Saturday, July 13, 2013

Bad Womyn Thinking about Writing & Reading

"There have been a lot of conversations lately online about the obvious and pervasive sexism in all our culture industries, including book publishing. We tally up numbers of women’s books reviewed and decry the lack of female reviewers; we point out the sexist ways women’s books are marketed and sold — all those headless women, all those “[man]‘s mother, sister, daughter” titles. It’s important and good to name the problem, but it’s more important not to stop there. The root of the issue is as simple as this fact: women, research shows, buy and read books by both women and men, while men predominantly read books by men. The solution? We think it’s to read books by women, especially women outside the literary establishment. Talk about them. Share them with your friends. Representation is important. It’s not a solution on its own, but together with more direct action to end inequality, representation can and will change our world."

NO! The solution is exactly what it has always been - champion good writing.
Pencils don't have tiny breasts or balls - good writing is good writing
Talent is Talent

The only one that champions these types of things are
BAD womyn writers.

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