Comments on: The Fempire: Hollywood's Hottest Screenwriters http://bkish.com/2009/03/21/the-fempire-hollywoods-hottest-screenwriters/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:36:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jessi http://bkish.com/2009/03/21/the-fempire-hollywoods-hottest-screenwriters/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Jessi Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:55:14 +0000 http://bookish.us/?p=270#comment-437 I notice a lot of women, many of whom are my very intelligent friends, glamorizing their bad, self-destructive behavior. The truth is, I am too busy and poor to drink as much as these women claim to. And writing anything of note usually means staying home on Friday nights doing work, especially if you have a day job, as many of us must. As for the hotness factor, it certainly is irritating that the appearance of a female writer is more important than that of her male counterparts. I think Jhumpa Lahiri is completely over-rated. I was not a fan of the way she showed her legs on the back of her first book. I am certainly not for hiding one's light under a basket, but it is annoying the way people were so much more interested in her work because she was attractive. I notice a lot of women, many of whom are my very intelligent friends, glamorizing their bad, self-destructive behavior. The truth is, I am too busy and poor to drink as much as these women claim to. And writing anything of note usually means staying home on Friday nights doing work, especially if you have a day job, as many of us must.

As for the hotness factor, it certainly is irritating that the appearance of a female writer is more important than that of her male counterparts. I think Jhumpa Lahiri is completely over-rated. I was not a fan of the way she showed her legs on the back of her first book. I am certainly not for hiding one’s light under a basket, but it is annoying the way people were so much more interested in her work because she was attractive.

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