#Women_writers manifesto aims to build community of female authors

Laurie Garrison’s call to arms is intended to foster collaboration ‘rejecting traditional models of publishing’The internet is not always a safe place for women, so there is something hearteningly radical about women staking a claim to this space to assert their own ambitions and interests. The new #women_writers hashtag does just this; a campaign to annex a little corner of the internet for women talking and supporting each other in their shared passion for writing. Related: Australia's female writers still get far less attention than men, survey finds Related: Imposter syndrome and time issues: why women don't write business books Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

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