Even if absolutely no trans people are involved, "TERFism" is a subset of a broader ideology of entitlement, putting everyone into boxes to fit a Battle of the Sexes narrative You don't get to just decide on George Eliot's behalf that calling her Mary Ann Evans is "empowering"https://twitter.com/Rainbow80870929/status/1294021112976814082 …
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(Do not come at me with "Well Lewes never divorced his first wife so they technically weren't married", especially not from a "feminist" POV)
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I don’t know that calling **her george Eliot—as opposed to crediting *the author* as george Eliot—is respectful of her choices, Arthur. She went by Marian in personal correspondence. (Eg Richard Bachmann is the author of a lot of books, but the man is still Stephen King)
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This whole conversation is about the topic of what name to put on her books
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