Monitoring and reporting on equality in the arts sector in Ireland, with a particular focus on the literary arts.
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Our latest publication - Poetry Reviews in the Irish Times: Addenda measorg.com/images/irishtime…
The 2020 @LedburyCritics report on the State of Poetry and Poetry Criticism has just been published. Hugely impressive and encouraging to see the positive effects of the Ledbury initiative, although still much improvement needed by certain publications.
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@MEASorg welcomes this important research by @lindacooganB on Gender Disparity in Irish Radio - solid quantitative data illustrating the underrepresentation of women on Irish airwaves. Ní neart go cur le chéile #equality #GenderDisparityRadioIre
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We are working with key parties to strengthen all aspects of the forthcoming MEAS report on harassment in Irish literature. At this time, we ask people to suspend submission until further notice. Updates will be forthcoming.
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Call for Submissions: Harassment and Abuse in Irish Literature - Personal Narratives. Please share widely. For more information, see measorg.com/harassmentandabu… #wakeupirishpoetry #irishliterature
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MEAS is preparing the groundwork for a new report documenting personal experiences of abuse, harassment and assault in the Irish literary sector. A public call for submissions will be launched soon. In the meantime we welcome contact via DM or email. #WakeUpIrishPoetry
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Nearly 200 artists sign letter urging action on sexual harassment, bullying in the arts (via @IrishTimes) irishtimes.com/news/social-a…
MEAS is proud to support this initiative. The intersections of privilege, entitlement, exclusion and abuse, coupled with the refusal to reflect on structural bias, must be addressed by proper ethics and governance. #WakeUpIrishPoetry irishtimes.com/culture/nearl…
Please read @LedburyCritics' response to @IrishTimes, published by MEAS: '"The absolute bedrock of literary criticism" is, according to Doyle, "selection on merit". But as any critic knows all too well, ‘merit’ is not neutrally applied nor can critical judgements be unbiased.'
Our letter to the Editor @IrishTimes in response to the Irish Times article on the 'Poetry Reviews in the Irish Times, 2008-2013: Gender, Race and Publishers'.
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This is important reading for people wishing to improve representation in literature in this country, written by researchers who work hard on their own time to make things better. It deserves to be taken very seriously, as do the writers whose erasure is revealed by this work.
MEAS was gravely concerned by the response by @IrishTimes, in print and via correspondence, to our latest report, 'Irish Times Poetry Reviews 2008-2013'. We have compiled a thorough reply defending MEAS, detailing why issues of equality, diversity and representation should... 1/3
MEAS was gravely concerned by the response by @IrishTimes, in print and via correspondence, to our latest report, 'Irish Times Poetry Reviews 2008-2013'. We have compiled a thorough reply defending MEAS, detailing why issues of equality, diversity and representation should... 1/3
...be essential considerations for editors and decision-makers, and outlining how quantitative data can assist in recognising existing problems and enacting necessary structural change. We urge interested parties to read the addenda and original report 2/3 measorg.com/images/irishtime…
The publication includes a response from @LedburyCritics to the article's 'highly selective and, at times, erroneous' use of statistics from their 2019 report, available here: liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu… 3/3
MEAS notes today's article in @IrishTimesBooks by @MartinDoyleIT responding to the latest MEAS report 'Gender, Race and Publishers in Irish Times Poetry Reviews 2013-2018'. We dispute the arguments in the article which disregard the salient findings of the report. 1/4
MEAS will publish a detailed response in due course. In the meantime, we recommend reading this thread from @LedburyCritics on some of the issues regarding BAME representation in poetry reviewing and publication. 4/4 teapawt.net/LedburyCritics/status/…
