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I began writing in rather chauvinistic times. Luckily, now, things are very different.
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The speaker contrasts the period when they began writing with the present. “Chauvinistic times” describes an earlier environment shaped by narrow, superior attitudes. Saying that things are now very different expresses relief and suggests that writing has become more open or fair than it was then.
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