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Times ain't a-changin? All-male Nobel lineup draws criticism
Associated Press ^ | Oct 14, 2016 8:37 AM EDT | Karl Ritter

Posted on 10/14/2016 7:39:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai

With Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in literature, this year’s Nobel laureates became an all-male ensemble, something that’s not unusual in the 115-year-old history of the prestigious awards.

But this is 2016. Critics are questioning why the Nobel judges couldn’t find a single woman across the planet worthy of being honored in any of the six prize categories.

“No woman wins Nobel prize this year. Oh the times they ain’t a-changin’,” Leah Kaminsky, an Australian author and doctor, wrote on Twitter.

Swedish writer and literature professor Ebba Witt-Brattstrom accused the Nobel judges of a lack of imagination after they picked 11 male laureates this year. “It’s deplorable, considering the advances made by women not just in literature but also in science,” she told the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. …

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KEYWORDS: bobdylan; deplorables; feminists; nobelprize
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To: Olog-hai
ut this is 2016. Critics are questioning why the Nobel judges couldn’t find a single woman across the planet worthy of being honored in any of the six prize categories.

How dare anyone judge by merit instead of by diversity quotas.
21 posted on 10/14/2016 8:07:25 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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I found it ironic that Witt-Brattstrom used Hillary’s “deplorable” term.


22 posted on 10/14/2016 8:09:14 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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23 posted on 10/14/2016 8:09:57 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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But this is 2016

So?

In terms of abilities, interests, and achievements, it's the same as 1816, or 1216, or 216, or 2016 B.C., for that matter.

24 posted on 10/14/2016 8:16:42 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Look out kid, they keep it all hid)
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But this is 2016

So?

In terms of abilities, interests, and achievements, it's the same as 1816, or 1216, or 216, or 2016 B.C., for that matter.

25 posted on 10/14/2016 8:16:43 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Look out kid, they keep it all hid)
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That’s OK some of them are sissy boys - even Obama “won” a Nobel....


26 posted on 10/14/2016 8:31:42 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Women should stand up and cheer. Who wants to be part of that sorry line up? Hey, our Terrorist in Chief got the Peace Prize for gosh sake.


27 posted on 10/14/2016 8:40:38 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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No transsexuals or Spanish-speaking muzlims either.


28 posted on 10/14/2016 8:43:06 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Freedom of speech: an illusion that Americans hold fast to, although it disappeared decades ago.)
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If there is a woman, or man, who can write words, “Poetry for the ear”,as the Academy’s secretary said, like Dylan, I would like to know, because I would like to read them.


29 posted on 10/14/2016 8:44:04 AM PDT by Doche2X2
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But are homosexuals being sufficiently represented in the lineup ? Such an esteemed body must not reek of homophobia.


30 posted on 10/14/2016 8:46:12 AM PDT by libh8er
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But are homosexuals being sufficiently represented in the lineup ? Such an esteemed body must not reek of homophobia.


31 posted on 10/14/2016 8:46:15 AM PDT by libh8er
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I nominate the DumpCake Lady.


32 posted on 10/14/2016 9:14:05 AM PDT by dasboot (  Deplorable Crude Populist)
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The Nobel committee doesn’t have binders full of women to chose from. But I’m surprised Frau Merkel didn’t get the peace prize for her diversification of Germany.


33 posted on 10/14/2016 11:30:08 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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