tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post4832632768907102738..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: More thoughts on writing, gender and statisticsKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-7571596200297576592012-03-05T17:26:40.867+10:302012-03-05T17:26:40.867+10:30An article in the Guardian on this subject:http://...An article in the Guardian on this subject:http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/02/gender-bias-books-journalism-vidaAimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485082163662161496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-26643006909592739842012-01-31T13:24:29.985+10:302012-01-31T13:24:29.985+10:30Maybe there's a genre effect - if say you tend...Maybe there's a genre effect - if say you tend to enjoy apocalyptic techno-thrillers, I can see how this pattern would emerge.michaelfstanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-64798064472485718302012-01-31T06:20:23.608+10:302012-01-31T06:20:23.608+10:30How has objectivity been spurned, in this generati...How has objectivity been spurned, in this generation, like a good woman by an intemperate man for a doxy?paul walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-41557054423869567662012-01-30T22:32:24.377+10:302012-01-30T22:32:24.377+10:30That too. I don't think you'd enjoy this n...That too. I don't think you'd enjoy this novel I have here about an emotionally stunted 14-year-old ballerina very much. Just a hunch.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-72204256811105825332012-01-30T22:20:46.359+10:302012-01-30T22:20:46.359+10:30Honestly, I judge whether or not a book is great b...Honestly, I judge whether or not a book is great by how deeply it affected <em>me</em>. To be honest, that isn't going to be completely gender-neutral, because I'm a bloke.David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-88105281859081268042012-01-30T21:19:09.177+10:302012-01-30T21:19:09.177+10:30Well, it's not really gender-neutral because i...Well, it's not really gender-neutral because it really is more complicated than that (question: by what values do we judge a book to be great? And where and whom do those values come from? And who, traditionally, has the power to decide? Answer in 3 ...2 ...1 ...), but no, I'm not going to subject you to Feminism 101 at this late stage!Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-13749926635826562932012-01-30T20:32:47.965+10:302012-01-30T20:32:47.965+10:30I think you'd be being a bit hard on yourself,...I think you'd be being a bit hard on yourself, Dr Cat. After all, a great book is just that, and I'd expect that to be gender-neutral.<br /><br />WV is "womeve", which is telling.David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-51920306249537744872012-01-30T16:35:30.072+10:302012-01-30T16:35:30.072+10:30That's good to know. Statistics are such a ra...That's good to know. Statistics are such a raw measure of what goes on. They invariably tell only part of the story.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com