Showing posts with label Joanne Rendell Scribbling Chicks Snobbism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joanne Rendell Scribbling Chicks Snobbism. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Joanne Rendell on the "Damned Mob of Scribbling Chicks"


Writers are about as stratified as they come, with this weird pecking order of snobbism (and reverse snobbism) that defies all logic. Tough as making it as a published author is, I have limited patience with those who make themselves feel better by denigrating others.

But it's nothing new, and the prejudice against women writers, writing for women readers, has for centuries been especially harsh. Over at the Huffington Post today, author Joanne Rendell speaks brilliantly on this phenomena.

By all means, check it out.

And the photo's for all you haters out there. ;)