The VIDA Count at 15: How a Simple Annual Tally Became a Reader's Toolkit for Gender Equity in Book Criticism

Launched in 2009 by three women writers who asked a quiet question over email, VIDA has grown into a fifteen-year research project that tracks who gets reviewed, who does the reviewing, and what readers can do with that data.

The VIDA Count at 15: How a Simple Annual Tally Became a Reader's Toolkit for Gender Equity in Book Criticism Launched in 2009 by three women writers who asked a quiet question over email, VIDA has grown into a fifteen-year research project that tracks who gets reviewed, who does the reviewing, and what readers can do with that data. A reader's guide to the VIDA Count, the annual gender-equity audit of book reviews founded in 2009. How the tally works, what it measures, and why it matters for anyone who reads,...