If most of the reviewers are white cis men, if most of the distributors are white cis men, most of the executives in history have been white cis men. Most of the people who have been giving awards to people are people who've already been in the business - retired white cis men. They've been creating a body of narrative forever.
Jill SolowayThere is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.
Jill SolowayI think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.
Jill SolowayBecause so many rooms are run by men they're just used to women being the "that" - to be adored and dreamed about.
Jill SolowaySo for me to actually have access to women, to feminist women, to gay people, to trans people, to intellectuals, iconoclasts, weirdos, academics, just the people who don't normally get marketed to, in some way I kinda hoped that if I could collect all of them, I could say, "Hey! Look over here! There are enough people who like my stuff." And it sorta has seemed to be true.
Jill Soloway