Mary Robinette Kowal (2014): Me, as a Useful Representati...

Mary Robinette Kowal (2014): Me, as a Useful Representative Example: "Some people said some not nice things about me in a public space, and the story has been picked up as an example of sexism in part because one of the people saying those things works for my publisher. Silvia Moreno-Garcia has done a good analysis of the sexism in what���s going on, so I���m not going to rehash that. Instead I���m going to talk about how this affects me.... My impulse is to tell you all that I���m fine and that this has no material affect on my life. And that is true. But I also know that I am a useful representative sample of the abuse that happens to other women. I know that there are a ton of women who have received similar messages.... Sexism happens all the time. It���s visible in SFWA because people are actively fighting against it. Too many places, too many women, get this sort of unwelcome attention and commentary about what they were wearing but��no one does anything.��It���s always, 'Laugh about it' or 'Just shrug it off', or 'Ignore it and he���ll go away'. You see how well that last is working? So, I really, truly am fine. But watch what happens to me now that I���m posting. Read the comments when they happen. Note the people who say that because I���m talking about the abuse, I must be begging for attention. Take me as a useful representative example. And know that I am not an isolated case...

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