The Best Characters Eat Their Spinach — and Their Candy This silly-sounding spectrum has a huge impact on how we respond to characters. April 15, 2022May 12, 2022 by Chris Winkle and Bunny in Social Justice, Storytelling
Five Mediocre White Men From Big-Budget Stories Why root for a heroic protagonist when you can root for a mediocre white dude instead? April 8, 2022April 7, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice
How Bigotry Ruined Magic: The Gathering’s Characters War of the Spark's missteps makes its storyline both cliché and offensive. January 8, 2021June 14, 2021 by Svend Phillips in Analysis, Social Justice
Q&A: How Do I Use Singular They for a Character Without Confusing Readers? Answered by Chris Winkle May 4, 2020August 26, 2021 in Writing
How to Describe Women Without Degrading Them Keeping misogyny out of our description takes vigilance. March 6, 2020September 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
Why “But Men Are Objectified Too” Doesn’t Hold Up The pressure on women to look good is simply an order of magnitude higher than it is for men. February 21, 2020July 6, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary, Social Justice
Q&A: What’s Your Advice for Writing Mom Protagonists? Answered by Chris Winkle January 6, 2020August 26, 2021 in Storytelling
Five Signs Your Narration Is Sexist Be warned; many breasts will be mentioned. November 29, 2019July 15, 2021 by Bunny in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
Episode 231: Stories for Women July 14, 2019August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Q&A: What Words Should I Use for My Non-Human Species? Answered by Chris Winkle May 13, 2019August 26, 2021 in Worldbuilding
A Field Guide to Six Infectious YA Clichés An infestation spreads through the ranks of our beloved genre. January 4, 2019December 24, 2019 by Bunny in Social Justice, Storytelling
Episode 203: Writing a Different Gender Gender is a complex thing, and writing a character whose gender is different than yours can seem a daunting task. December 30, 2018August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Ariel Anderson, and Chris Winkle
Eight Absurdities We Force on Female Characters August 4, 2018October 21, 2019 by Oren Ashkenazi in Social Justice, Storytelling
Six Underdeveloped Love Interests May 5, 2018May 16, 2018 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice
Six Misogynistic Messages From The Orville How MacFarlane's Star Trek parody failed its female cast. December 9, 2017March 18, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice
Six Unsolved Cases of Missing Women in Spec Fic Where did all the women go? Detective Oren's on the case! January 28, 2017July 11, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice
Five Signs Your Story Is Sexist – Against Men These harmful tropes show patriarchy sucks for everybody, even in ways you might not realize. May 20, 2016July 19, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Commentary, Social Justice, Storytelling
Five More Signs Your Story Is Sexist To stop your story from perpetuating patriarchy, avoid these red flags. March 12, 2016July 20, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary, Social Justice, Storytelling
Five Signs Your Story Is Sexist Watch for these warnings signs to prevent sexism from seeping into your story. February 5, 2016July 20, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Commentary, Social Justice, Storytelling
Matriarchies, Patriarchies, and Beyond How your writing can do better at gender rep, however your story's society handles it. November 1, 2015July 23, 2021 by Mike Hernandez in Social Justice, Storytelling, Worldbuilding
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