“Someone from the Internet Writing Workshop sent me a link to the Gender Genie, where you paste in a section of text and it uses an algorithm to detect whether the author is male or female. Or, if you’re an author, you can tell whether you’re really nailing your opposite-sex characters. I mean, nailing their dialog.”

— Max Barry

August 8, 2005 weblog post http://www.maxbarry.com/2005/08/08/news.html#girlyman

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