19 January 2024 - Adequate Representation in Fiction
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Show Notes
Today on the program, I speak with Amanda Lien, a technical copywriter and published science fiction author. Amanda gives us the lowdown on why technology and fiction must show humanity as it is - to remind each of us we are a part of it. We talk about how marketing frequently doesn't get it, lament villains made worse by being gay, and remember 1970s pop music.
REFERENCES:
Amanda Lien professional website: https://www.amandajlien.com/
Find Amanda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandajlien/-sense
"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Woman
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com/
- (00:00) - Show opening
- (00:37) - Introducing Amanda Lien
- (01:15) - If you know...you know
- (06:47) - Conducting yourself professionally should be enough
- (09:25) - Representation is about getting it
- (12:46) - Things are better and worse
- (14:48) - Gender neutrality in anime
- (20:53) - When villians are only "queer"
- (26:28) - Tell the stories nobody else will give you
- (30:37) - Representation is not always appreciated
- (33:25) - What is good representation?
- (38:32) - Hear me roar with my power
- (44:20) - Token representation is worse than none
- (49:50) - Quality is the point of representation
- (53:58) - A hidden cost of representation in film
- (58:49) - Feeling uncomfortable about taking the spotlight
- (01:04:10) - Show closing