#as if scrittrice was reductive. as if to say “awww you write! good girl!” whilst scrittore was perceived as a serious and well-educated work | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

nnay-naee · 2 months

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I had always blamed Elsa Morante for insisting on being referred to as scrittore (male writer) instead of scrittrice (female writer), but I've recently realised that she probably just suffered from internalised misogyny

#thinking about this matter because I do suffer from internalised misogyny as well. I wouldn't struggle with pronouns myself otherwise.#“woman” has always felt just wrong and honestly offensive to me for some reason. and honestly I think she felt the same at the time.#as if scrittrice was reductive. as if to say “awww you write! good girl!” whilst scrittore was perceived as a serious and well-educated work #Elsa sorry for having spoken shit on you for all these years. Really.#(this doesn't change the fact that I hate her books though.)#elsa morante #tumbrl italia #textpost #misogny

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