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Something about this strikes me as either shady, or engineered to make a point. I'm probably paranoid, of course. Looking at the about page, "Men with Pens" w
by dlytle 17y ago
Something about this strikes me as either shady, or engineered to make a point. I'm probably paranoid, of course.
Looking at the about page, "Men with Pens" was founded by the article's author. The sit is deliberately and heavily grounded in male stereotypes. Plus, looking at the bio for one of the other authors:
"Taylor Lindstrom, is a twenty-something copywriter and journalist from Boulder, CO. She’s the team’s rogue woman who wowed us until our desire for her talents exceeded our desire for a good ol’ boys club."
Maybe that's just a tongue-in-cheek reference to the founder's real gender. Perhaps the heavy masculinity of the Men With Pens site was designed to test/prove the theory. Not enough information to make a real decision.
It just seems that there's more to this than meets the eye. I'd love to see some statistics on the comparative success of her publishing names.
- araneae 17y agoIt's also amusing that the author is displaying blatant sexism towards this woman and at the same time complaining about sexism against her. Women can still be misogynists.
- scott_s 17y agoMy assumption was that Men With Pens was founded well after she realized her male pen name was outperforming her real name. I didn't think she made Men With Pens hyper-masculine as a test, but just as an extension of using a male pen name.
- pbhjpbhj 17y ago>Maybe that's just a tongue-in-cheek reference to the founder's real gender. Perhaps the heavy masculinity of the Men With Pens site was designed to test/prove the theory. It does seem to be a hyper-masculine design parody of men's magazines. I mean come on, the suede header background, hollow point bullet, chunky metalised writing, welder at the top of the page, "guns for hire" ... seriously? This is for real? Presumably "Taylor Lindstrom" in their about us is a bloke. Also, OT: design is completely broken with js off, right menu is broken with it on too (ff3.6, Kubuntu).