An actual comment someone left on my nearly five-year-old review of Pat Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind on Goodreads, on a page where I am, in fact, listed as a female fantasy author.
I just. I mean.
Not only is this guy mansplaining my own profession to me in a space where both my profession and gender are visible - and even if they weren’t, Goodreads is literally a book review site; unless he thinks I’m completely fucking stupid, it would be reasonable for him to assume I’m aware that female authors, y’know, exist - but he’s essentially saying “if you want books with good female characters, don’t read male authors”. Which, yeah: it is not actually unreasonable to assume that men are capable of writing good ladies? Or to hold them accountable for failing to do so, as if intelligently representing women is something we should only expect of women? And even then, it’s not as if I’m hating on the book - despite my criticisms, I’ve rated it four stars out of five! The review begins with me saying I’ve read it twice! Like, what the actual fuck?
Casual mansplaining: it’s
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I have have nothing to say about the mansplaining other than “it does indeed suck” But I like that review. I just...
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