October 29:
Stats:
Talk of the Town: Um. I tore out pages 36-39 for a reason that has been lost to the mists of time, so I’ll skip this this week. Perhaps at a later date I will investigate online.
Update! Kind reader Sendhil sent me the info:
By men: 5
By women: 2 (that bit on Elaine Reichek was fascinating, wasn’t it? It also solves the mystery – I wanted to find out more about her, so I ripped out the page.)
rest of mag:
by men: 11
by women: ONE
Another truly dreadful glass ceilingy week. The fiction was awesome though. I discussed the Buford-Dagoba chocolate nightmare here.
November 5:
Stats:
Talk of the Town:
by men:3
by women: 1
rest of mag:
by men: 10
by women: 3
That piece on Paul Watson was fascinating, n’est-ce pas?
(The NYerWbW is a regular feature whereby my mother and I keep track of the male/female breakdown in The New Yorker magazine.)