Gender essentialism - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/gender-essentialism en Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 <![CDATA[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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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/dont-gender-me-bro-writing-under-a-gender-neutral-byline http://www.xojane.com/issues/dont-gender-me-bro-writing-under-a-gender-neutral-byline Issues Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 s.e. smith <![CDATA[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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