And it's not like major magazine titles aren't exempt from sexist interviews — Vogue regularly
hires middle aged men to write profiles on its 20 - year - old cover stars and VF's interview with Margot Robbie in 2016 was largely criticised for its emphasis on her sex scenes and physical appearance.
The only costs associated with self publishing are for cover art (DO
hire a cover artist), editors (if you aren't friends with other writers who do this well), and formatting (if you fall into the realm of the apparently mostly
middle aged men who won't read or ask for directions on how to do it yourself).