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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 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 === | === Authors who have used pseudonyms === | ||
* ''See [[List of women's pseudonyms and variant names]]'' for more. | |||
* [[Louky Bersianik]] | * [[Louky Bersianik]] | ||
* [[Jayge Carr]] | * [[Jayge Carr]] | ||
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==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 | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_authors_who_wrote_under_male_or_gender-neutral_pseudonyms Female authors who wrote under male or gender-neutral pseudonyms] (Wikipedia category) | |||
* [[Outing]] | |||
* Lauren Davis, [http://io9.com/5077952/women-who-pretended-to-be-men-to-publish-scifi-books "Women Who Pretended to Be Men to Publish Scifi Books"], ''[[io9]]'', Nov. 6, 2008. | |||
==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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Latest revision as of 17:13, 20 December 2010
Pseudonyms are invented names, which, like initials, can, if they are neutral, ambiguous or contrary to conventional use, allow an author to 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[1], and the desire to avoid losing one's job as a consequence of speaking online (being "dooced"[2][3][4][5].) People may also speak online pseudonymously or anonymously in order to be offensive without harming their own reputation[6].
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
- Female authors who wrote under male or gender-neutral pseudonyms (Wikipedia category)
- Outing
- Lauren Davis, "Women Who Pretended to Be Men to Publish Scifi Books", io9, Nov. 6, 2008.
References
- ↑ The Attack on Kathy Sierra, SF Chronicle
- ↑ Dooced: Macmillan English Dictionary Resource Site
- ↑ Doocing: Wikia Technology
- ↑ 'Bridget Jones' blogger fire fury, CNN
- ↑ Digital citizens: the blogger, BBC
- ↑ John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, Penny Arcade
External links
- Gender, Identity, SF, & the Singularity ( a draft essay written 7/14/07) by Kathryn Cramer, posted June 1, 2009.