tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post7295689583070392670..comments2024-03-15T12:14:33.129+00:00Comments on Biblibio: WITMonth Day 8 - Discourse and quotas | Scattered thoughtsMeytal Radzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-84194196774047514912014-08-15T14:06:15.045+01:002014-08-15T14:06:15.045+01:00It was just so interesting to see how he was ignor...It was just so interesting to see how he was ignoring the numbers. I mean, it's one thing to debate the <i>sources</i> or <i>reasons</i> for certain disparities, but you can't debate the existence of an imbalance! I just... gah. Yes. Well. At least I learned a bit more about the representation problems in sci-fi as a result!Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-12984384730816947912014-08-15T14:03:42.440+01:002014-08-15T14:03:42.440+01:00Oh, thank you so much! I'm starting to take qu...Oh, thank you so much! I'm starting to take quite a bit of pride by now, yes. I really did not expect so many people to take part, and it's just heart-warming to see. It's also just been really wonderful having the opportunity to talk about these issues with a bit of continuity, and I think that by having everything organized it will, a. make things easier for readers to find books in the future, and b. make things more apparent to publishers that readers are aware.<br /><br />Oh, and it really has just been lovely having disagreements. It means we're getting somewhere. :-)Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-91653590629196682162014-08-10T14:31:41.911+01:002014-08-10T14:31:41.911+01:00Pfft! is what I wanted to say to Matthew Lane'...Pfft! is what I wanted to say to Matthew Lane's comments. It's the kind of nonsense people say when they don't want to think about problems like gender disparities. I wanted to respond to him, but honestly -- unlike Richard's thoughtful and courteous comments -- I didn't think those comments came from someone who'd be open to reasoned argument. It's coming from a place of defensiveness, not a place of reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-36412964547273824052014-08-09T00:43:10.799+01:002014-08-09T00:43:10.799+01:00Thanks for the shout out about the "enlighten...Thanks for the shout out about the "enlightening, ongoing discussion" you and I have been having in spite of (or perhaps because of!) some of our disagreements. I feel the same way as I think I mentioned to you in an earlier comment. What I rather embarrassingly keep forgetting to mention is that I wanted to thank you for organizing WIT Month and to thank you for your time spent posting and publicizing the event. I have to think that whatever any participant's particular individual goals for this month are, at the very least a lot of good has to come out of seeing a lot of reviews of/posts on underappreciated and/or undertranslated authors coming out and being collated in the same place in the same month. You should--and will be--proud of your efforts by month's end if you aren't already, I'm quite sure. Until then, keep up the good work!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com