Sorry to be pedantic, but David Gilmour didn't say women writers are bad. He said he doesn't love their writing. That's very different.
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@simonhoupt Problem with his statement is conflation of "the best" with writers he loves. But our personal taste never includes all the best2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simonhoupt Right. But any definition of "the best" in literature that is almost exclusively male seems myopic.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@simonhoupt Yeah, last novel and was planning on reading new one (which people tell me is good). But it is low on pile.
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