The ‘Which Voices?’ Project

Our culture is created every day. With every piece of information we encounter, with every law passed, with every advertisement, TV show, or film, we construct our conception of our world. Whose voices speak the loudest?

Which Voices tries to keep a running list of exactly who the people are who have the greatest influence in our society. Who are the lawmakers, the media creators, the corporate leaders? These are the voices that speak the loudest - do they represent our society as a whole?

 

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[expand title="Full list of US Senators"]

Name		Generation	Gender	Sexual Identity	Ethnicity	PoC
Alexander, Lamar	July 3, 1940	Silent	Male
Baldwin, Tammy	February 11, 1962	Boomer	Female	Openly Gay
Barrasso, John	July 21, 1952	Boomer	Male
Bennet, Michael	November 28, 1964	Boomer	Male
Blumenthal, Richard	February 13, 1946	Boomer	Male
Blunt, Roy	January 10, 1950	Boomer	Male
Booker, Cory	April 27, 1969	Gen X	Male		African American	Yes
Boozman, John	December 10, 1950	Boomer	Male
Brown, Sherrod	November 9, 1952	Boomer	Male
Burr, Richard	November 30, 1955	Boomer	Male
Cantwell, Maria	October 13, 1958	Boomer	Female
Capito, Shelley Moore	November 26, 1953	Boomer	Female
Cardin, Ben	October 5, 1943	Silent	Male
Carper, Tom	January 23, 1947	Boomer	Male
Casey Jr., Bob	April 13, 1960	Boomer	Male
Cassidy, Bill	September 28, 1957	Boomer	Male
Cochran, Thad	December 7, 1937	Silent	Male
Collins, Susan	December 7, 1952	Boomer	Female
Coons, Chris	September 9, 1963	Boomer	Male
Corker, Bob	August 24, 1952	Boomer	Male
Cornyn, John	February 2, 1952	Boomer	Male
Cortez Masto, Catherine	March 29, 1964	Boomer	Female		Hispanic	Yes
Cotton, Tom	May 13, 1977	Gen X	Male
Crapo, Mike	May 20, 1951	Boomer	Male
Cruz, Ted	December 22, 1970	Gen X	Male		Hispanic	Yes
Daines, Steve	August 20, 1962	Boomer	Male
Donnelly, Joe	September 29, 1955	Boomer	Male
Duckworth, Tammy	March 12, 1968	Gen X	Female		Asian	Yes
Durbin, Dick	November 21, 1944	Silent	Male
Enzi, Mike	February 1, 1944	Silent	Male
Ernst, Joni	July 1, 1970	Gen X	Female
Feinstein, Dianne	June 22, 1933	Silent	Female
Fischer, Deb	March 1, 1951	Boomer	Female
Flake, Jeff	December 31, 1962	Boomer	Male
Franken, Al	May 21, 1951	Boomer	Male
Gardner, Cory	August 22, 1974	Gen X	Male
Gillibrand, Kirsten	December 9, 1966	Gen X	Female
Graham, Lindsey	July 9, 1955	Boomer	Male
Grassley, Chuck	September 17, 1933	Silent	Male
Harris, Kamala	October 20, 1964	Boomer	Female		Black, Asian	Yes
Hassan, Maggie	February 27, 1958	Boomer	Female
Hatch, Orrin	March 22, 1934	Silent	Male
Heinrich, Martin	October 17, 1971	Gen X	Male
Heitkamp, Heidi	October 30, 1955	Boomer	Female
Heller, Dean	May 10, 1960	Boomer	Male
Hirono, Mazie	November 3, 1947	Boomer	Female		Asian	Yes
Hoeven, John	March 13, 1957	Boomer	Male
Inhofe, Jim	November 17, 1934	Silent	Male
Isakson, Johnny	December 28, 1944	Silent	Male
Johnson, Ron	April 8, 1955	Boomer	Male
Jones, Doug	May 4, 1954	Boomer	Male
Kaine, Tim	February 26, 1958	Boomer	Male
Kennedy, John N	November 21, 1951	Boomer	Male
King, Angus	March 31, 1944	Silent	Male
Klobuchar, Amy	May 25, 1960	Boomer	Female
Lankford, James	March 4, 1968	Gen X	Male
Leahy, Patrick	March 31, 1940	Silent	Male
Lee, Mike	June 4, 1971	Gen X	Male
Manchin, Joe	August 24, 1947	Boomer	Male
Markey, Ed	July 11, 1946	Boomer	Male
McCain, John	August 29, 1936	Silent	Male
McCaskill, Claire	July 24, 1953	Boomer	Female
McConnell, Mitch	February 20, 1942	Silent	Male
Menendez, Bob	January 1, 1954	Boomer	Male		Hispanic	Yes
Merkley, Jeff	October 24, 1956	Boomer	Male
Moran, Jerry	May 29, 1954	Boomer	Male
Murkowski, Lisa	May 22, 1957	Boomer	Female
Murphy, Chris	August 3, 1973	Gen X	Male
Murray, Patty	October 11, 1950	Boomer	Female
Nelson, Bill	September 29, 1942	Silent	Male
Paul, Rand	January 7, 1963	Boomer	Male
Perdue, David	December 10, 1949	Boomer	Male
Peters, Gary	December 1, 1958	Boomer	Male
Portman, Rob	December 19, 1955	Boomer	Male
Reed, Jack	November 12, 1949	Boomer	Male
Risch, Jim	May 3, 1943	Silent	Male
Roberts, Pat	April 20, 1936	Silent	Male
Rounds, Mike	October 24, 1954	Boomer	Male
Rubio, Marco	May 28, 1971	Gen X	Male		Hispanic	Yes
Sanders, Bernie	September 8, 1941	Silent	Male
Sasse, Ben	February 22, 1972	Gen X	Male
Schatz, Brian	October 20, 1972	Gen X	Male
Schumer, Chuck	November 23, 1950	Boomer	Male
Scott, Tim	September 19, 1965	Gen X	Male		Black	Yes
Shaheen, Jeanne	January 28, 1947	Boomer	Female
Shelby, Richard	May 6, 1934	Silent	Male
Stabenow, Debbie	April 29, 1950	Boomer	Female
Sullivan, Dan	November 13, 1964	Boomer	Male
Tester, Jon	August 21, 1956	Boomer	Male
Thune, John	January 7, 1961	Boomer	Male
Tillis, Thom	August 30, 1960	Boomer	Male
Toomey, Pat	November 17, 1961	Boomer	Male
Udall, Tom	May 18, 1948	Boomer	Male
Van Hollen, Chris	January 10, 1959	Boomer	Male
Warner, Mark	December 15, 1954	Boomer	Male
Warren, Elizabeth	June 22, 1949	Boomer	Female
Whitehouse, Sheldon	October 20, 1955	Boomer	Male
Wicker, Roger	July 5, 1951	Boomer	Male
Wyden, Ron	May 3, 1949	Boomer	Male
Young, Todd	August 24, 1972	Gen X	Male

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[expand title="Top 25 Films - Directors by Demographic - 2012-2017"]Top 25 Films for full years 2012-2016, all films grossing $125m+ for 2017

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[expand title="Full list of top 25 Films - 2012"]

				Director
	Film		Studio	Name	Gender
1	Marvel's The Avengers	$623,357,910	BV	Joss Whedon	Male
2	The Dark Knight Rises	$448,139,099	WB	Christopher Nolan	Male
3	The Hunger Games	$408,010,692	LGF	Gary Ross	Male
4	Skyfall	$304,360,277	Sony	Sam Mendes	Male
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$303,003,568	WB (NL)	Peter Jackson	Male
6	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	$292,324,737	LG/S	Bill Condon	Male
7	The Amazing Spider-Man	$262,030,663	Sony	Marc Webb	Male
8	Brave	$237,283,207	BV	Mark Andrews	Male
				Brenda Chapman	Female
9	Ted	$218,815,487	Uni.	Seth MacFarlane	Male
10	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	$216,391,482	P/DW	Eric Darnell	Male
				Tom McGrath	Male
				Conrad Vernon	Male
11	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	$214,030,500	Uni.	Chris Renaud	Male
12	Wreck-It Ralph	$189,422,889	BV	Rich Moore	Male
13	Lincoln	$182,207,973	BV	Steven Spielberg	Male
14	MIB 3	$179,020,854	Sony	Barry Sonnenfeld	Male
15	Django Unchained	$162,805,434	Wein.	Quentin Tarantino	Male
16	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$161,321,843	Fox	Steve Martino	Male
				Mike Thurmeier	Male
17	Snow White and the Huntsman	$155,332,381	Uni.	Rupert Sanders	Male
18	Les Miserables (2012)	$148,809,770	Uni.	Tom Hooper	Male
19	Hotel Transylvania	$148,313,048	Sony	Genndy Tartakovsky	Male
20	Taken 2	$139,854,287	Fox	Oliver Megaton	Male
21	21 Jump Street	$138,447,667	Sony	Phil Lord	Male
				Chris Miller	Male
22	Argo	$136,025,503	WB	Ben Affleck	Male
23	Silver Linings Playbook	$132,092,958	Wein.	David O. Russell	Male
24	Prometheus	$126,477,084	Fox	Ridley Scott	Male
25	Safe House	$126,373,434	Uni.	Daniel Espinosa	Male

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