In light of the disappointing number of women represented in this year's National Magazine Awards, Mother Jones interviews Erin Belieu, the co-founder of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. "Not to denigrate the genuine accomplishments of the small number of women who were nominated," Belieu says, "but it's interesting that they're acknowledged for what Ann Friedman identifies as "service" writing—the vast majority of their nominated articles concerning 'women's issues.'"