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Gendered Book Covers and Why Boys Read Less than Girls

By Sydnee Chesley

February 1, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Gendered Book Covers and Why Boys Read Less than Girls

In 2016, Scholastic conducted a survey on over two thousand US children ages six to seventeen and found that when it came to reading, boys generally do not like it as much as girls do.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: book covers, children, Design, fantasy, gender stereotypes, High School, homelessness, Ooligan, Scholastic, sci-fi, sexism, Sleeping in My Jeans, The Raven Boys, Warcross, YA, young adult

The Gender Gap in Academic Journal Authorship

By Kento Ikeda

April 9, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Gender Gap in Academic Journal Authorship

Some fields, such as mathematics and philosophy, have more than seven author credits given to men for every one given to women.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: academic publishing, discrimination, diversity, journal publishing, scholarly publishing, sexism

Socially Conscious Book Buying

By Vi La Bianca Olivia_LaBianca

February 15, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Socially Conscious Book Buying

The other day, I was walking around Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. I had been given a gift card over the holidays and was finally putting it to good use. Weaving between the shelves, loitering far too long in front of the small press section, I slowly and steadily accumulated a modest pile of […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Allison Green, bias, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, LGBTQ, Nicholson Baker, Norman Mailer, Powell's, publishing, racism, sexism, Sia Figiel, Truman Capote

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