by Marilyn | Apr 20, 2016 | Conscious writing, Sexism, Silencing, The VIDA Count, women's literary history, Writing Intention
Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts is an organization that works for...
by Marilyn | Apr 16, 2012 | Rejection, Sexism, Silencing, The VIDA Count, Women's history, women's literary history
I recently attended a panel on Women in Law Enforcement at Lynchburg College, where I learned that women, once excluded from law enforcement, now make up roughly 15 percent of sworn personnel. Fifteen percent. I could not help but think of the VIDA Count with its...
by Marilyn | Mar 20, 2012 | Brevity, Submission opportunities, The VIDA Count
Here is an opportunity to get your flash nonfiction out into the world: Brevity, a journal of concise creative nonfiction, is sponsoring a special all-female issue called Ceiling or Sky: Female Nonfictions after the VDA Count. Guest editors Susanne Antonetta,...
by Marilyn | Mar 17, 2012 | Silencing, The VIDA Count, women's literary history
As far as the numbers go, The 2011 Count is not much different from The 2010 Count. Women writers are still wildly underrepresented in prominent literary publications. But The 2011 Count is peppered with quotes culled from the conversation sparked by The 2010 Count....
