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Do you have citations for this backstory you are referring to of the author "playing the game"? If you do, I'm genuinely interested in what you are referring to. If you don't, you are just casting aspersions without providing any info that would let someone evaluate your position.

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adichie is a prominent feminist author. it reads to me as if the person you are replying to is sneering at her for that reason, framing her feminism as a comparable manipulation (aka "the game") and reveling in that.

Here's her talking on stage with Hilary Clinton: https://pen.org/press-clip/hillary-clinton-and-chimamanda-ng... - which I think is the best example of "playing the game" as you can get.

As a counter example, you will not find a similar talk with Camille Paglia.

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