Assessing VIDA's methodologies by Jocelyn Franklin https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5 Post some notes from your group's assessment of VIDA's methodologies en-us 2021-01-26 16:25:43 UTC 2021-01-26 17:28:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 7 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127755023 unidentified when not enough to determine one's gender
trans men/women are included under cis men/women so not to invalidate their gender identity ]]> 2021-01-26 16:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127755023 Group 4 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127756104 1. They do include the LGBT+ community and POC but those are hard communities to specifically identify unlike gender which is generally more easily identifiable. The more their database grows over time though, things should get easier. Not necessarily a concrete way to improve, but allows them to grow their understanding of the problem and its nuances.
2. Minor changes year to year, but individual publishers focusing on the issue have made progress.]]> 2021-01-26 16:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127756104 Group 8 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127763939 1. Very aware of gender and personal identities. Special consideration to count cis men and non binary trans men in the same "count". They seem very transparent when describing word choice. 
2. The smaller publishers seem to embrace more diverse writers where as larger publishers are not doing as good of a job.
3.  Publishers are using traditional gender roles as a poor excuse for their bias. Although not expected many women can and do write as much and "as well" while still living their lives. We also thought that many Male authors also conform to gender roles with a "day job" still write in their spare time. ]]> 2021-01-26 16:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127763939 Group 2 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127776574 1. How are they assessing the disparities that trans men are facing? Do they face any disparities when it comes to publishing their work?
2. It took the New Yorker 7 years on the VIDA Count to publish 40% or more women writers. The Southwest Review has never published more than 50% women and nonbinary writers.
3. We noticed a lot of quotes from women that are pushing the narrative that women aren't very good writers. This leads to women and nonbinary writers feeling discouraged from submitting their work.

]]> 2021-01-26 16:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127776574 Group 5 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127788798 1. The count is now made to be intersectional to include those on the LGBTQ+ community, POC and other diverse groups. 
2. The shifts were small of the 15 main publications, 2017 had only two that had 50% or more women writers and 2019 had three with 50% or more women writers. 
3. Explaining the lack of women writers to things like childcare and home duties plays into old stigmas that are still affecting women to this day. It often ignores other reasons women do not get or have opportunities to be published. ]]> 2021-01-26 16:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127788798 Group 6 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127789873 1. They group trans men as men and trans women as women.  So as to not invalidate the the trans male identity, the VIDA project does not count them.
2. Between the years of 2017 and 2019 there was a general shift up. Additionally, more nonbinary people are included.
3. Childcare is just as time consuming as a "normal" job. Women can exceptionally even with children. This really has no impact on the quality. These are excuses to not publish or validate female writers]]> 2021-01-26 17:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127789873 Group 3 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127824240 1. Trans and cis men are grouped together into one category, which is troubling because non-cisgendered men face challenges in the publishing world just as other marginalized groups do. Another issue is that some authors are not able to be identified or are sometimes misgendered because of VIDA's limited access to information.
2. The VIDA Count shows that the NYT Book Review showed significant improvement in the number of female writers represented. Also, it was interesting to note that the "Poetry" publication had a decrease in women writers from 2017 to 2019, with 50% in 2017 and 47.3% in 2019. "Poetry" also had a drastic decrease in nonbinary writers from 2018 to 2019, with 9.6% in 2018 and 4.59% in 2019.
3. It is naive to assume that all women writers have a husband and kids. Also, this assumption seems to imply that women writers treat their writing career as a hobby or a secondary job. We believe if a woman wants to write, she will prioritize her time in order to do so.]]> 2021-01-26 17:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127824240 Group 1 https://padlet.com/josu8436/dgx9z1s96scwkzh5/wish/1127836133 1. - Skewed when thinking about trans writers, if they’re presenting as someone falling within the binary, could skew numbers regarding inclusivity if they do not choose to be public about their identity. 
- Poetry category: published fewer than 50% women but enough NB people to push them over the threshold, but VIDA makes it seem like that’s not good enough… We are thinking that publishing over 50% “not men” is a great thing regardless of where people land on the gender spectrum
2. 
  • NB identified people have more recently been included as a category
  • Slow increase in women published over the years
3. 
  • Focusing so heavily on traditional gender roles is outdated and frankly, tired.
  • The second shift does place a lot of pressure on working women (as most are now)
  • Important to think about the immense wealth disparity in America and how two-income households are so common… it is a privilege to write as a primary career and women are overlooked because of assumptions that the quality of their writing is somehow stunted by being busy
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