Interesting Links for 09-09-2013

[andrewducker]

• Why women still have to use pen names in science fiction (and comics)
  (tags: scifi comics women )
• E-cigarettes more effective than nicotine patches
  (tags: cigarettes nicotine health )
• Top tip: If you wave at the bears then they will wave back.
  (tags: bears )
• Understanding Sex Work in an Open Society
  (tags: viasupergee sexwork society )
• Dubstep:

Comments

[philmophlegm]

I wonder if there are any male romantic or historical fiction or whodunnit authors who use female or neutral pen names?

[bart_calendar]

Does Nancy Drew count?

[andrewducker]

I'm fairly sure that "Bart Calendar" is a pseudonym for a feminist collective.

[bart_calendar]

If only!

[bart_calendar]

Also Pete O'Donnell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Donnell

[bart_calendar]

And, of course, The Babysitter's Club series.