Sentence:  Critical of Loti's sexist exploitation of women in his serial performances as an "Orientalist" writer, Marie Léra (writing under the <WSD>andronym</WSD> of 'Marc Hélys') persuaded a couple of friends she visited in Constantinople to join her in masquerading as veiled Turkish women when meeting the novelist 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A male name adopted by a woman.