Female author Mola revealed to be three men at €1m prize ceremony(thebookseller.com)
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Female author Mola revealed to be three men at €1m prize ceremony
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/woman-who-won-spanish-literary-prize-turns-out-be-three-men-1284927
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I always wondered how groups of people going by a pen name collaborate on something lol, amazing
Yes. And now lots of feminist bookstores removed the book.
Do you have a source for "lots"? I can only find the one - Mujeres & Compañía - who posted a short clip to their Twitter and TikTok accounts showing them packing up some (doesn't look like all!) of their copies into a box for sending back.
I don't understand the downvoting, I am just stating what is happening right now on Spain with this book. I am not saying it is good or bad.
Wikipedia> Mola is known for "ultra-violent Spanish crime thrillers" featuring police inspector Elena Blanco, ...
That doesn't sound like feminist themes...
That doesn't sound like feminist themes...
I read about Mujeres y Compañía (a bookstore which removed the book), and one of the owners said:
> It is not news that a specialized bookstore withdraws from its fund what does not correspond with its specialization.
Does this not put them in an ideologically difficult position? Is it not deemed "transphobic" these days to take a position on whether or not someone is really a woman?
> It is not news that a specialized bookstore withdraws from its fund what does not correspond with its specialization.
Does this not put them in an ideologically difficult position? Is it not deemed "transphobic" these days to take a position on whether or not someone is really a woman?
So, there's these people who claim to be multiple persons, sometimes with different genders..
I think the political correctness culture is now ripe for the next step: multiple people of different genders identifying as one single human person with one single gender.
Trying to catch them in a logical trap? For them, logic is a facade: once you find a hole in it, they'll patch it with something and move on.
I don't think any of the (real) authors are trans, so it's not ideologically difficult from that perspective. On the other hand, feminism is (nominally) a movement to establish equality of the sexes, and about fighting against gender stereotypes. Men convincingly writing from a female point of view, and publicly presented as women, would seem to me to do exactly that. Fight against writing style/subject stereotypes, and demonstrate how gender is not essential in the act of writing - subverting gender essentialism.
If feminist were true to their professed convictions, they should be applauding this book.
If feminist were true to their professed convictions, they should be applauding this book.
Definitely not an expert, but I like learning so anyone with a more nuanced/detailed take please correct/elaborate…
If this could be considered “feminist” or not, depends a lot on which “wave” of feminism is setting the conversational agenda. Feminist philosophy has at points in the past been more about “males are bad” than it is today.
If this could be considered “feminist” or not, depends a lot on which “wave” of feminism is setting the conversational agenda. Feminist philosophy has at points in the past been more about “males are bad” than it is today.
> Does this not put them in an ideologically difficult position? Is it not deemed "transphobic" these days to take a position on whether or not someone is really a woman?
Not at all. None of the authors claim to be women, all claim to be men. I’m really not sure why you think there would be a problem.
Not at all. None of the authors claim to be women, all claim to be men. I’m really not sure why you think there would be a problem.
There are "feminist bookstores"? And lots of them? How do they stay afloat? - being a regular bookstore is hard enough.
Go to Boulder Colorado. It's so easy to spot sexism against men all over the place, including feminist bookstores that are there to make money off the rich bored people "culture wars".
It's much easier to have a great selection of feminist books than a great selection of books...good luck competing with the internet in the 2nd category.
There was a documentary about specialist stores popping up in Berlin, and generalist stores dying.
There was a documentary about specialist stores popping up in Berlin, and generalist stores dying.
I would confirm this as a resident of the aforementioned city.
The specialist (or even many generalist) bookstores usually follow a certain ideology and sell books heavily aligned with those views. Unfortunately, this slowly converts those stores to echo chambers as the objectiveness of the stores slowly fade away.
The specialist (or even many generalist) bookstores usually follow a certain ideology and sell books heavily aligned with those views. Unfortunately, this slowly converts those stores to echo chambers as the objectiveness of the stores slowly fade away.
Only sometimes
I used to live near an excellent technical book store which carried things like O'Reilly books. It went under as the Internet progressed. Many countries have such things like math book stores, or stores specializing in philosophy and similar humanities.
Specialized book stores have a long, reputable history, and the echo chamber style specialization is a pretty recent phenomenon.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I used to live near an excellent technical book store which carried things like O'Reilly books. It went under as the Internet progressed. Many countries have such things like math book stores, or stores specializing in philosophy and similar humanities.
Specialized book stores have a long, reputable history, and the echo chamber style specialization is a pretty recent phenomenon.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I wonder how the revenue in the book industry is split between men and women.
Just did a quick lookup. Looks like all books make 8 billions per year and Rowling's HP has made a bit under 8 billions total.
With or without JK Rowling?
I suspect that neither majority of men nor women are interested in feminist literature per se. Unless "feminist" mean "written by women" and not "in the spirit of feminist movement".
There is an anarchist bookstore on Saint Laurent in Montreal, and has been for a long time.
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Probably similar to the NYT subscriptions surge during the Trump administration. People just buying to signal and "support the cause". Partisan views have it a lot easier to raise money from their followers than those trying to find a middleground.
This is beautiful.
When women did this, they were (imo rightly) supported and encouraged, and it became part of the history of discrimination against women and their fight for equality.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this one will be viewed, but I'm guessing it won't be put in as positive a light.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this one will be viewed, but I'm guessing it won't be put in as positive a light.
Oh I don't think women were supported and encouraged universally. I'm sure there were moralizing puritans as well as those who felt their positions of power threatened, who took great offense to women using male pseudonyms back then. I don't expect the outcome will be very different in this case.
Per the article, the book was submitted for the prize under a male pen name anyway.
Ahh, if it's good enough for Isak Denison, it's good enough for Carmen Mola.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen
FYI: Seven Gothic Tales is great!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen
FYI: Seven Gothic Tales is great!
I googled "Isak Denison", but it just seems to be a common misspelling of Dinesen?
I have heard that (some) blind auditions are banned because the diversity starts decreasing instead of increasing.
Do you remember the source?
Smash the matriarchy