/lit/ - Literature

I am not sure I see the "issue". Female authors compose a fine genre along with scifi and young adult.

>>3704462
It's that whilst they are identified by their sex, the men are not, as if they cannot be classified as both "women novelists" and "American novelists". But you're just pulling legs, so I'll pretend I'm playing along.

>>3704513
Does "American women novelist" not convey both those things?

>>3704177
The funny part is that most likely it were the feminists who created the category and kept moving the female authors there.

Shouldn't have Women's Lit studies and then complain when it's considered a different category.

>>3704557
It were the feminists who moved the writers. Now whoever did that is feeling stupid as fuck, so she won't speak out.

Why would a non-feminist even bother doing this?

>>3704177

This is was feminism is today - arguing over the categorisation of novelists on open internet encyclopaedia's.

How can women complain about being underrepresented in modern literature when:
1. The two best-selling novel series of the past 10 years were both written by women
2. Zadie Smith is the most relevant "high-culture" author working today.

>>3704542
This. Sensible women are logically upset about the notion of preferential treatment. Some feminazi's probably just wanted to be more special.
>>3704177

>>3704607
Zadie Smith is not "high-culture" by any definition. She is Franzen-tier. Hell, Jeanette Winterson is higher brow than Smith and she's also a more prominent media figure.

>>3704177
my god, look at the sidelinks on the first article,
see what the women contributors' articles are!

If this is the sum of "oppression" women are subjected to these days, then I think we can safely say that feminism has already won.

>>3704626
lol

I shall have to let Wikipedia know of my deep displeasure. Sexism is so prevalent in the 21st century that it hardly raises eye brows any more. What the hell happened? I thought the world was becoming more accepting of women. Damn! From "original sin" up to this very today women still have a black mark against them. It's infuriating.

>>3704626

>mysides.jpg

>>3704626
>Pictures of people who mock me
This is...I don't even know how to describe this.

>>3704624
>She is Franzen-tier

Yeah but the difference is people like her.

>>3704626
>http://www.salon.com/2013/04/25/how_can_white_americans_be_free/

Tao Lin gets a shout-out for some reason.

I can remember when I used to think Salon was good.

>>3704836
The Corrections is vastly superior to anything Zadie's written. The closest she ever came to great literature was when she was sucking DFW's cock.

>>3704851

>>3704607
That doesn't mean much. Of course it is a good thing to have both those things for the women's rights movement but compared to men over the years it is still not the same.

The main point of people getting out of hand is because most American female authors don't want to see themselves as something distant from the normal literary tradition. Taking women out of the normal literary tradition and placing them inside of a separate category only goes to show that the binary opposition that the American Feminist were supposed to be challenging is kept in order.

I must admit it is quite petty, but Wikipedia IS supposed to be an open source "encyclopedia"

>>3705094
This.

>>3704607

>How can women complain about being underrepresented in modern literature when:
>1. The two best-selling novel series of the past 10 years were both written by women

This.

Fuck this article and every "feminist" who fabricates outrage to cry about.

>>3704729

I thought this was brilliant - Just not for the reasons that it's manipulative creator did.

>>3704607
separate but equal, the american way.

At this point I think it's time for everyone to step back, take a second and check their respective literary privileges.

...What exactly does Kiera Knightley have to do with wikipedia articles about female novelists?