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The 2011 Count Articles

2/3/2012: “The Girlie Show: Are Literary Women Finally Getting The Recognition They Deserve?” Hanna Brooks Olsen. Lit Reactor: http://litreactor.com/columns/the-girlie-show-are-literary-women-finally-getting-the-recognition-they-deserve
1/20/2012: “The Anger of the Male Novelist.” Roxane Gay. Salon: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/20/the_anger_of_the_male_novelist/singleton/
1/17/2012: “Back in the summer of 2010…” Jennifer Weiner. A Moment of Jen: http://jenniferweiner.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-in-summer-of-2010-some-female.html
2012 Issue 15: “‘I Like Change, You Go First!’ Awards and Gender: Where We Stand Now.” Staff. Belletrista: http://www.belletrista.com/2012/Issue15/features_3.php
12/9/2011: “Inequality in English Literature Texts.” Staff: http://www.clasicasymodernas.org/2011/12/literatura/vida-mujeres-y-literatura/
12/9/2011: “Where’s the Good Fiction by Women Gone?” Lesley McDowell. The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/09/good-fiction-women-gone
8/19/2011: “Female Writers Don’t Get Bylines- And It’s Not Always Their Fault.” Tina Hassannia. Maisonneuve: http://maisonneuve.org/blog/2011/08/19/female-writers-dont-get-bylinesand-its-not-all-the/
7/11/11: “VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.” Nicole R. Zimmerman. Blog: Paper-Pencil-Pen: http://paper-pencil-pen.blogspot.com/2011/07/vida-women-in-literary-arts.html
6/20/2011: “Writing Her Off.” Madeline Coleman. Maisonneuve: http://maisonneuve.org/pressroom/article/2011/jun/20/writing-her/
6/20/2011: “Danielle Pafunda Looks at the Troubled Logic of Numbers Trouble.” Staff. Poetry Foundation: Harriet: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/06/danielle-pafunda-looks-at-the-troubled-logic-of-numbers-trouble/
6/18/2011: “The Trouble with Rationalizing the Numbers Trouble.” Danielle Pafunda. Montevidayo: http://www.montevidayo.com/?p=1521
6/8/11: “VIDA Reveals Gender Bias in Best American Series (and responses).” Staff. Blog This Rock: http://blogthisrock.blogspot.com/2011/06/vida-reveals-gender-bias-in-best.html
4/27/2011: “Cate Marvin Discusses the VIDA Count.” Marcelle Heath. Luna Park: http://lunaparkreview.com/cate-marvin-discusses-the-vida-count/
3/21/2011: “The SF Count.” Niall Harrison. Strange Horizons: http://www.strangehorizons.com/blog/2011/03/the_sf_count.shtml
3/21/2011: “Gender and the Australian Literary Scene.” Nike Sulway. Lost for Words: http://www.nasulway.com/?p=425
3/18/2011: “Female author wins award, still gets ignored.” Cassandra Langridge. Melville House: http://mhpbooks.com/29483/female-author-wins-award-still-gets-ignored/
3/7/2011: “Notes Toward an Essay on Women in Literary Journalism.” Sina Queyras. Maisonneuve: http://maisonneuve.org/blog/2011/03/7/notes-toward-essay-women-literary-journalism/
3/7/2011: “VIDA Count Update.” Joe Ponepinto. OnLit:
http://joeponepinto.com/2011/03/07/vida-count-update/
http://joeponepinto.com/2011/03/07/vida-count-update/http://joeponepinto.com/2011/03/16/final-results-of-my-survey-in-response-to-the-vida-count/
3/7/2011: “What if book clubs only selected books by women authors? Now there’s an idea.” Pam Parker. The Lyon Review: http://thelyonreview.com/tag/vida-count/
3/2/2011: “Droppin’ the F-bomb: Reviewing feminism and women writing in—and out of—the news.” Erin Wunker. Hook and Eye: http://www.hookandeye.ca/2011/03/droppin-f-bomb-reviwing-feminism-and.html
3/2011: “Folded Shirts Stuffed into Corners, the Mystery of Women’s Literary Work: Where is It?” Barbara Stambaugh in conversation with Ann Townsend. Dennison Magazine http://denisonmagazine.com/2011/departments/the-columns/leadership-2/
2/25/2011. “2010 VIDA Count: If Men Can’t Dance, They don’t Want to Be Part of the Publishing Equity Revolution.” Jessica Langlois. The Campanil: http://www.thecampanil.com/vida-count/
2/24/11: “The Gatekeepers and the Glass Ceiling, Notes Toward an Essay on The Count.”,Sina Queyras. Lemonhead: http://lemonhound.blogspot.com/2011/02/gatekeepers-and-glass-ceiling-notes.html
2/24/2011: “How Does it Feel to be a Problem?” Michael Washburn. Enveloped in Whale Lines: http://mwashburn.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/how-does-it-feel-to-be-a-problem-the-vida-study/
2/23/2011: “Overlooked and underread: Five Great Reads by Women.” Jessa Crispin. PBS Need to Know: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/overlooked-and-underread-five-great-reads-by-women/7552/
2/23/2011: “To Write as a Woman is Political.” Roxane Gay. HTMLGiant: http://htmlgiant.com/random/to-write-as-a-woman-is-political/
2/23/2011: “Tickets to an Awe.” Carolyn Zaikowski. Monkey Puzzle Press: http://monkeypuzzlepress.com/blog/tickets-to-an-awesome-future-are-free/
2/22/2011: “Switchback Books Responds to VIDA’s The Count 2010.” Brandi Homan. Switchback: http://switchbackbooks.blogspot.com/2011/02/responses-to-vidas-count-2010.html
2/22/2011: “New Yorker, Harper’s, NYRB and TNR Editors on the Dearth of Female Bylines.” Elissa Strauss. The Jewish Daily Forward: The Sisterhood: http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/135583
2/21/2011: “Letter to Peter Stothard Editor of the TLS.” Daniel Pritchard. The Wooden Spoon: http://danpritch.blogspot.com/2011/02/peter-stothard-editor-of-times-literary.html
2/19/2011. “Quest for Balance: Thoughts on VIDA’s Count.” Stephen S. Mills. Joe’s Jacket: http://www.stephensmills.com/2011/02/quest-for-balance-thoughts-on-vidas.html
2/17/2011. “How to Turn a Great American Novel Into a Great One.” Gabriel Brownstein. The Guardian Books Blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/feb/17/great-american-novel
2/17/2011. “Sex and the Single Slice.” C.A.B. Fredericks. Slice: http://slicemagazine.org/blog/?p=1705#more-1705
2/16/2011. “About a Boob or the Hermeneutics of a Woman’s Body.” Lidia Yuknavitch. The Rumpus: http://therumpus.net/2011/02/about-a-boob-or-the-hermeneutics-of-a-womans-body/#author-bio
2/16/2011: “Why VIDA’s “The Count” Matters to Me.” Richard Jeffrey Newman. Alas, a Blog: http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2011/02/16/why-vidas-the-count-matters-to-me/
2/15/2011. “On Breaking the Literary Glass Ceiling.” Jessa Crispin. PBS Need to Know: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/vida-pt-2/7383/
2/14/2011. “VIDA Study Shows Women to be Underrepresented in Publishing and Reviewing.” Danielle Chapman. Chicago Publishes: http://www.chicagopublishes.com/2011/02/vida-study-shows-women-to-be-underrepresented-in-publishing-and-reviewing/
2/14/2011. “Being Female.” Eileen Myles. The Awl: http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/being-female#more-71928
2/13/2011: “Gender Imbalance in Books Won’t Die.” Bob Hoover. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11044/1124554-74.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml#ixzz1DxANKocq
2/12/2011:”VIDA the Count Roundup.” Brian Spears. The Rumpus: https://therumpus.net/2011/02/vida-the-count-roundup/
2/11/2011″ “The Lack of Female Bylines in Magazines is Old News.” Katha Pollitt. Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2011/02/the_lack_of_female_bylines_in_magazines_is_old_news.html
2/11/2011. “Women underrepresented as reviewers and authors in literary magazines.” Jess McCabe. the F word: http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2011/02/women_underrepr
2/11/2011. “Representing Gender: The VIDA Count.” Kathie Felix. Sisters in Crime: http://sisters-in-crime-sinc.blogspot.com/2011/02/representing-gender-vida-count.html
2/11/2011. “VIDA and the Pie Charts.” Peter Stothard. The TLS Blog: http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2011/02/vida-and-the-pie-charts.html
2/11/2011. “The VIDA Count and the Agate Count.” Doug Seibold. Fine Print. Agate: http://blog.agatepublishing.com/blog/2011/2/11/the-vida-count-and-agates-count.html
2/10/2011: “How To Publish Women Writers: A Letter to Publishers about the VIDA Count.” Melissa Corliss Delorenzo. Her Circle: http://www.hercircleezine.com/2011/02/10/how-to-publish-women-writers-a-letter-to-publishers-about-the-vida-count/
2/10/2011: “On Gender, Numbers, & Submissions.” Rob Spillman. Tin House: http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/6993/on-gender-numbers-submissions.html
2/10/2011: “Why There’s Gender Bias in Media- and What We Can Do About It.” Margot Magowan. Ms.blog: http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/02/10/why-theres-gender-bias-in-media-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
2/10/2011. “Women Read, Women Write but Don’t Get Published or Reviewed as Much as Men.” Emma Lee. EmmaLee’sBlog: http://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/women-read-women-write/
2/10/2011. “How to Publish Women Writers: A Letter to Publishers about the VIDA Count.” Annie Finch. Her Circle: http://www.hercircleezine.com/2011/02/10/how-to-publish-women-writers-a-letter-to-publishers-about-the-vida-count/
2/10/2011. “‘Numbers don’t lie:’ Addressing the Gender Gap in Literary Publishing.” Jessa Crispin. PBS Need to Know: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/numbers-dont-lie-addressing-the-gender-gap-in-literary-publishing/7161/
2/9/2011. “We Count.” Christine Lee Zilka. Blog: 80,000 Words: http://czilka.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/we-count/
2/9/2011. “Literature’s Gender Gap.” Laura Miller. Salon: http://www.salon.com/2011/02/09/women_literary_publishing/. Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/02/gender-publishing-and-poetry-magazine/
2/8/2011. “Jessa Crispin discusses the VIDA statistics with Michael Schaub.” Jessa Crispin. Bookslut:
Part I: http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2011_02.php#017210

Part II: http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2011_02.php#017213

Part III: http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2011_02.php#017217
2/8/2011. “Gender Balance and Book Reviewing a New Survey Renews the Debate.” Patricia Cohen. The New York Times ArtsBeat: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/gender-balance-and-book-reviewing-a-new-survey-renews-the-debate/
2/8/2011. “Bitches be Trippin’.” Roxane Gay. HTMLGiant: http://htmlgiant.com/random/bitches-be-trippin/
2/8/2011. “Statistically Speaking, Literature is for Men.” Will Wlizlo. Utne Arts & Culture Blog: http://www.utne.com/arts-culture/Literary-Gender-Disparity-Ruth-Franklin-VIDA.aspx
2/7/2011. “A Literary Glass Ceiling?” Ruth Franklin. The New Republic: http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/82930/VIDA-women-writers-magazines-book-reviews
2/6/2011. “Literary Publishing and the Gender Gap.“ Bielousov, Anton. Missouri Review: http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/2011/02/literary-publishing-and-the-gender-gap/
2/6/2011. “Submitting Work: A Woman’s Problem?” Becky Tuch. Beyond the Margins: http://beyondthemargins.com/2011/02/submitting-work-a-womans-problem/
2/5/2011. “Women in Publishing.” Stephen Elliot. The Rumpus: http://therumpus.net/2011/02/women-in-publishing/
2/4/2011. “Research Shows Male Writers Still Dominate Books World.” Benedicte Page.The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/04/research-male-writers-dominate-books-world
2/4/2011 “**Update** VIDA and THE COUNT 2010 ROUND-UP.” Alyss Dixson. She Said What??!!! http://alyssdixson.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/vida-and-the-count-2010-round-up/
2/3/2011. “Women in Publishing: What’s the Real Story?” Kjerstin Johnson. Bitch Magazine: http://bitchmagazine.org/post/women-in-publishing
2/3/2011. “‘The Count’ Confirms Publishing’s Gender Bias.” Olivia Tejada. Away With Words: http://oliviatejeda.com/2011/02/03/vida-the-count-and-literatures-gender-disparity/
2/3/2011. “Do četiri puta manje tekstova žena! — BROJKE NE LAŽU.” Kultura: http://www.tportal.hr/kultura/knjizevnost/109858/Do-cetiri-puta-manje-tekstova-zena.html
2/3/2011. “The VIDA Count for 2010.” Staff. Poetry Foundation: Harriet: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/02/the-vida-count-for-2010/
2/3/2011. “Women Get Published and Reveiwed Less Than Men in Big Magazines, Say Red-and-Blue Pie Charts.” Jim Behrle. The Hairpin: http://thehairpin.com/2011/02/women-get-published-and-reviewed-less-than-men-in-big-magazines-say-red-and-blue-pie-charts
2/3/2011. “VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, The Count 2010.” Staff. Fictionaut General Forum: http://www.fictionaut.com/forums/general/threads/760
2/2/2011. “The Numbers Speak For Themselves.” Melissa Silverstein. Indiewire: http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/the_numbers_speak_for_themselves
2/2/2011. “The Sorry State of Women at Top Magazines.” Anna North. Jezebel: http://jezebel.com/5750239/the-sorry-state-of-women-at-top-magazines
2/2/2011. “Why It Matters That Fewer Women Are Published in Literary Magazines.” Robin Romm. Slate: XX factor: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2011/02/02/vida_study_fewer_female_authors_published_in_literary_magazines.html
2/2011: “Creative Non Fiction February Newsletter.” Staff. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs071/1102584149308/archive/1104407551789.html
2/2011: “Anna Clark on literature in translation.” Anna Clark. Bookslut: http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2011_02.php#017242
1/3/2011: “New Yorker Boycotted For Lack of Female Writers.” Jenna Sauers. Jezebel:
http://jezebel.com/5723537/new-yorker-boycotted-for-lack-of-female-writers
1/3/2011: “An Open Letter to The New Yorker.” Anne Hays. Ms. Magazine: http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/01/03/an-open-letter-to-the-new-yorker/
11/22/2010: “Writer Tawni O’Dell Comes Out Swinging Against Sexist Publishing Industry.” Jessica Wakeman. The Frisky:
http://www.thefrisky.com/2010-11-22/writer-tawni-odell-woman-writers-sexism-publishing/
9/14/2010: “Can a Woman Be a ‘Great American Novelist’?” Meghan O’Rourke. Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2010/09/can_a_woman_be_a_great_american_novelist.html
9/14/2010. “VIDA Counts the Rumpus.” Cate Marvin and Susan Steinberg. The Rumpus: http://therumpus.net/2010/09/vida-counts-the-rumpus/
8/26/2010. :Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive.” Jason Pinter. Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/jodi-picoult-jennifer-weiner-franzen_b_693143.html
8/24/2010: “On Jonathan Franzen, the Times’ Book Review, and Why Women’s Fiction Gets Short Shrift.” Sarah Seltzer. The Sisterhood: http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/130488/
1/7/2010. “How to Make It As a Writer? Be a Man.” Steven W. Beattie. Maisonneuve: http://maisonneuve.org/blog/2010/01/7/how-make-it-writer-be-man/
2/23/2009. “Rethinking Gender Bias in Theater.” Patricia Cohen. The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/theater/24play.html
12/30/2009/ The Key to Literary Success? Be a Man – Or Write Like One.” Julianna Baggott. The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/29/AR2009122902292.html
1/5/2009. “On Disturbance.” Susan Steinberg. The Rumpus: http://therumpus.net/2009/11/the-blurb-12-on-disturbance/
11/12/2009. “‘Your Silence Will Not Protect You’: A Conversation Between VIDA Co_Founders and Co-Directors Cate Marvin and Erin Belieu.” Cate Marvin and Erin Belieu. She Writes.: http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3506464%3ABlogPost%3A57953&page=1&xg_source=msg_com_blogpost
9/27/2010. “On Invisibility, Gender, and Publishing. “ Alyss Dixson. The Atlantic Monthly: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/08/on-invisibility-gender-and-publishing/62146/
4/9/2010. “The New Old-Girls’ Club.” Danielle Roderick. Ms. Blog. http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/04/09/the-new-old-girls-club/

Additional Articles

Susan Steinberg on the Publisher’s Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009:
“The Blurb #12: On Disturbance” in The Rumpus
Juliana Baggot on the Publisher’s Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009:
“The key to literary success? Be a man — or write like one.” in The Washington Post
Cate Marvin and Erin Belieu Showcase Emerging Women Poets:
“Featured Guest Editors on Connotation Press
A Conversation Between VIDA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin:
“Your Silence Will Not Protect You” on She Writes
Danielle Roderick, Ms. Magazine Blog:
“The New Old Girls Club”
Best of 2009 WIki
The VIDA List
Alyss Dixson’s Post: “On Invisibility, Gender, and Publishing”
The Atlantic Monthly

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