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> I think she brings up a few good points, but she Although the article might feel like it could have been written by a woman, its author Paul Jaskunas is a ma
by spcoll 12y ago
> I think she brings up a few good points, but she
Although the article might feel like it could have been written by a woman, its author Paul Jaskunas is a man.
- mc32 12y agoThanks for the heads up, fixed.
- arnarbi 12y agoIt's interesting to think why it feels like written by a woman, I had the same assumption the whole time. Maybe it's as simple as the opening sentence, "I'm a Libra", which has a grammatically feminine noun. I wonder if the feeling depends on the native language of the reader.
- mc32 12y agoI'm taking up some Italian, but I don't think it has anything to do with it. He could have said Sagittarius of Sagittariuses. No guy I know makes it a point to announce their "astrological sign" in any kind of conversation. Your experience may be different, but that's mine. As an aside, I think writers should try to stick to their core competencies. This looks like someone trying to write an article around an observation and came up with nebulous reasoning, hoping it would be a fun read for everyone and that people would chalk it up as a social commentary and move on, use it as conversational fodder. (ie. "I read in the NYTimes such and such, ha ha, don't you think it's funny...) Unfortunately, lots of these writers lack rigor and seem to go with their gut on things. It's the easy way out. It's surely easier to meet deadlines that way, but the product leaves a bit to be desired.