One integral thing about being female is that we don’t really think about our breasts very much at all. But it seems some male authors don’t realise this, as was piercingly highlighted on Twitter by young adult author Gwen Katz at the weekend, after a writer insisted he was “living proof that it’s possible for a male author to write an authentic female protagonist”. Here are just a few lines from the unnamed writer’s novel: “I sauntered over, certain he noticed me. Okay, not really that ladylike.”This all prompted a Twitter challenge: “describe yourself the way a male author would”. Men should not be scared to write women – they just need to do it well.

Source: The Guardian April 03, 2018 13:52 UTC