"Diversity is legitimacy. It’s sincerity. It’s truthiness, to borrow a certain expression Diverse..."

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Diversity is legitimacy. It’s sincerity. It’s truthiness, to borrow a certain expression Diverse storytellers mean diverse personal experiences being brought to the table, and more honest depictions of those experiences on the page in fiction.

It’s not impossible for a creator to write about an experience they’ve never had; that would be a silly thing to say. But Cis Hetero White Male isn’t the default mode of human.

Experiences influence creativity, and there need to be more than one set...