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This past month, I finished a book titled Just the Funny Parts: ... And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club, by Nell Scovell. Nell, creator of the television series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, is a talented female producer, author, magazine and television writer who talks about her journey the past 30 years in Hollywood as one of the few women writers.

She says the good, the bad, and the truth - with a heavy dose of humor. I highly recommend it.  

Working in country music where there is a such a lack of equal representation - this book hit home. (See Change the Conversation quote and link below)

One of the biggest takeaways from Nell’s book covered the lack of representation in writer rooms and how it actually limited the creativity and content being created in a room. Honestly, I hadn’t quite thought of it in this way before. The more diverse a room became, the better the content. The content would improve due to the different backgrounds and experiences of the humans in the room.

This morning I started writing this piece and researching International Women’s Day when I came across a post written for The Guardian by Julie Anne Genter, New Zealand’s Minister for Women. I loved her take on it and decided to post it below. I don’t think I could have written it any better.

“Change the Conversation was founded by three successful music executives to improve the environment for women in country music.  While country music has traditionally been known for its strong female voices, by the 2010s, country radio stations were playing songs by very few female artists.  Many in the country music industry felt powerless about changing the gender inequality.” - Change the Conversation Website

http://www.changetheconversation.net/

Thanks for taking the time to listen!

Kendall