*puffs on pipe, adjust wire-rim glasses, attempts to look sage*
Ah, so effectively the fantasy/horror female version is to attack the fans, while the male version is to attack other authors? Dude, there are neurotic behaviors coming out of the woodwork! Someone should write a book! Err...
[Actually, snark aside, it does make me wonder sometimes about the cultural expectations we put on people who are -- in a strange way -- in the public eye, and the role gender plays in how they're able to/allowed to act out their neuroses.]
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Date: 6 Jan 2007 11:55 pm (UTC)Ah, so effectively the fantasy/horror female version is to attack the fans, while the male version is to attack other authors? Dude, there are neurotic behaviors coming out of the woodwork! Someone should write a book! Err...
[Actually, snark aside, it does make me wonder sometimes about the cultural expectations we put on people who are -- in a strange way -- in the public eye, and the role gender plays in how they're able to/allowed to act out their neuroses.]