One of the most popular writers in progressive Spain is Carmen Mola. This enigmatic crime writer wrote a whole series in which the protagonist was Elena Blanco - "a peculiar and lonely woman who loves grappa, karaoke, classic cars and sex in SUVs." No wonder then that she has become the darling of progressive feminists in this left-soaked country.

People liked it so much that it eventually won the second and most important literary award in Spain - the Planeta Publishing Award. However, what was the surprise of the audience at the awards ceremony when they saw ... three middle-aged men instead of a strong, independent woman. As it turned out, Carmen Mola was just a pseudonym, and the authors of the crime novels were Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Santos Mercero, by the way well-known screenwriters in Spain.

Some appreciated the writers' clever plan. "The idea for a mother of three children, who is also a university professor, a woman teaching algebra in the morning and writing brutal, macabre novels in scraps of free time in the evening, turned out to be a great marketing operation" - noted the newspaper "El Mundo"

But as you can guess, feminists did not like it, as they got a lot of pain in their backside. Beatriz Gimeno, a feminist, writer and activist who previously suspected that the novels signed "Carmen Mola" did not come from a woman's hand, said: “Besides using a female nickname, these guys have spent years giving interviews. It is not just a name - it is a false identity used by readers and journalists. They are scammers, ”she assessed on Twitter.

To make it funnier, when the identity of Carmen Moli was not yet known, one of the departments of the Women's Institute recommended her work as "which helps to understand the everyday life and experiences of women in different historical periods, and also contribute to respect for women's freedom and women's rights." In addition to the name of Mola, the recommendations include, among others, such a feminist as Margaret Atwood.

I love how feminist fantasies are quickly brought down to earth by brutal reality. A young, gifted writer who is an icon of modern feminism, in fact, turned out to be three middle-aged white men xDDDD, even Monty Python would not have thought of that.

There are moments in this clown world, where you can laugh because it is just hilarious, not because of despair.