In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—conclude our conversation about marking the unmarked by discussing description.
In this third episode on the topic, we discuss:
Some quotes from this week’s episode:
“Describing things as good or bad, welcoming or frightening, is done differently depending on history, religion, region, and the history that the people involved have.”
“The associations we create as authors need to be mindful, and we need to be watching for what kind of implications those descriptions can have.”
“As writers, when we’re looking at describing places, we need to consider who we’re placing in that place and how we want our readers to think about them. If we’re using terms like “high-crime” and “distressed”, that paints a certain picture of anyone we place in that area.”
And here are the (re)sources we mentioned on the show:
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/twilight-how-much-money-did-all-5-movies-make.html
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