Poll: Does the male/female balance of the Pen matter?
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It's a poetry site, it doesn't matter
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I prefer a site that's more balanced
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I know why women don't post and will tell you.
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What a sexist question.
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I'm not acknowledging the difference.
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Oh, ella, leave us alone already.
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Where's the female view and does it matter?
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(05-09-2026, 10:22 PM)busker Wrote:  There should be no female perspective. That idea alone smacks of petit bourgeoise pettiness.
Nobody is interested in the poet moaning endlessly about the imagined ills of the patriarchy.
JK Rowling and Agatha Christie weren’t women writers, they’re great writers. Patricia Highsmith. PD James.
Ah well, I suppose women write far better detective fiction.
Beth Shapiro. A phenomenal science writer.

A good poet only writes about the things that matter, like god and the heat death of the universe
I tried to make it clear I wasn't talking about the workshops, I never even noticed the imbalance there, in the poems or the critiques. It was reading my sister the film thread when we started laughing as it became obvious all the lists where masculine.

(05-10-2026, 12:43 AM)rowens Wrote:  I'd prefer there were less people online.

But more women in porno forums.
No, SlimeyballsRoofer, I don't want to chat about Sydney Sweeney, but here's 15 poems I wrote about her. There's sublimation and there's THE Sublime.
Way to keep women off the site, nice work.
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RE: Where's the female view and does it matter? - by wasellajam - 05-10-2026, 02:09 AM



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