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FEMINIST PSA #17: Non-Humans, Aliens, Women, Oh My ]

“19% of prime time television characters are non-human while only 17% are women.”

— A Profile of Americans’ Media Use and Political Socialization Effects: television and the Internet’s relationship to social connectedness in the USA
― Daniel German & Caitlin Lally

To put it in terms anyone could understand, there are more NON-HUMANS on television than there are women. Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this pixel picture? We as women, are dreadfully misrepresented in the television industry and most of it is run by males. Two and two? I think so. The same dudebros who complain when men are depicted as fat, balding, lazy slobs; essentially have "themselves" to blame. Uh herro, obviously your business cohorts see your gender as such a blasted waste of space 97% of the time. See how the patriarchy rules over us in so many outlets, ladies? STAND UP TO FIGHT IT!!! By the way, we have Lisa Simpson on our side, a feminist beacon who has been with us all of our lives. <3