Sexism in Post' Revisited: Six Years Later, Has Anything Changed?
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Kylee Pe a February 1, 2021
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Sexism in post production: sometimes it's exactly what you think. But mostly it isn't.
I first wrote that statement about six years ago, when even bringing up the concept of gender equality would garner eyerolls at best and death threats at worst. Thankfully I got far more of the former.
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Origin story: a meet-up to test the waters of gender equality discussions at NAB in 2014 led to one of the first articles written on sexism in the industry.Those eyerolls came in dozens of comments on the article - most from men - many of which sought to tell me I had it wrong or I was being dramatic. (This led me to turning off commenting on all my posts. Not because they bothered me, but because I felt they didn't deserve to have their nonsensical words immortalized next to thoughtful analysis for young women to see and internalize.)
Many responses on Twitter were similar, or supportive-with-exceptions (example: I've always worked with so many women! ) A thread on the RedUser.net forums popped up with dozens of pages - unsurprising, since the main illustration of obvious sexism in my article was a bikini show at Red's booth at NAB Show.
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Thankfully, many more people were ready to engage with this discussion of unconscious, inherent sexism in post production. Podcasts, blogs, notes of encouragement, emails from thankful young women, passionate brunch discussions, and even the first (as far as I know) panel on gender equality in post production featured at the 2015 NAB Show - with a line of people waiting to get in the room a half hour before it started. (The panel was featured in Indiewire, but also in a Forbes piece about fashion at NAB Show.)
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Sexism in Post' Revisited: Six Years Later, Has Anything Changed? 
