>I would prefer that they
>give themselves a pseudonym that sounds like a name rather than like a
>bad allegory. I would prefer that Bitch, for example, invent herself a
>new ordinary first name -- Susy, Annabel, Prudence, I don't care, as
>long as it's a name a person might actually have.
But not Frederick, Sebastian, or Herman? ... Honestly, this is one of the silliest things I've ever heard. Pseudonyms are okay as long as they don't cause any gender confusion, identify a person *you* already know, and receive *your* imprimatur.