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September 11, 2013 | 1

To the debate over whether or not male writers have trouble creating realistic female characters, we can add the opinion of Ester Bloom, who argues at The Hairpin that most male writers mold their female characters according to four archetypes: the virgin, the whore, the mother and the bitch.

is a staff writer for The Millions and an MFA candidate at Johns Hopkins. Prior to coming to Baltimore, he studied literature and worked in IT while living in Dublin, Ireland. You can find him on Twitter at @tdbeckwith.

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One comment:

  1. I (a male type) am considering writing a book about a virgin-mother-whore-bitch who is also an international model, ranked tennis player, and astronaut. I think it has a chance.

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