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Better late than never. > On Jul 19, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > My point was just that Bloodaxe could not have not been aware of gender inequality in publishing. Why now? > > Luke > > On 19 July 2018 at 20:21, Jaime Robles <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> > I notice that Bloodaxe have stopped publishing poetry by men. > > > > Does this mean JH Prynne, Matthew Sweeney, Gintaras Graujaskas, Hafej, Ken Smith, Peter Bennet, Nick Drake, Friederich Holderlin, David Constadine and John Agard (all 2018 publications) have had sex changes? > > Perhaps Bloodaxe is just trying to balance out centuries worth of past statistics? And of course it’s not just about numbers is it: https://www.litro.co.uk/2014/03/gender-disparity-in-poetry-publishing-its-about-more-than-the-numbers/ <https://www.litro.co.uk/2014/03/gender-disparity-in-poetry-publishing-its-about-more-than-the-numbers/> > > I also note Bloodaxe has gone for a more diverse in general selection of poets. > > And here’s another little tidbit on gender issues worth reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/he-thought-white-men-were-vanishing-from-tv-i-disagreed-so-we-conducted-an-experiment/2018/07/18/cc727640-8905-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html?utm_term=.a383f3b5399e <https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/he-thought-white-men-were-vanishing-from-tv-i-disagreed-so-we-conducted-an-experiment/2018/07/18/cc727640-8905-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html?utm_term=.a383f3b5399e> > > > J > > > > > >> On Jul 19, 2018, at 11:49 AM, Luke <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> I've nothing against women only presses, but this does seem strange, either very zeitgeisty or a marketing ploy >> >> Luke >> >> On 19 July 2018 at 13:43, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> You have to laugh. Well, I laughed. >> >> On 19 Jul 2018, at 13:10, Peter Riley wrote: >> >> > >> > https://mailchi.mp/4f44f7711244/the-latest-news-of-books-and-events-from-bloo <https://mailchi.mp/4f44f7711244/the-latest-news-of-books-and-events-from-bloo> >> > >> > ######################################################################## >> > >> > To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: >> > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1> >> >> ######################################################################## >> >> To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1> > > To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1> > > To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BRITISH-IRISH-POETS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BRITISH-IRISH-POETS&A=1