March 2024 in Review
31 Mar, 2024
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I always forget something when I do these little reports. I mean to create checklists but then I forget. I need to create a checklist with “create checklist” right above “read checklist.” Or perhaps just below.
The big news this month is that I am a Hugo finalist for Best Fan Writer. This is the fifth time I have been a finalist for this award. Experience suggests I will lose for the fifth time… but since I also was sure I’d never be finalist again after 2011 and 2020, maybe I will be wrong this time. In any case, it is an honour to be a finalist.
March 2024
22 works reviewed. 11 by women (50%), 10 by men (45%), 0 by a non-binary author (0%), 1 by an author whose gender is unknown (5%), and 9 by POC (41%).
2024 to Date
65 works reviewed. 36 by women (55%), 28 by men (43%), 0 by a
non-binary author (0%), 1 by an author whose gender is unknown (2%), and 25 by POC (38%).
Grand Total to Date
2594 works reviewed. 1448 by women (55%), 1083 by men (42%), 40 by non-binary authors (2%), 23 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 796.75 by POC (31%).
Government Types March 2024
Total 22, Not Applicable 1 (5%), Unclear 2 (9%), Anarchy 2 (9%), Pure democracy 0 (0%), Representative democracy 6 (27%), Oligarchy 10 (45%), Autocracy 1 (5%).
Government Type 2024 TD
Total 65, Not Applicable 8 (12%), Unclear 4 (6%), Anarchy 4 (6%), Pure democracy 0 (0%), Representative democracy 21 (32%), Oligarchy 25 (38%), Autocracy 3 (5%).
| 2024 March | 2023 March | 2022 March | 2021 March | 2020 March | 2019 March | 2018 March | 2017 March | 2016 March | 2015 March | 2014 March | |
| Women | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 12 | 19 | n/a |
| Non-Binary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| POC | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | n/a |
| Total | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 28 | n/a |
| % Women | 50 | 61 | 57 | 59 | 48 | 55 | 50 | 55 | 57 | 58 | n/a |
| % Non-Binary | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | n/a |
| % Unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| % POC | 41 | 39 | 39 | 45 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 29 | 8 | n/a |
| 2024 TD | 2023 TD | 2022 TD | 2021 TD | 2020 TD | 2019 TD | 2018 TD | 2017 TD | 2016 TD | 2015 TD | 2014 TD | |
| Women | 36 | 37 | 36 | 37.5 | 33 | 34.25 | 34 | 34.5 | 36 | 45 | n/a |
| Non-Binary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| POC | 25 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 25.75 | 23 | 24.5 | 17 | 5 | n/a |
| Total | 65 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 62 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 78 | n/a |
| % Women | 55 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 59 | 58 | n/a |
| % Non-Binary | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a |
| % Unknown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| % POC | 38 | 40 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 53 | 39 | 28 | 6 | n/a |
| Month | 2024 March | 2024 February | 2024 January |
| Government Type | |||
| Not Applicable | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Unclear | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Anarchy | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pure democracy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative democracy | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Oligarchy | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Autocracy | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 22 | 21 | 22 |
| YTD | |||
| Not Applicable | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Unclear | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Anarchy | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pure Democracy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative Democracy | 21 | 15 | 9 |
| Oligarchy | 25 | 15 | 7 |
| Autocracy | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| total | 65 | 43 | 22 |