GenderAvenger Information

OUR MOTTO: Challenge it. Change it. OUR MISSION: To build a community that ensures women are represented in the public dialog. OUR MANTRA: Women as equals will become the norm when it is the norm. Everywhere. So many of us have attended a conference with all-male or mostly-male panels, watched political coverage on the media and legislative hearings that featured men and more men, and read magazine roundtables, anthologies, and top ten lists with few, if any, women. GenderAvenger’s mission is to ensure that women are represented in every arena of public discourse. We believe that by pointing out the absence of women and challenging decision-makers at all levels those absences can be corrected. If enough of us point out the absence of women to enough people in charge, change will happen, and a new norm will emerge. This year we’re paying special attention to the news and holding the most widely watched cable news shows accountable for their coverage of this historic election. Who Talks? is a GenderAvenger project in partnership with Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) and the Women’s Media Center. Who Talks? monitors, collects data, and analyzes the gender balance of pundits who appear on top-rated morning and evening cable shows, calling attention to poor gender ratios in political commentary on MSNBC, CNN, and FOX. Our daily infographics clearly display the gender imbalance among commentators this election season on these top rated shows and help us call out for action. Join us to learn more and to find out how to use your social media networks to help make change.