Poem: "Pseudonym" by g0shawk

[g0shawk]

I figured y'all probably wouldn't want to read my 8-page research paper, so here's a poem to summarize it:

A pseudonym is but a name
It may protect, or bring you fame
Used by writers now and then
Any time there’s been a pen
For women, male names are a shield
In a typically male field
Science, meds, and politics
Aren’t considered jobs for chicks
Better than it used to be
But still plenty we don’t see
Publishers thought boys wouldn’t pay
Joanne Rowling became J.K.
Someone may want to seem poor
Or one name can stand for more
George Orwell changed from Eric Blair
Dear Abby’s writers make a pair
Who’d read romance by a man?
Gender swap to keep a fan
And if at first you don’t succeed
A nom de plume is all you need

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