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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Replying to @simonhoupt
@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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@HeerJeet@simonhoupt well then I guess some 125 of our best writers are myopic http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/the-10-greatest-books-ever.html …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nigelbeale@simonhoupt This list is substantially more woman friendly than Gilmour's syllabus since it includes Middlemarch.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
@nigelbeale Compared to Gilmour's syllabus, yes. Also: Gilmour isn't teaching Shakespeare at expense of Jane Austen but Henry Miller 1/2
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