Maureen Corrigan recenty wrote an excellent article in The Washington Post about why women should cease apologizing for reading cozy mysteries.
Below is a quote from the article:
“Hillary Clinton recently made a minor flub on women’s issues. In an article in New York magazine, when asked what books she likes, the candidate said that these days, she’s “into easier things to read. I like a lot of women authors, novels about women, mysteries where a woman is the protagonist.” Jacqueline Winspear and Donna Leon were two authors she cited, women’s cozy mystery writers whose work Clinton said she finds “relaxing.”
“Of course Clinton is no cinnamon-scented Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle,” the article’s author, Rebecca Traister, notes. But that is, indeed, the patronizing image that bedevils female readers of cozy mysteries. The idea that these writers — and “women’s mysteries” in general — are “easier to read” sounds a tad trivializing.”
Read Maureen’s entire article here.
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