April 2011
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Women in Film by the Numbers
statette:
This infographic is based on a study done by the USC Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism. The study “examined the gender of all speaking characters and behind the scenes employees on the 100 top grossing fictional films in 2008. A total of 4,370 speaking characters were evaluated and 1,227 above the line personnel.”
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Female Columnists in America's Top 10 Papers
This is a fabulous (and depressing) chart, from the ladies of statette.
Notes:
1) By “top 10” we mean in terms of circulation.
2) This only includes business, news and opinion columnists.
3) Here are the sources:
USA Today
San Jose Mercury News
Chicago Tribune
Daily News
NYT
WSJ
Houston Chronicle
LAT
New York Post
WaPo
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Female Writers in Late Night by the Numbers
Our new favorite site for ladystats, statette, breaks down women in late night.
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Tina Fey's prayer for her daughter →
First, Lord: No tattoos.
May she be Beautiful but not Damaged, for it’s the Damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s eye, not the Beauty.
When the Crystal Meth is offered, May she remember the parents who cut her grapes in half And stick with Beer.
Lead her away from Acting but not all the way to Finance.
Honestly. It ain’t easy being a young lady today.
via braiker:
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“While there aren’t any hard statistics on female infidelity, most experts agree...”
– In which a dude who runs a website called “Good in Bed” announces that female infidelity is “on the rise,” without a single statistic to back it up. (Make sure to check out the “signs” your wife is cheating on you, like when she “dresses up for work” or “prioritizes parenting and neglects a couple’s...
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