By Stephen Lepitak

An obituary written following the death of Australian author Colleen McCullough has provoked an online response after it described her in the introduction as “plain of feature and certainly overweight” and led to the creation of the social media trend #myozobituary.

The obituary for the Thorn Birds author who died on Wednesday, was published by the Australian and has been described as ‘sexist’. It also led to the creation of the social media trend describing other famous male authors in less than polite terms.

@CatherineDeveny Obituary published in @australian. Their ethics have also died apparently?! <a target=_blank Read full story ›

Source: The Drum