My only concern is that the L.A. Times opinion pages, unfortunately like too many in this country, are dominated by men, and I'd like to see that change.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When women say that going on publications directed at men is somehow demeaning, I don't think that's true. I think that's one really effective way to change the societal standard women are held to.
Historically, men have a hard time getting onboard with feminism, but I think that's changing.
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.
Sexism kind of predisposes us to see men's work as more important than women's, and it is a problem, I guess, as writers, we have to change.
Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating.
I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.
I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.
It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate.
I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.