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That's a very good question. They call the series "Ideas for Progress," and yet all the authors are men based in the U.S., and everyone blurbing these books als
by jboynyc 8y ago
That's a very good question. They call the series "Ideas for Progress," and yet all the authors are men based in the U.S., and everyone blurbing these books also appears to be a man based in the U.S.
Fine, okay, maybe sometimes the diversity argument gets annoying and stale, but seriously‽
There's a reason publishers exist. If they're good, they have enough experience to not be so myopic and tone-deaf.
- mkempe 8y agoWhy should one judge any book by the gender or geography of the author, editor, or blurb writer?
- jboynyc 8y agoI wasn't commenting on any one book, but observing a pattern about the entire series.
- exotree 8y ago“There's a reason publishers exist. If they're good, they have enough experience to not be so myopic and tone-deaf.” That’s a stretch. Publishing has been dominated predominantly by white men for a long time.
- jboynyc 8y agoTrue, but I think any decent publishing house in 2018 would look at its lineup of authors and, upon finding it all-male, would go back to the drawing board. Stripe did not do that. They ran with it.
- briandear 8y agoIsn’t your argument itself sexist? Judging the publishing company based on the sex of the publisher? Is there any actual content that offends you or is it just the people publishing it? Serious question.