19 January 2024 - Adequate Representation in Fiction

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