In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—compare two F/F romance novels to talk about how to “Show, don’t tell” race and ethnicity in your writing.
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During the episode, we also mentioned some resources we both use when picking our characters’ names:
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Season 1 Episode 7 - Tokenism in Literature
Season 1 Episode 6 - Essentialism and Affirmative Myopia in Literature
Season 1 Episode 5 - How Does Representation Work for Writers?
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