Dude author discovers women can write
Plus: 'rowdy millennials in Camille Paglia T-shirts,' a milestone for my next book, and more in my weekend roundup.
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Welcome to my roundup of what I’m watching, reading, and celebrating this weekend. I’ve got some good stuff for you—everything from an analysis of The Bachelor as a sporting event to a personal confession about Camille Paglia.
I’m watching…
This guy spark a backlash on BookTok by vowing to read one book a day by a woman author until his own book (a novel about “manic pixie e-girls”) hits the New York Times bestseller list. Why women authors? In his own words, he realized that he mostly read books by men and wanted to fix this “personal blindspot.”
A preference for books by men is not an individual quirk. The sexism behind that preference can’t be fixed by speed-reading a bunch of books by women in hopes of elevating your own career as a male author.
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