May 3rd, 2008
Time Magazine Doesn’t Think Women Are Influential
In its annual exercise of misogynist myopia, Time Magazine has decreed that only 25% of the world’s most influential people happen to be women, and at that 8 of those women are in the arts and entertainment field (although 3 of them were listed in the Heroes and Pioneers category).
So, much like the list of 1000 women who would be good candidates for the Nobel Prize was put together several years ago, looks like we need to come up with our own list. So use the comments section to add your favorite nominee/list any relevant organization or why you are making the nomination and we’ll put together a list to send to Time.
Filed under: Uncategorized, Atrocities, Misogyny, Media
I think it will be interesting - the list you come up with, to send to Time. I think that we need quota’s in all previously ‘male dominated’ positions…to see women suceeding in various fields. 25% is very low…I’m surprised if this is indeed correct?
Feel free to click on the link and check my math :-). I am already starting to get suggestions for names, will compile a preliminary list early in the week and post it and yes indeed I do plan to send it to Time. So if you have suggestions for names, please post a comment with your ideas!
[…] Well here it is, the opening salvo of the “It’s About Time” list of influential women that Time should have included in their list of 100 influential leaders. We need more names! Let’s make it clear that far more than 25% of the influential people on this planet happen to be women. By perpetuating the diminishing of women’s leadership and influence, Time deprives us of valuable insights and contributes to the toxic perception that the lives and work of women is less important than the contributions of men. […]
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Myanmar, and Nobel laureate.
Shari
Tina Fey. She may seem just funny, but how many articles have we seen recently about how she’s proving women can be true comedians?
Tyra Banks. A 10+ season tv show, a 3+ season talk show, broke tons of barriers for black women…I’m writing an entry on her for the Oxford Encyclopedia of African American history and she’s a pretty incredible businesswoman, not just a model.