Eleanor Catton vs. New Zealand
Should an acclaimed, award-winning novelist be free to speak out against her home country’s neoliberal politicians without being told by a radio show host to “stick [her comments] where the… Read more »
Wikipedia: male novelists are “novelists,” female novelists are “women novelists”
Oh, Wikipedia! You encyclopedic embodiment of the male gaze, look what you’ve done now. The category “American Novelists” includes virtually no women. Attempting to contain the expanding category, Wikipedia editors recently created… Read more »
Amazon defends ad’s use of “c-word” as “light-hearted”
Just over 10 days ago, Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority banned a posting from the retailer “Smellyourmum.com” on Amazon.co.uk that promoted a Christmas card that read, “You’re a cunt. Sorry, I… Read more »