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Don't Gender Me, Bro: Writing Under a Gender-Neutral Byline

Writing under my initials for a very long time has allowed me to observe the way people relate to a writer on the basis of perceived gender, because people seem to have an urgent, desperate need to slot each other into gender categories.
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May 16, 2013 at 3:00pm | 116 comments

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Practical Survival Is For Boys, Sleepovers Are For Girls, Says Scholastic

Listen up, publishing industry: I am so over this crap.
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