The Shortlist: People, Language & Identity
See data and design converge in stories that reflect the diversity, strength & whimsy of the human condition - the Shortlisted entries in our 'People, Language & Identity' category run the gamut from explorations of Shangai's marriage market to the inferiority of women's pockets.
What 1.2 million parliamentary speeches can teach us about gender representation
By Matt Daniels (The Pudding), Brian Spurling (50:50 Parliament), Giselle Cory (50:50 Parliament) & Durand D'souza
Even at Shanghai’s ‘Marriage Market,’ it’s Hard to Find a Date
By Liu Chang, Zou Manyun, Shi Yangkun, Katherine Tse, Kevin Schoenmakers, Lu Yan, Hannah Lund, Jessica Levine, Zou Manyun, Lü Yan, Shen Yining, Wang Jiwei, Wang Yiyun, Shen Yining, Zhang Qiuhong, Du Haiyan, Fu Xiaofan & Wang Yasai - with Sixth Tone & The Paper
Simulated Dendrochronology of U.S. Immigration 1790-2016
By Pedro M. Cruz, John Wihbey, Avni Ghael & Felipe Shibuya - with National Geographic & Northeastern University
Casting Shakespeare
By Eric Lin
Beyond Modern Borders
By Marco Hernandez
Oct 26, the day women start working for free
By Xaquín González Veira, Washington Post
Figures in the Sky
By Nadieh Bremer
Women's Pockets are Inferior
By Jan Diehm & Amber Thomas at The Pudding
Forms of Attraction
By Emily Chu at Parsons School of Design
MeToomentum
By Lucia Kocincova & Valentina D'Efilippo
The Next Bechdel Test
By Walt Hickey, Ella Koeze, Rachael Dottle & Gus Wezerek at FiveThirtyEight
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I'm shortlisted - what happens next?
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