas… based on the principles of individual freedom, responsibility and accountability.” Well, we’ve got a news flash for you, Common Good. A panel with only 11% women is not practical, bold, or responsible.
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The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a public policy think tank “dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world.” AEI’s December 5th panel, “The Limited Reach of the Child Support Enforcement System,” featured 40% women.
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Beyond a straightforward tally (number of women authors v. number of men authors), this list proves a point we’ve been making all along. Gender representation is not symbolic and it is not a gimmick. What The Guardian did with their 2016 book list was two-fold: they achieved gender balance in both the books recommended and the list of readers making the recommendations. Among the 170 titles on the list, 47% were written by women authors. What is perhaps even more notable is the fact that this fairly balanced list came from a roster of readers that was itself pretty balanced, including 55% women among its 49.
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Superfine!, an art fair that seeks to “humanize the art world” by making local art accessible to the community, is also leveling the playing field with a gender-balanced panel! “Miami: Art City of the Future?” is part of the Art World 101 Panel Series held December 2–3 as part of Miami’s Art Week and features 50% women speakers.
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Brookings is hosting a debate on the economic importance of faith-based organizations to consider strategies that can “strengthen these hubs of civic engagement and social support.” A discussion of civic engagement and social support featuring five men and one woman? Civic engagement is not a male-dominated activity.
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With the planning for the Trump administration underway GenderAvenger is taking note of whether women are being included. So far, the appointments to the cabinet and White House staff do not bode well.
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As we have seen throughout the Who Talks? project, men dominate political commentary on almost all fronts, but the University of Michigan offered a welcome reprieve from all-male panels with their talk, “2016 Decided: Post-election Analysis.” The informal conversation took place immediately following the election results on November 9 and featured three women on its panel of five experts.
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While not surprising, it was still shocking to see that the CATO Institute failed to include a single woman throughout the entire debate. Women make up 53% of the voting public, with the power and the numbers to tip the scale for or against any given candidate. We can’t imagine how CATO could forget to include women in such a crucial debate, so we’d like to remind them that women count.
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In the last week of Who Talks? data collection and after eight months of tallying the numbers of women who spoke about the election on cable news shows, The Rachel Maddow Show reached an admirable gender balance: 60%!
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Women represented 53% of the voting public and half the ballot in last week’s presidential election, yet Morning Joe still didn’t see fit to include women’s commentary on the election. The data for the Who Talks? project once again shows Morning Joe lagged behind with only 18% appearances by women commentators during the last week of a historic election.
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