The man who is a woman

[bluedreams]

I found this article today on AOL today and thought I'd share. For those who clicked out for curiosity's sake thanks to the odd title, let me lower your expectations from the start. It's not about someone who's trangendered.

Rather it's about a female writer who's picked up a male pseudonym as an online writer and found far better success doing so.

What's in a Name

Guess i should count my lucky stars that my real name happens to be associated more with (old) men than with (still old) women. On a more serious note, I found this a pretty interesting real-life example of something that I've only seen mentioned in studies about name-based discrimination.

With luv,

BD

[MorningStar]

Hahaha!!!! Great story.

[Guest]

My favorite show growing up was Remington Steele! Same thing - a girl detective wanting instant respect so she created a fictitious male detective she works for - Remington Steele (made Pierce Brosnan popular) - who is the public image of her detective agency.

I also heard a talk by Bill Cosby about black people naming their kids colored names and how that could be detrimental to their success. I can't find it on the internet now but I'm sure some google guru on lds.net can find it.

I know I had to change my name coming to the US because my given name does not fit in the visa application. I don't know why my parents had to name me after so many people. It's like they're worried somebody is going to take offense that their name did not get passed on to the grandkids or something.

[boyando]

Growing up, I thought I was going to be a rock star. I'm O.K. with my given name, but it never would have played as a singer in a rock and roll band.

I had a great name (in my mind, anyway) for my band, B.B Smith and the Working Man's Band, so I am going to chalk my lack of success up to a lack of talent and initiative.

After watching a few "Behind the Music", I had to add another "thank You Father" to my prayers, for not being caught up in that life style.

[Hemidakota]

Didn't JK Rowland did the same in order to sale her novels? Not giving her full name - Joanne Kathleen Rowland

Looking back in earlier England, there were other such great writers who were women did the same.

[BenRaines]

I read a book way back in the 60's titled, Black like Me. A white man took drugs to have his skin pigmentation changed to black and then he wrote about how he was treated. Very interesting read.

Ben Raines

[Hemidakota]

Good book...

[RachelleDrew]

Black Like Me is a wonderful book. It's not pushed nearly hard enough as essential literature.

On another note....i'm not surprised at all by the original topic. If I see a book with a woman's name on it, I have a tendency to think "Harlequin romance garbage" and move on. I would certainly be more inclined to read a book by a man.

[Flyonthewall]

Didn't one of the famous woman authors of the 19th century do this too?

[Moksha]

Mary Ann Evans wrote under the pen name George Eliot, and Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baronne Dudevant, used the pseudonym George Sand. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë published under the names Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell respectively. Karen Blixen's very successful Out of Africa was originally published under the pen name Isak Dinesen.

[Hemidakota]

Let’s get back to the topic. Can anyone tell me the repercussion of those temple endowed/sealed members of the church who decided to change gender?

[bluedreams]

Black like me's a great book. I loved reading it and was surprised at just how much it can still apply to society today.

On another note....i'm not surprised at all by the original topic. If I see a book with a woman's name on it, I have a tendency to think "Harlequin romance garbage" and move on. I would certainly be more inclined to read a book by a man.

Hmm....honestly never think about the author's sex when picking a book....or the author's name for that matter. If I like the book then I take note of the author's name so that I can find more of the same. I pay more attention to the protaganist's sex than anything. I have a bias towards female protaganists.

But this is a freelance writer/blogger. The writing's mostly not fiction and more business oriented.

I also heard a talk by Bill Cosby about black people naming their kids colored names and how that could be detrimental to their success. I can't find it on the internet now but I'm sure some google guru on lds.net can find it.

Uhm....sort of. Googled it quickly and it's called the pound cake speech. It's Cosby's famous rant about lower-income AA families in america. The name part wasn't really about being detrimental to success though, here's that part of the speech:

Those people are not Africans, they don't know a d***ed thing about Africa. With names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed and all that crap and all of them are in jail. (When we give these kinds names to our children, we give them the strength and inspiration in the meaning of those names. What's the point of giving them strong names if there is not parenting and values backing it up).

If you want to find the full speech, just google pound cake speech and you'll find it.

With luv,

BD

[boyando]

I heard that there was a class action suit coming out of the African American community. Seems a drug company stole what sounded like a traditional African American name, for there drug to cure male patterned baldness. Propecia.

Merry Christmas everyone

b