maleness and femaleness

                                                  polaroids, andré kertész

«Back then, I was often told that I wrote like a man. Now, I'm not entirely sure what "writing like a man" even means, but I do believe it is generally intended as a compliment. I certainly took it as a compliment at the time.(...)
Then because life is really strange sometimes, that book became a megajumbo international  best seller, and I suddenly found myself - after a decade spent writing exclusively about men and maleness - being reffered to as chick lit author. Again, I'm not entirely sure  what "chick lit" even means, but I'm pretty certain it's never intended as compliment.»

Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert