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[nolly]

Went to the Mysterious Galaxy holiday party Saturday.

13 authors came to talk about their books.

4 were male, at least one was not white. [1]

Of the 9 women, at least 2 were not white.

Eliminating the authors of straight mystery (no obvious supernatural or fantastic element), memoir (one of Shel Silverstein's best friends) and a cookbook-for-charity, those numbers become 3 men (still at least one not-white), and 6 women (still at least 2 not-white).

Tell me again how the SF/F field is dominated by white men, aas has been claimed? No, really, show me some numbers. Not one anthology among dozens, but the field as a whole. Because I look at the new releases, and I just do not see it.


[1] Sometimes people who look Caucasian to me identify as other-than-Caucasian, and that's fine, but since the subject did not come up explicitly, I can only go by my best guess. Sexuality also did not come up, and that's not something I'm likely to guess with anything like accuracy, so I won't bother trying.

Comments

[nolly.livejournal.com]

The Broad Universe stats are interesting; I'd like to see it updated a bit more -- some sections go to 2007. but others stop at 1999 or 2000. I'd really like to see how the Locus numbers change under the new leadership, but that'll take a while yet. The Strange Horizons article is perfectly sensible; editors can't publish what isn't submitted, and the publication numbers are in line with the submission numbers, according to her data.