Bridgerton: the real 18th-century writers who used pseudonyms to stoke controversy: Netflix In the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, London society is set alight thanks to a newsletter penned by an anonymous writer whose sharp pen captures all the pomp, circumstance and gossip of the season. Fans of Bridgerton will recognise this writer, Lady Whistledown, as …
Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names : Shutterstock The ability to remain anonymous when commenting online is a double-edged sword. It is valuable because it enables people to speak without fear of social and legal discrimination. But this is also what makes it dangerous. Someone from a …
Why it’s not empowering to abandon the male pseudonyms used by female writers: Portrait of the writer Vernon Lee by John Singer Sargent. Wikimedia In a letter to James AH Murray in 1879, the writer ME Lewes wrote “I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot”. She perhaps would not have been pleased by …