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Re:‘George Eliot’ joins 24 female authors making debuts unde... by awinder on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:28AM (#24157657)
I’m not picking a fight I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t walking into expert level trolling. It’s not an accident at all, you’re right. But this was not some happy thing in the 1800s. They picked George because it’s historically a male gendered name, so that small men would know they’re reading men’s work and it’s to be taken seriously and not laughed at in derision.

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