Post #2357555
2026-04-27 06:25 UTC
@paranoiapen@mas.to Her point is not that it's impossible to write in those circumstances, but rather that it affects how you write and makes it harder. She talks about how Jane Austen never had a study to write in and had to hide her writing when people came in. And she speculates about how Shakespeare's sister, had she existed and had equal talents, would never have been afforded the same support and opportunities that he had and likely would have died in obscurity.
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@rubyjones@wandering.shop 2026-04-27 06:25
@paranoiapen@mas.to (And it's where the band, Shakespeare's Sister, got their name.)
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@paranoiapen@mas.to 2026-04-27 06:32
@rubyjones@wandering.shop I remember writing my third book on a computer that everyone shared - so I could only use it when nobody else wanted to. But I didn't mean to say 'I did it so it's possible'. I more meant, 'ooh, that's something I hadn't thought of'. And my partner (a man) *does* have his own room. It's just weird to think how different my writing might be if I'd had that, and to consider whether it's even something I'd want. I like the feminism that isn't about being the same as men.