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cosetties's avatar cosetties

i really like the advice “write marginalized characters but don’t write about marginalization unless you experience it” 

absolutely i think cis people should expand their horizons and write trans characters, but they shouldn’t write stories about being trans. likewise i think allistic / NT authors should write about autistic characters! but not stories about being autistic. 

represent us. absolutely. but don’t tell our stories. let us do that.

alder-knight's avatar alder-knight

YOOOOOOO. This is an excellent distinction!

Posted on Jul 18, 2015 with 195,239 notes
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  15. cosmicluci said: I will say: don’t write it unless you understand and know it. There are damn good stories dealing with marginalization (even if not the main focus) written by people who aren’t marginalized, but in an understanding way, that is essentially giving voice to those who are. Neil Gaiman, as an example. He’s not telling his story when he writes that, but those of people he loves, knows, and celebrates. He does it respectfully and carefully. Rick Riordan and Kunihiko Ikuhara are also good examples
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