tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post2798075442920510081..comments2023-10-18T04:26:48.183-04:00Comments on Mark's Journal: WTF, Gay Telese?Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054476535275659839noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-74737622363457409182016-04-05T23:53:45.390-04:002016-04-05T23:53:45.390-04:00I appreciate your sense of charity with the remark...I appreciate your sense of charity with the remark, and perhaps you are right. The remark still struck me, though, as something he should not have said.<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054476535275659839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-24616840811221938442016-04-05T12:55:59.495-04:002016-04-05T12:55:59.495-04:00In the niche he was referring to (anti-social jour...In the niche he was referring to (anti-social journalism?) I neither have read enough nor paid attention to the authors gender. I don't think this statement is really saying anything wrong because I don't really think it is saying anything at all. An old man said something about a perception he has on gender in a field he has worked for a long time. Statistical anomalies involving gender do accure and because this is about what inspired Telese the validity of the statistic doesn't really matter.<br /><br />-rehcra<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-11082633545073056452016-04-05T09:19:23.502-04:002016-04-05T09:19:23.502-04:00I suppose there is always Pride and Prejudice and ...I suppose there is always Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesMark Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-21994342542689996072016-04-05T04:05:09.401-04:002016-04-05T04:05:09.401-04:00I'm with your wife: Austen is an excellent wr...I'm with your wife: Austen is an excellent writer from whom we can all learn.<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054476535275659839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381393706912671861.post-1710128841574124572016-04-05T03:14:44.317-04:002016-04-05T03:14:44.317-04:00I came across Ursula Le Guin when we read A Wizard...I came across Ursula Le Guin when we read A Wizard of Earthsea at school.<br /><br />The only other female writer whose work I've read a lot of is Anne McCaffrey. During my teens early twenties I read all of her Pern books. <br /><br />I have been tempted to read Jane Austin as my wife rates her books, but I always come to the though that it's Chick Lit, and anyway has no SciFi fantasy.Mark Pnoreply@blogger.com