Pseudonyms

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'''Pseudonyms''' are invented names, which, like [[initials]], can, if they are neutral, ambiguous or contrary to conventional use, allow an author to [[passing|pass]] for the other sex as well as disguise their identity.

Pseudonyms are frequently used online to separate a person's offline identity from their online words. Common reasons for this are the desire to avoid the threat of murder or rape<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=14783 The Attack on Kathy Sierra], SF Chronicle</ref>, and the desire to avoid losing one's job as a consequence of speaking online (being "dooced"<ref>[http://www.macmillandictionary.com/New-Words/050131-dooced.htm Dooced]: Macmillan English Dictionary Resource Site</ref><ref>[http://newmedia.wikia.com/wiki/Doocing Doocing]: Wikia Technology</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/19/france.blog/index.html?section=cnn_tech 'Bridget Jones' blogger fire fury], CNN</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4683815.stm Digital citizens: the blogger], BBC</ref>.) People may also speak online pseudonymously or anonymously in order to be [[trolling|offensive]] without harming their own reputation<ref>[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/ John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory], Penny Arcade</ref>.

Internet pseudonyms may be otherwise known as "online handles" or "screennames".

=== Authors who have used pseudonyms ===
* ''See [[List of women's pseudonyms and variant names]]'' for more.
* [[Louky Bersianik]]
* [[Jayge Carr]]
* [[Janine Cross]]
* [[C.L. Moore]]
* [[Sheri S. Tepper]]
* [[James Tiptree, Jr.]]
* [[Rebecca West]]
* [[M.K. Wren]]

==Further reading==
* ''See [[List of women's pseudonyms and variant names]]'' for more.
* See also [[Female and gender-ambiguous names used by men]].''
* http://www.trussel.com/books/pseud_a.htm Author pseudonyms
* [[Outing]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/2009/06/unrecognizable-.html Gender, Identity, SF, & the Singularity ( a draft essay written 7/14/07)] by [[Kathryn Cramer]], posted June 1, 2009.

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