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Jane Austen Can’t Get No Respect: Women Writers Face Gender Bias

Jane Austen Can’t Get No Respect: Women Writers Face Gender Bias

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Well, I’m vacuuming mad, again, and Jane Austen is at the center. How mad is vacuuming mad? Check out my post V.S. Naipaul vs. the World, and you’ll see the last time I was vacuuming mad. That is, until now. This week Sandra Grayson shared Katrin Bennhold‘s NY Times article about Jane Austen concerning a proposal from The Women’s Room to add Jane Austen’s face to the British ten pound note. This follows the exit of the only other woman on British…

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V. S. Naipaul vs. The World, Or Why I Vacuum

V. S. Naipaul vs. The World, Or Why I Vacuum

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(image via Dreamstime) I’m vacuuming mad, thanks to V. S. Naipaul. You know, that kind of mad that impels you to vacuum at 11 pm? Nothing will do but the vigorous thrusting with the handle and the vicious roar of the machine even though you should have been in bed already? That kind of mad. Have been ever since I read The Guardian article about the esteemed author V. S. Naipaul in which aforementioned esteemed author bashes women writers. Oh,…

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