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    la.donna.pietra: I am the fine owner of a tremendously lucrative (ha) degree in British Literature, specializing in the 19th century. I was constantly amazed by the n... more »
    TheJacqueline ValJean: I don't read books, because they don't make the text pink. more »
    megscissorhands: I love Hemingway and kinda like Palahniuk. Definitely agree with you that labeling even writing styles "male" or "female" is reductionist--we don't ne... more »
    halo323: Men keep telling me that I am the only woman they know that reads Neal Stephenson. It can't possibly be true, but it's certainly fascinating/disturbi... more »
    sciencerules: Is there a difference between women's fiction and chick lit? I tend to think of the brightly colored, disembodied feet-style books about how Mary Ali... more »
    Lady Skittlehattington: It's all in the marketing. You read the book and then decide toward what audience it's directed. And then you market it accordingly. more »
    morninggloria: Women's fiction is about LadyRobots shooting radioactive tampons at giant laserpenis overlords. Women's fiction is a Lifetime Original Movie screenpla... more »
    tinydundie42: I was just organizing my books the other day and I did make one shelf of "women's books" (Bronte, Austen, Alcott, historical fiction with female heroi... more »
    missteenwordpower: I have to take a second to stand up for Mr. Roth. I wrote my senior thesis on the Zuckerman novels, and after the English thesis dinner, the president... more »
    clevernamehere: Women's fiction is a label that should go away. Fiction written by women is not inherently different than fiction written by men. But novels written b... more »
    saintbernadette: I don't know. I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale for the second time right now, and while it may be considered by some to be women's fiction, I wouldn't ... more »
    inabook: When I think of women's fiction, I think of Sylvia Plath, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Thackery-- books that focus on women... more »
    Shamrockette: I think this just comes to the conclusion that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover... or its gender. more »
    save jinger: Oy, Vey! more »
    vamusical: Women's fiction is fiction written by Women? So I guess the sports movie "Slapshot" is womens' fiction then? more »
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