Doing Diversity in Writing
In this final episode of the first season of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—discuss holy days and answer some listener questions. To listen to the episode, find us on Podbean or your favourite podcast app. What we talked about the fact that there are many more holy days than Christmas and it serves... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—continue our conversation on marking the unmarked. To listen to the episode, find us on Podbean or your favourite podcast app. What we talked about the importance of being conscious about the language you use AND how you use itthat language is forever changing and... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—talk about marking the unmarked. It’s the first episode of three on the topic. To listen to the episode, find us on Podbean or your favourite podcast app. What we talked about what we mean by “marked” and “unmarked”how conscious marking and unmarking in our... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—talk about diversity within diversity and what writers can learn from the concept of intersectionality. To listen to the episode, find us on Podbean or your favourite podcast app. What we talked about how Kimberlé Crenshaw came to coin the term ‘intersectionality’Black Lives Matter as... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—talk about the third common pitfall when representing diverse characters: tokenism. To listen to the episode, find us on Podbean or your favourite podcast app. What we talked about what tokenism is and why it is problematicwhy characters such as JK Rowling’s Cho Chang are... Continue Reading →
In this episode, we talk about two very common pitfalls when representing diverse characters: essentialism and affirmative myopia. To listen to the episode, find us on Podbean or your favourite podcast app. What we talked about what essentialism is and what makes it problematicthe fact that a lot of stereotypes that persist today are based... Continue Reading →
In this episode, we talk about how representation actually works. What we talked about that representation is about who we make visible and who are rendered invisible because of those decisionswhy minority voices are automatically amplified when they are representedthat representation is not just about who is present within works of fiction but also about... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—discuss some of the fears and frustrations that might come up when writing diverse characters. What we talked about Representing someone in the wrong way……and why that shouldn’t keep us from tryingTaking someone else’s voice away by trying to speak for them……and where we stand... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—explain why a conversation about diversity and representation in fiction is necessary. What we talked about the fact some characters are overrepresented while others are severely underrepresented in fictionpositive, and less positive, examples from our childhood and adult reading Mariëlle’s #ownvoices project My Voice, My Storysome... Continue Reading →
In this first episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany A. Tucker and Mariëlle S. Smith—talk about why we started this podcast, what our goals are for the show, and what topics we will be discussing in our first season and beyond. What we talked about who this podcast is for—fiction writers wanting to write... Continue Reading →
Representation Matters 