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I've been thinking a bit about these last two stories from Marlee. I feel like she's gotten to a point in her writing where she's driven to address unapologetically feminist issues from a place of genuine anger and pathos, so I find it unsurprising but disappointing that she hasn't been able to place these stories elsewhere.

I want to cry foul at sexism and patriarchy in the industry, but at the same time I know how all story rejections and acceptances mostly come down to subjective taste. Maybe the editors who would appreciate the themes don't like the style of the prose, and maybe the editors who would like the way the story was written don't understand where Marlee's coming from... or maybe people just aren't ready for a woman's anger in fiction.

I don't know. I'm mostly angry on Marlee's behalf because of an extremely condescending rejection note from a (almost certainly) male slush reader...

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