I'm sure
this article is old news, but it's new to me. What really makes me seethe is how it insists that "representation" should be a requirement for any work of fiction.
Whether someone wants diversity in their content, or how they implement it, or not should be up to them. Whether they care what their audience thinks or not is also up them. It's highly subjective all the way around! At least it should be. In my opinion.
What really got me was this small paragraph:
"It's my story and I can write it how I want." You definitely can, but ask yourself this: why are you so bound and determined to write a story with such a homogeneous cast? What does this accomplish for you? Is the idea of doing something nice for people and having a positive impact on the world just that daunting?
It reeks of shaming and guilt-tripping. My question for the author is this: Why do you care what someone does or not with their idea? I have my own answers to their questions within this paragraph.
Why are you so bound and determined to write a story with such a homogeneous cast?
Does it matter? Why do you care how I design my cast? If you don't like it, then don't read it! No one is forcing you to read or like my story.
What does this accomplish for you?
I'm writing the story how I want. I like it the way I made it. What's it to you? If you don't like it, that's fine. Go write your own story your way if you don't like mine.
Is the idea of doing something nice for people and having a positive impact on the world just that daunting?
I never realized I was drafted into being a humanitarian! It's not my job to validate minorities nor is it my problem if they don't feel represented in my story. I'm not out the get them, but I'm also not going to be guilt-tripped or bullied into making them feel good. I'm a writer not an aid worker.
I know the right tries to pull this shit too, but of course we see this more from the left today. They simply can't accept that they can't control people's imaginations. It's not up to them who writes what and how they write it. In fact, that goes for any kind of content. They don't get to dictate what people create. That's how it should be, but they're always trying all they can to thought police, censor, and control people.
Sorry for the autistic rant. That article pissed me off.
