BuzzFeed News spoke to a number of authors about the term after Marian Keyes called it out as pejorative.
Bestselling novelist Marian Keyes recently called the term “chick lit” derogatory and now other female writers are expressing how much they dislike the term.
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Some believe books by women are often sidelined and not taken as seriously as those by men, even when, as with Keyes' work, they address topics as serious as drug addiction, depression, and domestic violence, and sell in vast quantities.
"The term 'chick' can't have been used as a slang word for a female since the 1950s, so it does feel very 'back in your box', without a doubt," bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane told BuzzFeed News.
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These Female Writers Want To Stop “Chick Lit” Being Used To Describe Work By Women