This bothers me. I publish with my nickname which is often read as masculine. It helped when I was a young journo and even - I think - now.

I would not want a stranger - and esp after my death - to decide to publish me with my full name. Consent matters. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53755117

It feels more like erasure of their historic, literary identities than a ‘reclaiming’ of their names.

And it seems more of a performative gesture than anything meaningful.

Surely it would be more ‘feminist’ to commission new translations of Sand, for example?

Most of her work is out of print in English.

Or commission and properly publish more works by women (and not just posh white ones)?

But at the core, it is the smug disregard of consent that really disturbs, worries, upsets me about this.

All and any feminism must have active, ongoing consent as its foundation. This does not!

Looks forward to all of Rowling’s books being published under her ‘given’ name