tips on radiance

its frustrating to me how womens writing is always derided as sentimental or poorly written when the same flourishes that make them so are celebrated or imbued with Purpose in a man's. im thinking mostly of 18th century literature and how all of the classics save the obvious exceptions are men when women were turning out so much incredible shit that is hard to find now because as a culture we've left them behind. mens stories are permanent, womens are ephemeral. when a man twists convention we make allowances and call it style but if a woman does the same thing, she's seen as derivative. and "derivative" is always reserved for women, whereas men are inspired, men show lineage. and that lineage is only possible because we canonize men and we don't canonize women because we don't respect their art on its own, but only in relation to men's.