![]() ![]() Trinian's', 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' and 'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'. Lily, 30, began her modelling career at 16 and has had acting roles in 'Doctor Who', 'St. ![]() ![]() "Now I find myself wondering, fleetingly, if I should present the short film I am working on for the Bronte Parsonage Museum under a pseudonym myself, so that it will be judged on its own merits, rather than on my name, my gender, my image or my teenage decisions." "Writing in 1850, Charlotte Bronte explained why she and her sisters all used pseudonyms: 'We did not like to declare ourselves women, because we had a vague impression that authoresses are liable to be looked on with prejudice.'. published her work under an androgynous pseudonym: Ellis Bell. She said in a statement: "2018 offers us both the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the UK, and the 200th anniversary of Emily Bronte's birth, so it feels poignant to begin the year on the topic of prejudice. Lily Cole has defended the decision to involve her in the 200th anniversary celebration of author Emily Bronte.Ī leading literary expert has quit the Bronte Society after it announced the actress and model as "creative partner" for the bicentenary events held by Bronte Parsonage Museum to celebrate the work of the 'Wuthering Heights' novelist.īut Lily has slammed the reaction as "prejudice" and likened it to that which Emily Bronte herself faced in the 1800s, when she published her acclaimed novel under a pseudonym in order to disguise the fact she was a woman. ![]()
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