Juliet talks about some of the barriers facing women writing science fiction, fantasy and horror novels, and the sometimes subconscious biases that people carry. She says that a survey conducted by Strange Horizons magazine revealed that even though slightly more SFF and horror books were being written by men (55% vs. 45%), across a wide range of genre publications the proportion of books being reviewed was 70% by men vs 30% by women...
Head over there and read the article, and get involved the the debate going on in the comments! It's interesting stufff...
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