by Rolly-chan » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:30 am
It took a while for me to write this so forgive me for still posting it.
Equal rights are always important. You might not think it is because you're living in relative safety, because you're looking at it from a perspective of relative privilege. But other women all around the globe are being oppressed, they are being hurt physically and mentally, they are being forbidden and denied things that should be available to everyone.
Human lives always matter. The same thing holds for any other oppressed group. We, if we are privileged, do not have the right to tell oppressed people that it's not that bad and it doesn't matter. For them it does matter. It does an awful lot because it dictates their lives. THEY are the ones who feel it, not us. And in the case of women's rights, it's us who feel it. You may not feel it now, but if you're thinking even a little critically, you'll feel it soon enough, you'll notice.
Representation matters. What we see on the screen and what we read in books influences us very very much. It warps our perspective. That's why supporting diversity in books is so important. People need to be exposed to diversity to grow so used to it that it's normal. Because right now? The world most books and movies show us is a fantasy world without all the many people that ACTUALLY inhabit it. Even those that are about mundane people and mundane things.
How many protagonists with severe disabilities can you name as compared to abled protagonists and as compared to how many people with severe disabilities there are?
How many non-white protagonists can you name as compared to white protagonists and as compared to the percentage of the non-white population?
The ratio isn't anywhere near equal. Same with most minorities. These people want to see themselves in books too.
@Cali Spaniel
Everyone thinks it's wrong to bully and rape men. Guess what they don't say about boys and men when they are raped. That they asked for it. People do say that about women. They turn it around and blame women for it. That's the problem with the whole thing. It's not that these things happen, as space deer said, it's about how these things are handled.
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What do you do to get into the writing mood? Do you listen to hard rock or soft music, read over idea bubbles and think, etc.
It's always different. I don't really need music to get into a writing mood. Actually, that distracts me more than it helps xD It does provide me with ideas and inspiration, but I need to have an environment that doesn't distract me, which is why my best place to get into writing mood is at home. But finding a place that doesn't distract me is a little tricky too. Sometimes I can write in a really full train. Other times I can't because that group of teenagers over there are laughing too loudly (I don't mind teenagers laughing when they're having fun, but sometimes it distracts me xD).
The main thing I have to do is kick myself in the butt whenever I think I can't write. That's the thing that works best with me. Just write. Force myself to start. Once I start, it flows easier.
It was "based" on fablehaven, but when I read it I was like... uh this is going to be the exact same thing with a different character..