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Sherwood Smith

American Writer

Born: 1951

Business Discovered Generation Men Science Women

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In my generation, if a man washes the dishes, the older women still tend to cluster around and coo and thank him and praise him. But if a woman washes the dishes, it's business as usual, even if both man and woman have tough office jobs. Sherwood Smith

As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in my closet and, later, under the mattress supports in my bed. Sherwood Smith

Writing Nothing Active Later Kid Pretty Supports Occasionally Got Bed Scorn Mattress Closet Fantasy Much Away

Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into 'women's books' except for those few that men could always point at when the disparity was pointed out. Sherwood Smith

What is interesting to me is looking at how male and female writers depict men who, come in behind to fill those domestic duties, deal with personal and cultural lack of respect for doing what is lingeringly perceived as 'women's work.' Sherwood Smith

Work Me Respect Women Men Looking Those Perceived Writers Come Deal Female How Doing Male Cultural Domestic Personal Lack Duties Behind Depict Interesting Who Fill

The history of fan fiction demonstrates how efficient, and effective, women have been at pooling together to get what they want out of their stories. It's been a largely female-driven world. Sherwood Smith

History Together Women World Out How Been Effective Efficient Get The History Of Want Fiction Fan Stories Largely

I was as eager a writer as I was a reader. Sherwood Smith

Writer Reader Eager

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