Ever since I -- a very old lady -- have started playing chess, I've been wondering: Where are the girls? Why is it that most every photo I see is of a male, most every person participating in the forum is a male? I love this little video by The New Yorker. It gives me hope as chess really seems like the last frontier of equality between the sexes.
There was Stacy, Tracie, Rohna, and Ronda Donna, Ulanda, Tawana, and Wanda Were all treated fairly, but yet and still We got a ways to go to get a level playing field
Ever since I -- a very old lady -- have started playing chess, I've been wondering: Where are the girls? Why is it that most every photo I see is of a male, most every person participating in the forum is a male? I love this little video by The New Yorker. It gives me hope as chess really seems like the last frontier of equality between the sexes.
The Girls Who Slay at Chess
http://video.newyorker.com/watch/the-girls-slaying-at-chess