Feminism
Gertrude Stein as a writer was oft derided or despised by her contemporaries - “they hated that Stein had become a celebrity, but most of all they hated the way she brought their own seriousness into doubt” - p. 6, LRB, Devotion to the Cut, Adam Thirlwell.
Femininity & Work are inherently at odds. If the former is sneered at it has no ability to enforce respect in the domain of the other.
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