BREAKING NEWS – Men get better jobs than women! Who knew?!?

Entertainment Weekly Online posted this well-intentioned but ridiculous article posing the idiotic question “Do we need more women movie critics?” Of course, the specific profession in question here is close to my heart, but it seriously terrifies me that this kind of thing is JUST OCCURRING to people. Some of the commenters actually say “It […]

March 20, 2008; 9:40 AM • by Susan Howson

Entertainment Weekly Online posted this well-intentioned but ridiculous article posing the idiotic question “Do we need more women movie critics?”

Of course, the specific profession in question here is close to my heart, but it seriously terrifies me that this kind of thing is JUST OCCURRING to people. Some of the commenters actually say “It baffles me that there aren’t more women writing film reviews!” It baffles you?? Have you looked around in the past x number of years?* There are about a million professions/pursuits in which women are glaringly absent. Well, I thought it was glaring, but at least one guy is patting himself on the back for just now noticing it.

Anyway, feel free to leave a comment on this dumb article (his, not mine) (although you can leave one on THIS dumb article too) being like “We have one. There should be more. Glad you are finally realizing obvious things.”

Oh well, I guess a step in the right direction, however naively and late to the game it is, is still a step.

*Where x=ALL THE YEARS!