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We need more literature by women
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Anonymous 5w

This may be true for scientific publications, but not fiction. About 55% of published fiction authors in the US are women, 60% in the UK, and 62% in Canada. 58% of all editors are women and 82% of all literary agents are women.

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Anonymous 5w

And we need to read what we have too

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Anonymous 5w

and non-binary people, I want realistic genderqueer characters

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Anonymous 5w

Frankenstein was written by a woman was it not?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5w

^^^this. While it’s easier to get publishd as a guy, there’s plenty of woman authors out there. They’re just reviewed less

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

I want more books by women that are in the genre I read (fantasy) and aren’t ass (I’m not reading Fourth Wing)

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 5w

Ehh. I'm not hung up on the presumed gender of an author. Plenty use pen names of the opposite sex or ambiguous initials. I just think a good story is a good story. Read Robin Hobbs (a woman author who chose an ambiguous name).

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

I’m “hung up” on it because I want to be able to see authors like me. it’s a representation thing.

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