Vernon Lee answered to her pen name frequently in daily life and dressed in men's clothing, as did George Sand Victor Hugo said of Sand "She cannot decide whether she is male or female... It is not my place to decide whether she is my sister or my brother"
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Replying to @vszebr
I dunno whether Vernon Lee was a man or not, but it is pretty clear she made the intentional choice to go by the name "Vernon Lee" as a writer
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Replying to @vszebr @arthur_affect
The problem is not that one can't conceive of a reason, but that one can conceive of more than one reason, and the one that better fits the circumstances is being denied out of ideological antipathy.
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Replying to @vszebr @MjrKusanagi
Why is that the important thing? Why not just respect their wishes either way?
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