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Originally Posted by Brea
A'isha:
I do understand your concern, believe me. As an equalist, 'equal' is my personal goal, not 'special'. I was trying to point out that they are even. Last month Ava Fleming was on the cover. Generally in each (though apparently not this one, I just reviewed it again) there is an interview with one female and one male bellydancer. If you look at the archives it should be apparent that there is one of each featured in each magazine, generally speaking. Jim's was the first front-cover male one, all the rest have been women. I'll go through the past issues and post the featured dancers here so you can see what I mean.
May: Cover Ava Fleming. Male Dancer: Mark Balahadia.
April: Cover Renee. DVD review and Mahira's account of dance. Male Dancer: Zorba.
March: Cover Jale. Jale's dance journey article. Male dancer: Tarik Sultan.
February: Cover Valerie Mirag. Interview with Valerie Mirag. Male dancer: Frank Farinaro.
Prior to this, all interviews were with female dancers. This is the 2-year anniversary of our magazine.
(poor Zorba! Still, yours was very colorful and beautiful!)
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Dear Brea,
My point was that there are much fewer male dancers than female, and yet they are featured EVERY MONTH. That is not equitable. There are probably 10 times as many females dancers as male at the very least, so egalitarian interview numbers would reflect that. To give men interviews every month seems excessive because there are so many more women than men. This kind of thing has just become a concern lately, as I notice more and more special treatment for men. This is only my business in the very broadest sense, but maybe that inequity can be brought to the attention of the owner/editor. Of course, she/ he may just think I am out in left field, as so many do at this stage of the situation....
BTW, your articles are well thought out and definitely informative on many levels as you allow people to give their own responses without rewording every darn thing they utter. It's refreshing.
Regards,
A'isha