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A guy commented on a Facebook thread about Carmen Callil’s boycott (as it were) of the Booker International prize over its decision to give it to Philip Roth:
So much to love about that story. Virago indeed. [plus some more that’s not relevant]
I said
“Virago indeed”?
Oy.
He said
@Ophelia — no offense intended. Just reading the article, and following up with a visit to Webster’s.
Sigh. Whether intended or not – it’s sexist. Never mind “offense”; it’s both less and more than that.
But I couldn’t say that, on someone else’s FB page, so I was more diplomatic.
… Read the rest[His name] – sure, but sex- (or race etc) specific epithets are just that.