Best Female Writer Prize Goes to 3 Guys

Ana the Ist said:

A renowned female crime novelist who won a million-euro prize in Spain turned out to be three middle-aged men

Like a plot twist straight out of a novel, the identity of a respected female crime author was revealed – and it turns out "she" was three men.

Speculation on the identity of one of Spain's most prominent crime thriller writers, who wrote under the name Carmen Mola, ended on Friday when three men rose to accept the 2021 Premio Planeta literary prize — worth one million-euros — for Mola's currently unreleased work "The Beast."

Hilarious. My favorite part....

Mola, which the trio represented as a university professor and mother of three who wrote gritty crime drama on her off-time, has been praised for "her" depiction of strong female protagonists, with her latest award-winning work focusing on the investigation of child murders in nineteenth-century Spain.

Mola's other works have also garnered acclaim, like "La Novia Gitana," which has been translated into 11 languages and will be developed into a television series. Castille-La Mancha, a branch of Spain's Women's Institute, included her book "La Nena" in a list of 50 feminist titles that help readers "understand the reality and experiences of women."

It's possible that they benefitted from female privilege. Alternate titles for this thread included "Feminists Prefer Men".

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I dont read books written by women, theres only one
i can think of and shes hardly a fav.

That is fabulous! I love a great troll! How long had they been at it?

Ana the Ist said:

A renowned female crime novelist who won a million-euro prize in Spain turned out to be three middle-aged men

Like a plot twist straight out of a novel, the identity of a respected female crime author was revealed – and it turns out "she" was three men.

Speculation on the identity of one of Spain's most prominent crime thriller writers, who wrote under the name Carmen Mola, ended on Friday when three men rose to accept the 2021 Premio Planeta literary prize — worth one million-euros — for Mola's currently unreleased work "The Beast."

Hilarious. My favorite part....

Mola, which the trio represented as a university professor and mother of three who wrote gritty crime drama on her off-time, has been praised for "her" depiction of strong female protagonists, with her latest award-winning work focusing on the investigation of child murders in nineteenth-century Spain.

Mola's other works have also garnered acclaim, like "La Novia Gitana," which has been translated into 11 languages and will be developed into a television series. Castille-La Mancha, a branch of Spain's Women's Institute, included her book "La Nena" in a list of 50 feminist titles that help readers "understand the reality and experiences of women."

It's possible that they benefitted from female privilege. Alternate titles for this thread included "Feminists Prefer Men".

Thoughts?

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Ana the Ist said:

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This reminds me of that sting of liberal academic journals, where they took various statements of Totalitarian books like Mein Kampf, the Communist Manifesto took some words and replaced them with feminist academic terminology, and submitted them as academic papers and such to see how many would be published.

Ana the Ist said:

A renowned female crime novelist who won a million-euro prize in Spain turned out to be three middle-aged men

Like a plot twist straight out of a novel, the identity of a respected female crime author was revealed – and it turns out "she" was three men.

Speculation on the identity of one of Spain's most prominent crime thriller writers, who wrote under the name Carmen Mola, ended on Friday when three men rose to accept the 2021 Premio Planeta literary prize — worth one million-euros — for Mola's currently unreleased work "The Beast."

Hilarious. My favorite part....

Mola, which the trio represented as a university professor and mother of three who wrote gritty crime drama on her off-time, has been praised for "her" depiction of strong female protagonists, with her latest award-winning work focusing on the investigation of child murders in nineteenth-century Spain.

Mola's other works have also garnered acclaim, like "La Novia Gitana," which has been translated into 11 languages and will be developed into a television series. Castille-La Mancha, a branch of Spain's Women's Institute, included her book "La Nena" in a list of 50 feminist titles that help readers "understand the reality and experiences of women."

It's possible that they benefitted from female privilege. Alternate titles for this thread included "Feminists Prefer Men".

Thoughts?

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Well of course they prefer men because much of liberal feminism now is also men pretending to be women.

bekkilyn said:

Well of course they prefer men because much of liberal feminism now is also men pretending to be women.

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Where did we go wrong?

Estrid said:

I dont read books written by women, theres only one
i can think of and shes hardly a fav.

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There are many wonderful books written by women as well as men. For me, I really don't care who writes a book if I like it. The only reason I'd avoid reading a book is if I wasn't interested in the subject matter or if I've read the author before and can't be motivated to read another one by that author.

I really don't understand this whole uproar though. Many writers have written under various pseudonyms in the past and it's not really a big deal. They might be shocked to also find out that some of the big celebrity writers didn't actually write their own books!

Thatgirloncfforums said:

Where did we go wrong?

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I'd be happy to tell you, but as a biological woman, I apparently no longer exist so you must understand my dilemma here.

Because these types of intersectional feminists clutch their pearls at the thought that they should be the butt of a joke and not be taken seriously.

bekkilyn said:

There are many wonderful books written by women as well as men. For me, I really don't care who writes a book if I like it. The only reason I'd avoid reading a book is if I wasn't interested in the subject matter or if I've read the author before and can't be motivated to read another one by that author.

I really don't understand this whole uproar though. Many writers have written under various pseudonyms in the past and it's not really a big deal. They might be shocked to also find out that some of the big celebrity writers didn't actually write their own books!

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Thatgirloncfforums said:

Because these types of intersectional feminists clutch their pearls at the thought that they should be the butt of a joke and not be taken seriously.

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Probably all the same people who have been trying to get Dave Chapelle cancelled.

Getting their own back on the Bronte sisters, George Eliot and even JK Rowling.

Thatgirloncfforums said:

That is fabulous! I love a great troll! How long had they been at it?

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They didn't do it as a troll, the books are successful and they made alot of money. La Novia Gitana sold over 100 000 copies.

Tanj said:

They didn't do it as a troll, the books are successful and they made alot of money. La Novia Gitana sold over 100 000 copies.

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The troll was that they purposefully hid their sex.

Thatgirloncfforums said:

The troll was that they purposefully hid their sex.

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Again, not a troll. If I pretend to be something else for monetary gain, that doesn't constitute troll. They did it because they (rightly) surmised the books would sell better if people thought they were written by a woman.

I thought they did it to prove a point?

Tanj said:

Again, not a troll. If I pretend to be something else for monetary gain, that doesn't constitute troll. They did it because they (rightly) surmised the books would sell better if people thought they were written by a woman.

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Ana the Ist said:

Women's Institute, included her book "La Nena" in a list of 50 feminist titles that help readers "understand the reality and experiences of women."

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I do like this story because it highlights the fact that just because you are not personally something doesn't mean you cannot use your theory of mind to make a pretty good approximate. Like we shouldn't demonize the other and assume they're totally alien.

MehGuy said:

I do like this story because it highlights the fact that just because you are not personally something doesn't mean you cannot use your theory of mind to make a pretty good approximate. Like we shouldn't demonize the other and assume they're totally alien.

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I think a good writer, whether male or female, is going to be able to get inside the minds of a multitude of different personalities and write them in a convincing way for readers. Some people say you shouldn't write about experiences you don't have, but think of how ridiculous it would be if a male author was only allowed to write male characters and female authors were only able to write female characters and nobody would be able to write about a talking horse. And some authors are even able to make their versions of total aliens seem convincing, so there's even that!

Ana the Ist said:

A renowned female crime novelist who won a million-euro prize in Spain turned out to be three middle-aged men

Like a plot twist straight out of a novel, the identity of a respected female crime author was revealed – and it turns out "she" was three men.

Speculation on the identity of one of Spain's most prominent crime thriller writers, who wrote under the name Carmen Mola, ended on Friday when three men rose to accept the 2021 Premio Planeta literary prize — worth one million-euros — for Mola's currently unreleased work "The Beast."

Hilarious. My favorite part....

Mola, which the trio represented as a university professor and mother of three who wrote gritty crime drama on her off-time, has been praised for "her" depiction of strong female protagonists, with her latest award-winning work focusing on the investigation of child murders in nineteenth-century Spain.

Mola's other works have also garnered acclaim, like "La Novia Gitana," which has been translated into 11 languages and will be developed into a television series. Castille-La Mancha, a branch of Spain's Women's Institute, included her book "La Nena" in a list of 50 feminist titles that help readers "understand the reality and experiences of women."

It's possible that they benefitted from female privilege. Alternate titles for this thread included "Feminists Prefer Men".

Thoughts?

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A certain segment continually promotes the idea that men are better "women" than women are, and that is an astoundingly offensive idea.

It took three men to make one good, female author. Hilarious.

Ana the Ist said:

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Your thread title is misleading. This is not a prize for "best female writer", but for writers in general.