Cultural leadership not about replicating the past

But cultural leadership is not just replicating the past — it is about trying to imagine and create something new.

And it’s the scale of what we are missing as a consequence that is so breathtaking.

Yes, it’s the talent, experience, sensibilities and the insights of half the population. It’s also the creation of characters and narratives that fail to resonate with half the audience.

And above all, it’s the chance to turn that map of our identity into something where we can all see something of ourselves, to capture more of the texture and variety of who we are as a people, and how that is changing and being enhanced constantly.

via Who decides which stories are told? It’s the men in charge – Analysis & Opinion – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)