Comments on: Women + Creativity http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/ You just go on your nerve. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:16:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thursday morning miscellany : Maud Newton http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-138089 Thursday morning miscellany : Maud Newton Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:34:26 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/#comment-138089 [...] magazine named nineteen speakers for this year’s Creativity Now conference. None of them were women. Since then one woman has been added to the [...] [...] magazine named nineteen speakers for this year’s Creativity Now conference. None of them were women. Since then one woman has been added to the [...]

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]]> By: Personism » Blog Archive » All the King’s Men http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-11371 Personism » Blog Archive » All the King’s Men Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:58:58 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/#comment-11371 [...] hate to pick on Tokion again (and again and again and again) but man (pun intended) they really can’t take a [...] [...] hate to pick on Tokion again (and again and again and again) but man (pun intended) they really can’t take a [...]

]]> By: Skaggs Blog » Blog Archive » Where My Ladies At? http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-8762 Skaggs Blog » Blog Archive » Where My Ladies At? Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:42:46 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/#comment-8762 [...] when two consecutive panels went up and it was all men. Last years Tokion conference had similar issues and there was a big hoo-haa about it [...] [...] when two consecutive panels went up and it was all men. Last years Tokion conference had similar issues and there was a big hoo-haa about it [...]

]]> By: Art Fag City » Tokion Privileges Male Creativity At This Year’s Conference http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-8655 Art Fag City » Tokion Privileges Male Creativity At This Year’s Conference Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:40:32 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/#comment-8655 [...] most important activist effort in the art blogosphere right now began last Tuesday, when gallerist Jen Bekman observed that Tokion’s latest conference Creativity Now, included 23 male panelists and moderators and [...] [...] most important activist effort in the art blogosphere right now began last Tuesday, when gallerist Jen Bekman observed that Tokion’s latest conference Creativity Now, included 23 male panelists and moderators and [...]

]]> By: Art Fag City » Tokion Privileges Male Creativity At This Year’s Conference http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-6990 Art Fag City » Tokion Privileges Male Creativity At This Year’s Conference Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:27:32 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/#comment-6990 [...] Undoubtedly the most important activist effort in the art blogosphere right now began last Tuesday, when gallerist Jen Bekman observed that Tokion’s latest conference Creativity Now, included 23 male panelists and moderators and 0 female participants. The Design Observer, linked to the story on Friday, and Tokion, ignoring the negative press generating on the web, sent out a mass email later that day announcing that they have invited five more men to the conference. [...] [...] Undoubtedly the most important activist effort in the art blogosphere right now began last Tuesday, when gallerist Jen Bekman observed that Tokion’s latest conference Creativity Now, included 23 male panelists and moderators and 0 female participants. The Design Observer, linked to the story on Friday, and Tokion, ignoring the negative press generating on the web, sent out a mass email later that day announcing that they have invited five more men to the conference. [...]

]]> By: Jen Bekman http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-5263 Jen Bekman Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:00:11 +0000 http://www.personism.com/2006/10/03/women-creativity/#comment-5263 At the point that I wrote about this, the conference roster was 100% male. I doubt that as many women as men were asked to begin with, and I also doubt that twice as many women would need to be asked in order to come up with at least a <b>few</b> women, and yea, I think that if that's what needed to be done, it should've been done. What do you propose as a solution? Also, for future reference, the <a href="http://www.personism.com/2006/10/11/list-of-women-speakers-for-your-conference/" target='blank" rel="nofollow">List of Women Speakers</a> is a good place to start research into potential presenters. At the point that I wrote about this, the conference roster was 100% male.

I doubt that as many women as men were asked to begin with, and I also doubt that twice as many women would need to be asked in order to come up with at least a few women, and yea, I think that if that’s what needed to be done, it should’ve been done.

What do you propose as a solution?

Also, for future reference, the