Women and the WGA

On Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s TV critic Neal Justin wrote an article on writers here in Minnesota affected by the WGA strike. Reading the article, two things jumped out – all five writers interviewed were men, and four were white.

Writing Neal Justin about the lack of diversity in writers represented, his reply was illuminating:
“I couldn't agree with you more. Sadly, there are not that many female WGA members in the area. I reached out to two, but didn't hear back from them. Believe me; I pushed the deadline in an effort to get a female represented.

“This is a great year Oscar wise for women. How ironic and depressing it would be if the ceremony didn't take place because of the WGA strike.”

Unfortunately it remains a source of frustration that women writers still have to jam their foot in the door and shove it open with a good, hard kick to even get acknowledged as writers in Tinsel Town.